3 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 1991-2026
September 7, 2026 Karen Peoples
Karen Peoples, Ph.D., from the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California (PINC) in San Francisco believes that telepathic dreams between patient and analyst are “surprisingly common” and can occur so frequently for some individuals as to seem “quite ordinary.” However, for Karen, the impact of shared similar dreams between her and her patient collided for her “with an electric shock,”...
Psychoanalytic Dialogues November 2, 2025 Karen Peoples, Megan Rundel
In this paper, we take up the question of what happens from a psychoanalytic perspective when a patient engages in psychedelic-assisted therapy. While some writers have suggested that psychedelic agents promote regression to an earlier point in development, we argue that such states may be better understood as expanding the mind beyond ordinary consciousness. We assert that traditional models...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology October 1, 1991 Karen Peoples, Bert Parlee 2 citations
The ego as a construct in humanistic and transpersonal psychology has a turbulent history. Early efforts to distinguish transpersonal theories from the reductionism of Freudian drive psychology tended to eschew psychoanalytic views altogether, including theories on the development of the ego as an intrapsychic structure. In the last decade, transpersonal theorists have began to recognize and...