Ruthellen Josselson Explained

Ruthellen Josselson is an American academic in the field of clinical psychology. Her research focuses on women's identity and human relationships.^[1]

Josselson earned her Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in 1972. In 2004, she earned a diploma in Group Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.^[2]

Josselson was previously a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Towson University, as well as a visiting professor at Harvard University, and a visiting fellow at Cambridge University. She is co-director of the Irvin D. Yalom Institute of Psychotherapy, editor of Qualitative Psychology, and co-editor of The Narrative Study of Lives.^[3] She is presently a professor of clinical psychology at Fielding Graduate University and a psychotherapist in practice.

Josselson founded the Society of Qualitative Inquiry.

Awards and honors

Josselson has been a fellow with the American Psychological Association (1999), A. K. Rice Institute (2000), and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2001-02). She has received various awards and honors, including the following:

• Woodrow Wilson Fellowship (1967-68)
• Danforth Fellowship in College Teaching (1968)
• Towson University Merit Award (1985)
• Fulbright Fellowship (1989-1990)
• Henry A. Murray Award, American Psychological Association (1994)
• Distinguished Contributions to Qualitative Research Award, American Psychological Association
• Delta Kappa Gamma International Educator's Award (1997)
• Theodore R. Sarbin Award

Books

• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . The space between us: exploring the dimensions of human relationships . 1996 . Sage Publications . 978-0-7619-0126-6 . Thousand Oaks London New Delhi. ^{[4] [5]}
• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . Irvin D. Yalom: On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition . Jorge Pinto Books . 2007 . 978-0979557613.
• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . Transforming Self, Transforming Institutions: The Life and Leadership Lessons of Faith Gablenick . 2012 . AK Rice Institute . 978-0578107288.
• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . Interviewing for qualitative inquiry: a relational approach . 2013 . Guilford Press . 978-1-4625-1000-9 . New York. ^{[6] [7]}
• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . Paths to fulfillment: women's search for meaning and identity . 2017 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-025039-3 . New York, NY.
• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . Playing Pygmalion: how people create one another . 2007 . Jason Aronson . 978-0-7657-0487-0 . Lanham, Md . ocm82673580.
• Book: Josselson . Ruthellen . Essentials of narrative analysis . Hammack . Phillip L. . Phillip L. Hammack . 2021 . American Psychological Association . 978-1-4338-3738-8 . Essentials of qualitative methods series . Washington, DC.
• Book: Josselson, Ruthellen . Narrative and cultural humility: reflections of a "good witch" teaching psychotherapy in China . 2022 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-766735-4 . Explorations in narrative psychology . New York, NY. ^[8]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Narrative Matters . 2024-07-14 . College of Professional Advancement . en-US . July 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714171028/https://professionaladvancement.mercer.edu/centers-and-initiatives/center-for-the-study-of-narrative/narrative-matters/ . live .
2. Web site: Faculty Biography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090819124725/http://www.fielding.edu/whyFielding/about/facultyBio.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FAdmissions&WorkflowItemID=667d5140-b8ff-40d2-9bef-0570c813d57d . 2009-08-19 . 2024-07-14 . Fielding Graduate University.
3. Web site: Josselson . Ruthellen . Irvin Yalom on Existential Psychotherapy and Death Anxiety . 2024-07-14 . Psychotherapy.net . July 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714171029/https://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/irvin-yalom . live .
4. Acitelli . Linda K. . November 1996 . The Space between Us: Exploring the Dimensions of Human Relationships . Journal of Marriage and the Family . 58 . 4 . 1042 . 10.2307/353994. 353994 .
5. 1992-04-06 . The Space Between Us: Exploring the Dimensions of Human Relationships. . . 239 . 17.
6. June 2013 . Interviewing for qualitative inquiry; a relational approach . Reference & Research Book News . 28 . 3.
7. Davey . Ruth . December 2015 . Book Review: Title: Interviewing for Qualitative Inquiry: A Relational Approach . Evaluation Journal of Australasia . en . 15 . 4 . 44–45 . 10.1177/1035719X1501500406 . 1035-719X . July 14, 2024 . July 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714171552/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1035719X1501500406 . live .
8. Web site: Loers . D. L. . November 2021 . Narrative and cultural humility: reflections from "the good witch" teaching psychotherapy in China . 2024-07-14 . Choice Reviews . 10.5860/choice.225036 . July 28, 2024 . July 14, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714171553/http://www.choicereviews.org/login . live .