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Watts-Jones, thandiwe Dee

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Introduction

thandiwe Dee Watts-Jones is a family therapist, clinical psychologist, and creative nonfiction writer. Her work has focused on issues related to oppression, healing, spirituality, mentoring, and love. Through her writing, teaching, and mentorship, Watts-Jones has led the field in engaging an intersectional lens and expanding existing frames to include an acknowledgment of the relational legacies of oppression. She continues to develop clinical theory and practices such as Location of Self (LOS) that enable a therapy to function as a context for healing and liberation.

Career

Watts-Jones earned her PhD in psychology from Duke University in 1984, where her interest in family therapy took root. She then pursued postgraduate training at the Family Institute of Westchester (FIW), a program headed by Betty Carter and anchored in Bowen’s family therapy model. She later taught at FIW as well as at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 1995, Watts-Jones joined the faculty of...

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  1. Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York, NY, USA

    Sarah Berland

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay L. Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony L. Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Center for Applied Psychological and Family Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. PositivaMente & Grupo Campos Elíseos, Mexico City, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

    Margarita Tarragona

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Bahareh Sahebi

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Berland, S. (2019). Watts-Jones, thandiwe Dee. In: Lebow, J.L., Chambers, A.L., Breunlin, D.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49425-8_1060

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