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Dr. Irvin Yalom
Irvin David Yalom , M.D., is an author of fiction and nonfiction, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University , an existentialist , and accomplished psychotherapist . Psychiatry is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness. ...
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County. ...
Existentialism is a philosophical movement that deals with human freedom. ...
// Psychotherapy is a range of techniques based on dialogue, communication and behavior change and which are designed to improve the mental health of a client or patient, or to improve group relationships (such as in a family). ...
Novels (1992) When Nietzsche Wept (1996) Lying on the Couch (2005) The Schopenhauer Cure
Nonfiction (1970 1st ed, 1975 2nd ed.) The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy (1974) Every Day Gets a Little Closer (1980) Existential Psychotherapy (1983) Inpatient Group Psychotherapy (1989) Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (1998) The Yalom Reader (1999) Momma and the Meaning of Life (2001) The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
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CSIndy: The Observer Observed (January 27 - February 2, 2000) (534 words)
Yalom goes on to recount a childhood filled with the shame and mutual incomprehension common to the educated children of working-class immigrant parents. Yalom describes visiting his mother in her retirement-home apartment, its tables overflowing with various editions of the books he had written, books she could not possibly read or understand, but that she was proud of as tangible products of her own sacrifice. For Yalom the existential therapist, this special view is a sense that life is about the search for meaning, the discovery of patterns and the ironical beauty of living with contradictions.
Salon: Irvin Yalom (2744 words)
If Irvin Yalom is right, it is life itself. Most striking was the contrast between Yalom's brilliantly successful career and the place he has reached now, at age 65. Irvin Yalom is fascinating not only because of what he says but also because of how he lives.
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