New Release: Untangling
With the drama of a novel, Untangling tells the story of a transformative psychoanalysis, the first in-depth account by a patient. In Peters’ tempestuous twenties, a classical analysis quieted her recurring nightmares through a discovery of her family’s secret past. Decades later, her second analyst, Kristi, guided her through the frightening depths of that past as it played out in the intense strife and love in their relationship. In another first, Kristi writes an afterword about the challenge of analyzing Peters. Unique in its reach, Untangling reveals the inner workings of psychoanalysis and of the psyche.
“I loved Untangling. It is an incredible experience to read a patient’s narrative about their therapy. Joan Peters courageously pulls back the curtain on the profound, often mysterious relationship between analyst and patient. This beautifully written memoir invites readers into the intimate space of psychoanalysis, where vulnerability and longing take center stage.”
GALIT ATLAS, author of Emotional Inheritance,
faculty NYU Postdoctoral Program for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
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Joan K. Peters is a Professor Emeritus of Literature and Writing at California State University at California. She is the author, most recently, of Untangling: A Memoir of Psychoanalysis. Living in California with her husband, Peter, and their dogs and chickens, she has continued to write and lecture about psychoanalysis.
