false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167301506m/21024.jpg 21024 8 Tales of therapy are also tales of therapists, and Irvin D. Yalom--author of much bestselling psychiatric fiction <I>and</I> nonfiction--is a seasoned storyteller. This new collection of "tales from the couch," part memoir and part fiction, is the work of a therapist unafraid to become deeply engaged with his patients; people, not pathology, are the stuff of Yalom's psychotherapy. Ego, doubt, and fantasy are rarely confined to the couch, and the doctor learns as much from his patients as they from him.<p> Here Yalom introduces us to Paula, whose losing fight against cancer teaches us that fear is only one of the many colors that brighten our dying; to Irene, a skilled surgeon whose dreams provide tantalizing clues for the psychological gumshoe intent on discovering the irrational terror behind her impressive intellect; to Magnolia, the earth mother whose inexplicable paralysis and imaginary infestations seemed her body's way of punishing her for aspirations aimed too high; and to Momma herself, half protector, half mythological monster, guardian at the gates of the psychotherapist's own unconscious. And, opening up the case files of the fictional Ernest Lash, Yalom reminds us that psychiatrists, too, are human. Like Oliver Sacks, Yalom spins the labyrinth threads of consciousness into the rich tapestry of something much grander. Therapy is not for the weak of heart, doctor or patient; in these pages, the journey toward healing and self-awareness reveals itself to be not about passivity, but courage. <I>--Patrizia DiLucchio</I> 981732 1999 Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy total:207|5:53|4:90|3:57|2:7|1:0| 207 810 296 11 5 8 false false Thu Jul 03 20:19:08 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 20:36:34 -0700 2008
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Six Yalom stories
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