Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-305) and index.

The development of women's sense of self / Jean Baker Miller -- Women and empathy : implications for psychological development and psychotherapy / Judith V. Jordan, Janet L. Surrey, Alexandra G. Kaplan -- The "self-in-relation" : a theory of women's development / Janet L. Surrey -- Empathy and self boundaries / Judith V. Jordan -- The meaning of mutuality / Judith V. Jordan -- Beyond the Oedipus complex : mothers and daughters / Irene P. Stiver -- Women's self development in late adolescence / Alexandra G. Kaplan, Rona Klein, Nancy Gleason -- The meanings of "dependency" in female-male relationships / Irene P. Stiver -- Relationship and empowerment / Janet L. Surrey -- The construction of anger in women and men ; Women and power / Jean Baker Miller -- The "self-in-relation" : implications for depression in women / Alexandra G. Kaplan -- Work inhibitions in women / Irene P. Stiver -- Eating patterns as a reflection of women's development / Janet L. Surrey -- The meaning of care : reframing treatment models / Irene P. Stiver -- Female or male therapists for women : new formulations / Alexandra G. Kaplan -- Empathy, mutuality and therapeutic change : clinical implications of a relational model / Judith V. Jordan.