Writing the talking cure : Irvin D. Yalom and the literature of psychotherapy / Jeffrey Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berman, Jeffrey, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-.

Yalom, Irvin D.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2019]

Summary:

A distinguished psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Irvin D. Yalom is also the United States' most well-known author of psychotherapy tales. His first volume of essays, 'Love's Executioner', became an immediate best seller, and his first novel, 'When Nietzsche Wept', continues to enjoy critical and popular success. Yalom has created a subgenre of literature, the "therapy story," where the therapist learns as much as, if not more than, the patient; where therapy never proceeds as expected; and where the therapist's apparent failure proves ultimately to be a success.

Contents:

Introduction: existence pain

The theory and practice of group psychotherapy : the art of self-disclosure

Every day gets a little closer : a dual perspective of therapy

Existential psychotherapy : living with death anxiety

Inpatient group psychotherapy : educating observers and the observed

Love's executioner : living with existence pain

When Nietzsche wept : gratitude and its discontents

Lying on the couch : the threat of sexual boundary violations

Momma and the meaning of life : the "smoldering inner compost heap" of creativity

The gift of therapy : the hazards and privileges of being a therapist

The schopenhauer cure : searching for an antidote

Staring at the sun : novel healing

The Spinoza problem : "a sedative for my passions"

Creatures of a day : anticipating endings

Conclusion: Yalom's cure and becoming myself

Works cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438473888

1438473885

9781438473895

1438473893

OCLC:

1256707447