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The Yalom Reader: Selections From The Work Of A Master Therapist And Storyteller
In both his nonfiction and his fiction, Yalom uses the lens of psychotherapy to explore human nature and shows us that the line between the true and the imagined is not always easy to distinguish. What has driven Dr. Yalom from the beginning of his career is a powerful interest in narrative and it is this passion that ties these selections together. It is possible to come...more
Paperback, 528 pages
Published
February 21st 1998
by Basic Books
(first published February 20th 1998)
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I give this five stars because this book made me want to read everything that he has written fiction and non-fiction. I think he must be an awesome therapist. I'd love to attend one of his (now) infrequent lectures or just meet him to chat.
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Therapists or those interested in psychotherapy
After encouragement from friends, Rocky Cole, and Renee Obrien, I finally picked this book of Dr. Irvin Yalom to read first. I had read his books on group therapy and inpatient group therapy back in the early 1980s while in my training as a therapist, looked at his book on existential psychotherapy, but never read it. And although I saw over the years his collections of stories of patients and even novels, it took my friends encouragement to get me interested enough to begin reading his work. I...more
a journey rich in both theory and imagination ... with many stops for reflection
As good as it gets, therapeutically and clinically that is
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Irvin David Yalom, M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University, an existentialist, and accomplished psychotherapist.
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