Reflections on the Meaning of Process

Taft Jessie , The Dynamics of Therapy in a Controlled Relationship, Dover Publications, New York, 1962 (originally published by Macmillan Co., New York, 1933). A new introduction by Virginia P. Robinson makes clear the importance of this book for contemporary thought and practice.

Taft Jessie , “A Conception of the Growth Process Underlying Social Casework Practice,” Social Casework, Vol. XXXI, October 1950, pp. 311–18.

Taft , The Dynamics of Therapy in a Controlled Relationship, op. cit., p. 288.

Sinnott Edmund W. , The Biology of the Spirit, Viking Press, New York, 1961, Chapter 2, “Biological Goals,” pp. 13–48.

James William , Psychology, Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1892, p. 135.

James William , Psychology, Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1892, p. 135.

Unpublished seminar minutes.

Taft , “A Conception of the Growth Process Underlying Social Casework Practice,” op. cit., p. 314.

See, for example, Valéry Paul , “The Course in Poetics: First Lesson,” in The Creative Process, Ghiselin Brewster (ed.), New American Library (Mentor Book), New York, 1955 (originally published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1952), p. 106.

Taft , “A Conception of the Growth Process Underlying Social Casework Practice,” op. cit., p. 312.

Taft , The Dynamics of Therapy in a Controlled Relationship, op. cit., passim.

Taft , The Dynamics of Therapy in a Controlled Relationship, p. 292.

“Conclusion,” in The Role of the Baby in the Placement Process, Pennsylvania School of Social Work, Philadelphia, 1946, as quoted in Virginia P. Robinson (ed.), Jessie Taft: Therapist and Social Work Educator: A Professional Biography, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1962, p. 252.