- Collection:
- Archives for Research on Women and Gender
- Title:
- Phyllis Glass oral history interview, 2016-07-29
- Creator:
- Glass, Phyllis
- Contributor to Resource:
- Schroeder, Ilene
- Date of Original:
- 2016-07-29
- Subject:
- Psychotherapists
Feminism
Work-life balance
Women--Education (Higher)
Social service - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, 41.4995, -81.69541 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Phyllis Glass was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Jewish immigrant parents. She was the first in her family to graduate from college when she received her bachelor's degree from Ohio State University. Glass later earned a master's degree in social work from Case Western Reserve University. She has practiced social work and psychotherapy in a variety of settings (including a 10-year stint at Karuna Counseling) and currently operates a private therapy practice in Atlanta. Established in 1974, the original mission of Karuna Counseling was to provide high quality, compassionate care for women. Over the years the practice has grown, developed and expanded its focus, and it now provides holistic psychotherapy services to men, women, adolescents, families, couples, businesses, and organizations in the Atlanta, Ga. area. The Karuna Counseling Oral History Project aims to document the history of the counseling practice through peer interviews with its therapists.
In this interview, Phyllis Glass begins by discussing her family and the influence of her parents' expectations on her early life. She talks about her education, and the ramifications of being the first in her family to earn a college degree. Glass talks about marrying her husband and describes him as a supportive partner. She describes her career trajectory, including working in children's services, providing services to the blind, working in a veterans' hospital, at Karuna, and in private practice. Glass discusses in detail her experiences working at Karuna, which she describes as an "amazing" place to work that aligned closely with her feminist, social-justice oriented values. Throughout the interview, Glass talks about balancing childcare and working outside the home. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arwg/id/20486
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/arwg:20486/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Glass, Phyllis, interviewed by Ilene Schroeder, July 29, 2016, Karuna Counseling Oral History Project, Archives for Research on Women and Gender. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 02:07:55
- Original Collection:
- Archives for Research on Women and Gender
http://research.library.gsu.edu/karuna
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Karuna Counseling Oral History Project - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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