Project Directors: Judith V. Jordan, Ph.D.

The work of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute is based on the Relational-Cultural Model of development, which grew out of a collaborative process of theory-building initiated by the scholars at the Stone Center for Developmental Services and Studies, now a part of the Wellesley Centers for Women. This model focuses on growth-fostering relationships as the central human necessity and disconnections as the source of psychological problems. It assumes that all growth-fostering relationships and all disconnections are constructed within specific cultural contexts.

The workshops, courses, professional trainings, publications and ongoing projects at the Institute explore new applications of the relational-cultural approach and integrate research, psychological theory and social action. At the heart of this work is the belief that Relational-Cultural Theory opens the way to a new, beneficial paradigm for understanding human experience. Current programs at the JBMTI include:

For more information, contact:

Jean Baker Miller Training Institute
Wellesley Centers for Women
Wellesley College-STC

106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481

Phone: 781.283.3800
Fax: 781.283.3646
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