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    Joan M. Erikson

    Joan Mowat Erikson was born in Canada; she earned her B.A. in Education at Columbia University and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a teacher, writer, and craftsman and has worked with gold, silver, and precious stones. She is the author of a previous book, The Universal Bead. She is married to the noted psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.

    Joan M. Erikson

    Joan Mowat Erikson was born in Canada; she earned her B.A. in Education at Columbia University and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a teacher, writer, and craftsman and has worked with gold, silver, and precious stones. She is the author of a previous book, The Universal Bead. She is married to the noted psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson.

    Books by Joan M. Erikson

    • Activity, Recovery, Growth: The Communal Role of Planned Activities

      Joan M. Erikson, David Loveless, Joan Loveless, Erik H. Erikson

      Paperback, 1978

      In 1951 Joan M. Erikson, a craftswoman and writer, was asked to develop a program of planned activities for the patients at the Austen Riggs Center, a small private institution for the emotionally...

    • Vital Involvement in Old Age

      Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson, Helen Q. Kivnick

      Paperback, 1995

      Erikson's now-famous concept of the life cycle delineates eight stages of psychological development through which each of us progresses.

    • The Life Cycle Completed

      Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson

      Extended Version, Paperback, 1998

      "This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."—Robert Coles

    • Saint Francis and His Four Ladies

      Joan M. Erikson

      Hardback, 1970

      Out of this residue of verified fact and beloved legend, the image of Saint Francis emerges.

    • Wisdom and the Senses: The Way of Creativity

      Joan M. Erikson

      Paperback, 1991

      "In this loving and vivid book, Joan Erikson gives us an artist's retracting of the human life cycle, beginning in the blessings of the senses and fulfilled in wisdom."—Mary Catherine Bateson

    • The Universal Bead

      Joan M. Erikson, Mary Austin

      Paperback, 1993

      Throughout recorded history, beads have had a powerful allure for people of all ages. Fascinating in their own right, valuable as currency and durable wealth, they have also been endowed with...

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