RUTHELLEN LEFKOWITZ JOSSELSON

PhD, Clinical Psychology

University of Michigan (APA Approved), 1972

rjosselson@fielding.edu

 

 

 

Internship: Psychological Clinic, Ann Arbor, MI (APA Approved), 1968-1970

 

Licensure: MD

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Faculty (unranked)

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Life Span Development

Theories of Relationship

Group Dynamics and Group Therapy

Individual Psychotherapy

Narrative and Life History Research

Psychology of Women

Psychology of Adolescence

Personality Theory

 

Research Interests:

 

Human Relationships

Women's Development

Narratives of Life History

Group Dynamics

 

Practice Interests:

 

Individual and Group Psychotherapy Practice and Supervision

Group Process Consultation

Psychological Assessment

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Psychological Association (F35)

A. K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems (Fellow)

American Group Psychotherapy Association

Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Association

Society for Personology

Washington-Baltimore Center for the Study of Group Relations

 

 

Honors and Awards:

 

1967: Phi Beta Kappa

 

1967-1968: Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

 

1968: Danforth Fellowship in College Teaching

 

1985: Towson University Merit Award

 

1989-1990: Fulbright Research Scholarship

 

1994: Henry A. Murray Award, American Psychological Association

 

1997: Delta Kappa Gamma International Educator's Award

 

1999: Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 35

 

2000: Fellow, A. K. Rice Institute

 

2001-2002: Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

2004: Diplomate in Group Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Josselson, R. (2000). Knowing begets knowing. [Review of the book Knowledge, difference and power: Essays inspired by women's ways of knowing]. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 14(2), 193-194.

 

Josselson, R. (2000). Relationship and connection in women's identity from college to midlife. In M. E. Miller & A. N. West (Eds.), Spirituality, ethics and relationship in adulthood: Clinical and theoretical explorations. Madison, CN: Psychosocial Press.

 

Josselson, R. (2000). Relationship as a path to integrity, wisdom and meaning. In P. Young-Eisendrath & M. E. Miller (Eds.), The psychology of mature spirituality: Integrity, wisdom, transcendence (pp. 87-102). London: Routledge.

 

Josselson, R. (2000). Stability and change in early memories over 22 years: Themes, variations and cadenzas. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 64(4), 462-481.

 

Josselson, R., & Lieblich, A. (2001). Narrative research and humanism. In K. J. Schneider, J. F. T. Bugenthal, & J. F. Pierson (Eds.), The handbook of humanistic psychology (pp. 275-289). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

 

Kerem, E., Fishman, N., & Josselson, R. (2001). The experience of empathy in everyday relationships: Cognitive and affective elements. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 18(5), 709-729.

 

McAdams, D. P., Josselson, R., & Lieblich, A. (Eds.). (2001). Turns in the road: Narrative studies of lives in transition. Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R. (2002). Frieda and her rose garden. [Review of the book To redeem one person is to redeem the world: The life of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann]. Contemporary Psychology, 47(4), 423-425.

 

Josselson, R. (2003). Revisions: Processes of development in midlife women. In J. Demick & C. Andreoletti (Eds.), Handbook of adult development. New York: Kluwer Academic.

 

Josselson, R. (2003). The space between in group psychotherapy: Application of an eight dimensional model. Group, 27(4), 203-221.

 

Josselson, R., & Lieblich, A. (2003). A framework for narrative research proposals in psychology. In R. Josselson, A. Lieblich, & D. P. McAdams (Eds.), Up close and personal: The teaching and learning of narrative research (pp. 259-274) Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R., Lieblich, A., & McAdams, D. P. (2003). Up close and personal: The teaching and learning of narrative research. Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R. (2004). The hermeneutics of faith and the hermeneutics of suspicion. Narrative Inquiry, 14(1), 1-29.

 

Josselson, R. (2004). On becoming the narrator of one's own life. In A. Lieblich, D. P. McAdams, & R. Josselson (Eds.), Healing plots: The narrative basis of psychotherapy (pp. 111-129). Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R., & Kangisser-Cohen, S. (2004). [Review of the book. Light from the ashes: Social science careers of young Holocaust refugees and survivors]. Contemporary Psychology, 49(1), 26-27.

 

Lieblich, A., McAdams, D. P., & Josselson, R. (2004). Healing plots: The narrative basis of psychotherapy. Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R. & Lieblich, A. (2005). [Review of Carolyn Ellis'The Ethnographic I: A methodological novel about autoethnography]. Life Writing, 2, 2, 187-195.

 

Josselson, R. (2006). Narrative research and the challenge of accumulating knowledge. Narrative Inquiry, 16, 1, 3-10.

 

McAdams, D. P., Josselson, R. & Lieblich, A. (Eds.). (2006). Identity and story: Creating self in narrative. Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R. (2007). The ethical attitude in narrative research: Principles and practicalities. In J. Clandinnin (Ed.), The handbook of narrative inquiry (pp. 537-567). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

 

Josselson, R. (2007). Love and the narrative context: The biographies of Henry Murray and Christiana Morgan. In R. Josselson, A. Lieblich, and D. P. McAdams, (Eds.), The meaning of others. Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

Josselson, R. (2007). Playing Pygmalion: How people create one another. New York: Jason Aronson.

 

Josselson, R., Lieblich, A. & McAdams, D. P. (2007). The meaning of others: Narrative studies of relationships. Washington, DC: APA Books.

 

 

 

Presentations:

 

Josselson, R. (2000, April). Narratives of relationships - What we need from one another. Paper presented at the International Conference on Couple Relationships, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv.

 

Josselson, R. (2000, June). Personal writing in narrative research. Paper presented at the Research Unit for Contemporary Culture, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.

 

Josselson, R., & Alonso, A. (2000, August). Intersubjectivity in group supervision of groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, Boston, MA.

 

Josselson, R. (2000, August). Teaching and learning of narrative research. Chair, Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

 

Josselson, R. (2000, October). Women's relationships as friends and at work. Olin Fellowship Keynote address presented at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

 

Josselson, R. (2001, February). The therapeutic action of group psychotherapy. Workshop presented at the Family and Addiction Services Conferences and Educational Seminars, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Josselson, R., & Yalom, I. D. (2001, February). Group psychotherapy-experiential demonstration. Workshop presented at the Family and Addiction Services Conferences and Educational Seminars, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Josselson, R. (2001, March). Discussant at the Qualitative Research Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

 

Josselson, R. (2002, October). Creating one another. Speech presented at the Family and Addiction Services Conferences and Educational Seminars - Manhattan Counseling Conference, New York, NY.

 

Josselson, R. (2002, October). Group therapy: Application of an 8 dimensional model of relationships. Speech presented at the Family and Addiction Services Conferences and Educational Seminars, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Josselson, R. (2002, October). The space between us: Interpersonal connection and psychopathology. Presented at Georgetown University Medical School Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Washington, DC.

 

Josselson, R. (2003, February). Creating one another. Presented at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.

 

Josselson, R. (2003, October). The relational model and group psychotherapy. Workshop presented at the Philadelphia Area Group Psychotherapy Society, Philadelphia , PA.

 

Josselson, R. (2004, January). The dynamics of girls and women's friendships. Workshop presented at the Los Angeles Center for Study of Women, Los Angeles, CA.

 

Josselson, R. (2004, May). Principles and practice of narrative research. Workshop presented to students and faculty of University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway.

 

Josselson, R. (2004, August). Director, Living and Working in a Culture of Fear. Group Relations Conference in the Tavistock Tradition, Bryn Mawr, PA.

 

Josselson, R. (2004, November). The relational model and group psychotherapy. Workshop presented at the Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society, Charlottesville, VA.

 

Josselson, R. (2005, August). On building a knowledge base for narrative research. In K. Gergen (Chair), Narrative psychology: The state of the art. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

 

Josselson, R. (2005, August). On building a knowledge base for narrative research. In R. Josselson (Chair), The evolution of the work of Henry A. Murray. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

 

Josselson, R., & Kennedy, D. (2006, February). Working with difference within and between groups. Workshop presented at the American Group Psychotherapy Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

 

Josselson, R., & Ostroff, S. (2006, April). A holistic approach to understanding intergroup dynamics. Workshop presented at Imagine: Creative Approaches to Dealing with Conflict in Groups: An International Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

Josselson, R. (2006, May). Intersubjectivity and psychotherapy. One day workshop for University of Haifa Postgraduate Psychotherapy Program, Haifa, Israel

 

Josselson, R. (2006, June). Autobiographical memory and the dialogic self. Paper presented at International society for the dialogical self, Braga, Portugal,

 

Josselson, R. (2007, March). Continuity and change in women's identity from college to age 55. Keynote address for Society for Research on Identity Formation, Washington, DC.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1974-present: Private Practice (part time), Baltimore, MD.

 

1993-present: Co-Editor: The Narrative Study of Lives.

 

1993-present: Editorial Board, Journal of Adult Development.

 

2002-present: Executive Board, Society for Personology.

 

2004: Director, Living and Working in a Culture of Fear. The Bryn Mawr Residential Conference, August, 2004.

 

2005: Director, Working with Difference in a Culture of Fear, 5-day residential conference, Baltimore, MD.

 

2005-present: Commissioner, National Commission on Infant Mortality.

 

2006: Director, The Challenge of Otherness, 5-day residential group relations conference, Towson, MD.