Mary Ballou
Biographic Data
| ID | 5378381 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Ballou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Ballou |
| SIGNATURE | BALLOU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social support in the cohousing model of community: A mixed-methods analysis
Grounded in a theoretical synthesis of social support, social capital, and social sustainability, this study examined cohousing as an innovative community model that may support social well-being. A mixed-methods design was used to explore cohousing residents’ experience of social support and the role which community-related needs play in individuals’ choices to join a cohousing community in the USA. Interviews with 10 cohousing residents yielded…
Supervision for Social Change: A Feminist Ecological Perspective
This article explores how supervision can be set in a feminist ecological framework that supports social justice. We look at ways of practices of supervision beyond the clinical dyad into other activities. Examples of expanded supervision practices for social justice include supervision research, advising doctoral dissertations, and training supervisors. We suggest a broader definition that considers supervision as a means for connecting professi…
III. Creating the Text of Therapy: A Fourth Voice
Categories and Intersections: What Feminists Should be Questioning Now
Threats and Challenges to Feminist Therapy
A discussion of three current forces that deeply affect feminist therapy and other progressive positions in mental health is the content of the chapter. Hegemonic relationships among best practices, conservative politics and a new paradigm are the three themes for the discussion
Visions and Aspirations: Feminist Therapy and the Academy
This chapter explores key characteristics of an ideal feminist educational environment, one that specifically focuses on the intellectual development and training of feminist therapists. Such an environment is dependent on an ongoing relationship among three entitiesstudents, instructors, and the institutionand characteristics of each of these three entities are discussed. The chapter evaluates the present climate within universities, and whether…
From the Past Toward the Future
Feminist Psychology Meets Women's Biomedical Views in Women's Health
Psychological model for judicial decision making in emergency or temporary child placement
In emergencies, family court judges must often make rapid decisions, without benefit of thorough information, that have significant impact on people's lives. Action-oriented research was used to develop a model that would bring psychosocial factors to the legal system for the purpose of enhancing the judicial decision-making process in emergency and temporary child placement cases
One Case, Many Conversations: Toward Multiplicities
The focus of this article is discussions about a complex life situation of a school-age inner-city African American girl seen for mental health services. The discussion reflects the points of view of a doctoral intern and a faculty member. A number of individual, developmental and sociocultural issues are addressed. Some attempt to relate contextual issues to therapeutic actions is undertaken. The article ends with some reflection on the shared p…
Making Therapy Feminist: A Practice Survey
The authors wished to gather information about the ways in which experienced feminist therapists are integrating the principles of feminist therapy into their practice. Two areas of interest were examined: the application of specific therapy techniques and the ongoing background dialogue of therapy. A survey asking two open-ended questions regarding these areas was mailed to members of the Feminist Therapy Institute. Responses were organized into…
Women and Spirit: Two Nonfits in Psychology
The rules that guide the process of knowing in Western cultures are linked with the exclusion of certain realities. These rules of knowing shape what is known and are also linked with patriarchy, hierarchy, and oppression. Euro-American political, economic, and intellectual history forms a hegemony of interacting forces affecting the fabric of our lives and the nature and direction of our thoughts. This article, through the discussion of spiritua…
Hiring practices: In need of change
Hiring practices: In need of change
An Audio-Taped Consciousness-Raising Group for Women: Evaluation of the Process Dimension
This study describes the development and assessment of an audio-taped women's consciousness-raising program. Two components of the program were communications skills training and the explorations of women's issues. These two components were designed to accomplish four goals: the development of effective communication; an awareness of the issues facing women; the discovery of new options for behavior; and the establishment of a supportive environm…
Making Therapy Feminist: A Practice Survey
The authors wished to gather information about the ways in which experienced feminist therapists are integrating the principles of feminist therapy into their practice. Two areas of interest were examined: the application of specific therapy techniques and the ongoing background dialogue of therapy. A survey asking two open-ended questions regarding these areas was mailed to members of the Feminist Therapy Institute. Responses were organized into…
Social support in the cohousing model of community: A mixed-methods analysis
Grounded in a theoretical synthesis of social support, social capital, and social sustainability, this study examined cohousing as an innovative community model that may support social well-being. A mixed-methods design was used to explore cohousing residents’ experience of social support and the role which community-related needs play in individuals’ choices to join a cohousing community in the USA. Interviews with 10 cohousing residents yielded…
Women and Spirit: Two Nonfits in Psychology
The rules that guide the process of knowing in Western cultures are linked with the exclusion of certain realities. These rules of knowing shape what is known and are also linked with patriarchy, hierarchy, and oppression. Euro-American political, economic, and intellectual history forms a hegemony of interacting forces affecting the fabric of our lives and the nature and direction of our thoughts. This article, through the discussion of spiritua…
An Audio-Taped Consciousness-Raising Group for Women: Evaluation of the Process Dimension
This study describes the development and assessment of an audio-taped women's consciousness-raising program. Two components of the program were communications skills training and the explorations of women's issues. These two components were designed to accomplish four goals: the development of effective communication; an awareness of the issues facing women; the discovery of new options for behavior; and the establishment of a supportive environm…
Supervision for Social Change: A Feminist Ecological Perspective
This article explores how supervision can be set in a feminist ecological framework that supports social justice. We look at ways of practices of supervision beyond the clinical dyad into other activities. Examples of expanded supervision practices for social justice include supervision research, advising doctoral dissertations, and training supervisors. We suggest a broader definition that considers supervision as a means for connecting professi…
Visions and Aspirations: Feminist Therapy and the Academy
This chapter explores key characteristics of an ideal feminist educational environment, one that specifically focuses on the intellectual development and training of feminist therapists. Such an environment is dependent on an ongoing relationship among three entitiesstudents, instructors, and the institutionand characteristics of each of these three entities are discussed. The chapter evaluates the present climate within universities, and whether…
From the Past Toward the Future
An Audio-Taped Consciousness-Raising Group for Women: Evaluation of the Process Dimension
This study describes the development and assessment of an audio-taped women's consciousness-raising program. Two components of the program were communications skills training and the explorations of women's issues. These two components were designed to accomplish four goals: the development of effective communication; an awareness of the issues facing women; the discovery of new options for behavior; and the establishment of a supportive environm…
Hiring practices: In need of change
Hiring practices: In need of change
Women and Spirit: Two Nonfits in Psychology
The rules that guide the process of knowing in Western cultures are linked with the exclusion of certain realities. These rules of knowing shape what is known and are also linked with patriarchy, hierarchy, and oppression. Euro-American political, economic, and intellectual history forms a hegemony of interacting forces affecting the fabric of our lives and the nature and direction of our thoughts. This article, through the discussion of spiritua…
One Case, Many Conversations: Toward Multiplicities
The focus of this article is discussions about a complex life situation of a school-age inner-city African American girl seen for mental health services. The discussion reflects the points of view of a doctoral intern and a faculty member. A number of individual, developmental and sociocultural issues are addressed. Some attempt to relate contextual issues to therapeutic actions is undertaken. The article ends with some reflection on the shared p…
Making Therapy Feminist: A Practice Survey
The authors wished to gather information about the ways in which experienced feminist therapists are integrating the principles of feminist therapy into their practice. Two areas of interest were examined: the application of specific therapy techniques and the ongoing background dialogue of therapy. A survey asking two open-ended questions regarding these areas was mailed to members of the Feminist Therapy Institute. Responses were organized into…
Psychological model for judicial decision making in emergency or temporary child placement
In emergencies, family court judges must often make rapid decisions, without benefit of thorough information, that have significant impact on people's lives. Action-oriented research was used to develop a model that would bring psychosocial factors to the legal system for the purpose of enhancing the judicial decision-making process in emergency and temporary child placement cases
Feminist Psychology Meets Women's Biomedical Views in Women's Health
Threats and Challenges to Feminist Therapy
A discussion of three current forces that deeply affect feminist therapy and other progressive positions in mental health is the content of the chapter. Hegemonic relationships among best practices, conservative politics and a new paradigm are the three themes for the discussion
Visions and Aspirations: Feminist Therapy and the Academy
This chapter explores key characteristics of an ideal feminist educational environment, one that specifically focuses on the intellectual development and training of feminist therapists. Such an environment is dependent on an ongoing relationship among three entitiesstudents, instructors, and the institutionand characteristics of each of these three entities are discussed. The chapter evaluates the present climate within universities, and whether…
From the Past Toward the Future
III. Creating the Text of Therapy: A Fourth Voice
Categories and Intersections: What Feminists Should be Questioning Now
Supervision for Social Change: A Feminist Ecological Perspective
This article explores how supervision can be set in a feminist ecological framework that supports social justice. We look at ways of practices of supervision beyond the clinical dyad into other activities. Examples of expanded supervision practices for social justice include supervision research, advising doctoral dissertations, and training supervisors. We suggest a broader definition that considers supervision as a means for connecting professi…
Social support in the cohousing model of community: A mixed-methods analysis
Grounded in a theoretical synthesis of social support, social capital, and social sustainability, this study examined cohousing as an innovative community model that may support social well-being. A mixed-methods design was used to explore cohousing residents’ experience of social support and the role which community-related needs play in individuals’ choices to join a cohousing community in the USA. Interviews with 10 cohousing residents yielded…
Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychotherapist (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)