false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167301512m/21027.jpg 21027 10 <P>The collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter.  In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too human responses with his sensibility as a psychiatrist.  Not since Freud has an author done so much to clarify what goes on between a psychotherapist and a patient.</P> 162246 1989 Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Perennial Classics) total:1041|5:426|4:412|3:172|2:26|1:5| 1041 4351 1440 142 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Feb 23 09:43:07 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 19:03:48 -0700 2008 The stories offer a surprisingly engaging window to peek into the struggles of patients w/ the very same existential pains and miseries everyone experiences. The author is a practicing therapist, and he ba...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 23:16:21 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 23:41:24 -0700 2007
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