Joan Mowat Erikson's Books

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

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

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 disturbed. In this book she and her co-workers describe their experience and its wider applications.

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

Responding to a resurgence in the interest of beads, Erikson examines the role of these intriguing objects in human affairs throughout history, as decorations, insignias, bearers of magic powers, and as currency. Illustrated throughout with beautiful full-color plates.

The authors offer a rationale for their own ideas of the central role of activity in all recovery and rehabilitation, emphasizing throughout that planned activities in therapeutic communities are not just another form of adjunctive therapy. Activity is a vital component of change, and without activity and change there is no recovery and no growth.

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

This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."—Robert Coles For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the field of contemporary psychology. Here, with new material by Joan M. Erikson, is an expanded edition of his final work. The Life Cycle Completed eloquently closes the circle of Erikson's theories, outlining the unique rewards and challenges—for both individuals and society—of very old age.

Book's by Joan Mowat Erikson

Wisdom and the Senses

Wisdom and the Senses

Saint Francis Et [i.e. And] His Four Ladies

Saint Francis Et [i.e. And] His Four Ladies

Activity, Recovery, Growth

Activity, Recovery, Growth

Saint Francis Et [i.e. And] His Four Ladies

Saint Francis Et [i.e. And] His Four Ladies

Universal Bead

Universal Bead

Activity, Recovery, Growth

Activity, Recovery, Growth

Wisdom and the Senses

Wisdom and the Senses

Universal Bead

Universal Bead

The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version)

The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version)

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