Love's executioner and other tales of psychotherapy / Irvin D. Yalom.

By:

Yalom, Irvin D, 1931-

Material type:

TextSeries: Penguin psychologyPublication details: London : Penguin Books, 2013.Description: x, 270 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780141975443

Subject(s):

Existential psychotherapy -- Case studies

DDC classification:

616.8914

Contents:

1. Love's executioner -- 2. "If rape were legal..." -- 3. Fat lady -- 4. "The wrong one died" -- 5. "I never thought it would happen to me" -- 6. "Do not go gentle" -- 7. Two smiles -- 8. Three unopened letters -- 9. Therapeutic monogamy -- 10. In search of the dreamer.

Summary: Love's Executioner offers us the humane and extraordinary insight of renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom into the lives of ten of his patients - and through them into the minds of us all. Why was Saul tormented by three unopened letters from Stockholm? What made Thelma spend her whole life raking over a long-past love affair? How did Carlos's macho fantasies help him deal with terminal cancer? In this engrossing book, Irvin Yalom gives detailed and deeply affecting accounts of his work with these and seven other patients. Deep down, all of them were suffering from the basic human anxieties - isolation, fear of death or freedom, a sense of the meaninglessness of life - that none of us can escape completely. And yet, as the case histories make touchingly clear, it is only by facing such anxieties head on that we can hope to come to terms with them and develop. Throughout, Dr Jalom remains refreshingly frank about his own errors and prejudices; his book provides a rare glimpse into the consulting room of a master therapist.

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1. Love's executioner --
2. "If rape were legal..." --
3. Fat lady --
4. "The wrong one died" --
5. "I never thought it would happen to me" --
6. "Do not go gentle" --
7. Two smiles --
8. Three unopened letters --
9. Therapeutic monogamy --
10. In search of the dreamer.

Love's Executioner offers us the humane and extraordinary insight of renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom into the lives of ten of his patients - and through them into the minds of us all.

Why was Saul tormented by three unopened letters from Stockholm? What made Thelma spend her whole life raking over a long-past love affair? How did Carlos's macho fantasies help him deal with terminal cancer?

In this engrossing book, Irvin Yalom gives detailed and deeply affecting accounts of his work with these and seven other patients. Deep down, all of them were suffering from the basic human anxieties - isolation, fear of death or freedom, a sense of the meaninglessness of life - that none of us can escape completely. And yet, as the case histories make touchingly clear, it is only by facing such anxieties head on that we can hope to come to terms with them and develop. Throughout, Dr Jalom remains refreshingly frank about his own errors and prejudices; his book provides a rare glimpse into the consulting room of a master therapist.

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