Presents a study of adult relatedness, not in the usual psychopathological framework of dependence and codependence, but in terms of the dynamic and essential ways these connections make us whole.
Based on interviews with men and women of all ages, Ruthellen Josselson explores the role of human relations in psychological development. She identifies what people need from each other, and how practitioners can help clients recognize, bear and direct their need for others. The Space Between Us presents a vocabulary for understanding human relationships, not in the traditional negative framework of depAndence and codepAndence, but in terms of the essential ways in which these connections make us whole.