Joan K. Peters Ph.D.

About

Joan K. Peters, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of literature and writing at California State University at Channel Islands. She has a Ph.D in comparative literature from the University of Chicago. Her novel and two books cover women and work. Her new book is Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis. Readers can contact her via UntanglingJoan.

Books by Joan K. Peters Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Self-Analysis: What Happens When Therapy Is Over?

Personal Perspective: What do you do when therapy has ended and some major (or minor) difficulty comes along that feels dark and threatening to your hard-earned stability?

Understanding Loneliness: The Deep-Seated Kind

Personal Perspective: Maybe everyone faces loneliness from time to time, but why is it that for some people it seems like their default? What can you do about it when it is?

Restless Legs and an Unquiet Mind

For me, restless legs may be it's physiological. However, what if it was an expression of some voice inside that got silenced? And what happens if you start listening?