Love is Democracy

Duration: 1h 9m 57s

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Iconic feminist psychologist, Carol Gilligan has been among the most thoughtful voices in the field of gender, women’s studies, and male psychology for decades. She’s been an astute commentator on Terry Real’s methods – how they work and why. Join Carol and Terry to explore how intimacy, like democracy, depends on everyone having a voice that is grounded in their experience and on each person being listened to.

Dr. Carol Gilligan is an internationally recognized author, university professor at NYU Law received a masters degree in clinical psychology from Radcliffe College and a Ph.D. in social psychology from Harvard University. She is a university professor at NYU Law Her landmark book In A Different Voice (1982) is described by Harvard University Press as “the little book that started a revolution.” She initiated the Harvard Project on Women’s Psychology and Girls’ Development and has received a Senior Research Scholar Award from the Spencer Foundation, a Grawemeyer Award for her contributions to education, a Heinz Award for her contributions to understanding the human condition, The Strengthening Healthy Resistance and Courage in Girls programs, the Women Teaching Girls/Girls Teaching Women retreats, and the In Our Own Voices workshops she developed with her colleagues have become model intervention and prevention projects.She teaches a seminar on resisting injustice at NYU Law School and seminars on The Listening Guide Method of Psychological Inquiry at the Steinhardt School.

Terry Real, LICSW, is an internationally recognized family therapist, speaker, and author. Terry founded the Relational Life Institute (RLI), which offers workshops to couples, individuals, and parents around the country, along with a professional training program for clinicians wanting to learn his RLT (Relational Life Therapy) methodology. A family therapist and teacher for more than 30 years, Terry is the best-selling author of I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression, the straight-talking How Can I Get Through to You? Reconnecting Men and Women, The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work and most recently, Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship. Terry knows how to lead couples on a step-by-step journey to greater intimacy—and greater personal fulfillment.