The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

Yalom, Irvin

ISBN 10: 0066214408 / ISBN 13: 9780066214405

Published by HarperCollins, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0066214408
• ISBN 13: 9780066214405
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Acclaimed author and renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom distills thirty-five years of psychotherapy wisdom into one brilliant volume.

The culmination of master psychiatrist Dr. Irvin D. Yalom’s more than thirty-five years in clinical practice, The Gift of Therapy is a remarkable and essential guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. The bestselling author of Love’s Executioner shares his uniquely fresh approach and the valuable insights he has gained—presented as eighty-five personal and provocative “tips for beginner therapists,” including:

•Let the patient matter to you

•Acknowledge your errors

•Create a new therapy for each patient

•Do home visits

•(Almost) never make decisions for the patient

•Freud was not always wrong

A book aimed at enriching the therapeutic process for a new generation of patients and counselors, Yalom’s Gift of Therapy is an entertaining, informative, and insightful read for anyone with an interest in the subject.

About the Author

Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is the author of Love's Executioner, Momma and the Meaning of Life, Lying on the Couch, The Schopenhauer Cure, When Nietzsche Wept, as well as several classic textbooks on psychotherapy, including The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, considered the foremost work on group therapy. The Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford University, he divides his practice between Palo Alto, where he lives, and San Francisco, California.