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Mary Ainsworth. 1913–1999. Developmental psych. Known for her work in early emotional attachment with the Strange Situation design, as well as her work in the development of attachment theory. [4] Estefania Aldaba-Lim. 1917–2006. Clinical psych.
Kay Redfield Jamison (born June 22, 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and writer. Her work has centered on bipolar disorder, which she has had since her early adulthood. She holds the post of the Dalio Professor in Mood Disorders and Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is an Honorary Professor of English at ...
Joy Harden Bradford (born 1979) [1] is an African American clinical psychologist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is best known as the founder of a mental health platform called Therapy for Black Girls, which includes a podcast of the same name, that specializes in mental health issues relevant to Black women. As of 2019, the podcast's episodes ...
Becca Levy. Ellen Jane Langer (/ ˈlæŋər /; born March 25, 1947) is an American professor of psychology at Harvard University; in 1981, she became the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard. [1][2] Langer studies the illusion of control, decision-making, aging, and mindfulness theory. [3][2] Her most influential work is ...
Jessica Henderson Daniel is a psychologist and educator, known for her work on mental health in the Black community, racial trauma, and the effects of stress and violence on Black children and adolescents. [ 1] Daniel was the first African American woman to lead the American Psychological Association (APA), serving her term as president of the ...
Feminist psychology is a form of psychology centered on social structures and gender. Feminist psychology critiques historical psychological research as done from a male perspective with the view that males are the norm. [1] Feminist psychology is oriented on the values and principles of feminism. Gender issues can be broken down into many ...
[21] [22] As one of the first female psychiatrists, she was the first known woman to present a paper regarding feminine psychiatry. Fourteen of the papers she wrote between 1922 and 1937 were amalgamated into a single volume titled Feminine Psychology (1967). As a woman, she felt the mapping out of trends in female behaviour was a neglected issue.
Cindy Meston is a Canadian-American clinical psychologist well-known for her research [1] on the psychophysiology of female sexual arousal.She is a Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, Director of the Female Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory, [2] and author of Why Women Have Sex [3] (with co-author Dr. David M. Buss).