Irvin D. Yalom
On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition (Working Biographies)
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Brittany Wilkerson
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Irvin Yalom is one of the best known, most widely read and Through his many books, which are accessible to ordinary listeners as well as illuminating for psychotherapists, he has provided a guide for living in a perplexing world. A recent poll of American psychotherapists voted him to be one of the three most important living therapists, but the worldwide success of his books suggests that his prominence is international.
Rather than positioning himself as a representative of one of the hundreds of "schools" or approaches to psychotherapy. Yalom offers a message that goes to the heart of psychotherapy. Taking up the central existential concerns of human life, Yalom’s work engages the problems of finding meaning in life and confronting death, concerns that had lain beyond the scope of psychiatry.
Writing in a literary style that reviewers have compared to Freud, Yalom details what actually happens in the intimate human encounter that is psychotherapy. Yalom does not shrink from exposing his own thoughts and feelings about what occurs; he, too is a vulnerable and searching human being. He makes his thinking about his patients, and his efforts to treat them, transparent, exposing his doubts, reservations and struggles as well as his insights.
He has written two textbooks, two volumes of case history stories, three novels about therapy, a guide for therapists and one book of counsel for the masses confronting death. Across all of this work, he explores the limitless and complex possibilities of the healing inherent in genuine human connection and authentic awareness of the dilemmas of human existence.
Irvin D. Yalom: On Psychotherapy and the Human Condition traces the genesis and evolution of his thinking and presents some of the seminal ideas of his writings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming after Heartbreaking
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- An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,817
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,541
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,514
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- By Garden Goddess on 10-15-16
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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Lying on the Couch
- A Novel
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Tony Pasqualini
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,073
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 952
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Story4 out of 5 stars 950
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By Espanolish on 05-11-16
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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The Spinoza Problem
- A Novel
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 479
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 423
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 420
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loud, Modern, Imaginative with Catharsis
- By Marian on 04-22-19
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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When Nietzsche Wept
- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Richard Powers
- Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 909
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 815
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 814
Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.
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5 out of 5 stars
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- By Philip on 09-14-16
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- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Gregory Gorton
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 709
-
Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 597
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 588
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5 out of 5 stars
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Positive & Life Affirming
- By Sara on 02-25-15
By: Irvin D. Yalom
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Hour of the Heart
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- By: Irvin D. Yalom
- Narrated by: Benjamin Yalom, Sean Pratt
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story5 out of 5 stars 45
Facing memory loss at age ninety-three as well as the fallout from a global pandemic that moved much of daily life online, legendary psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom was forced to vastly reconsider the shape of his sessions with patients. Rather than throw in the towel in the face of change, Dr. Yalom considered head-on the limitations imposed by these new realities and revolutionized his practice. Turning his focus to what might be achieved in a one-hour, one-time-only meeting between patient and practitioner, Dr. Yalom employed an even more concerted use of his “here and now” approach.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming after Heartbreaking
- By Coco on 05-08-25
By: Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin Yalom is one of my favorite writers and I really enjoyed this book about Yalom’s life, counseling, and his books. I liked how the author summarized Yalom’s books and explained the highlights of each. I read almost every Yalom book and this book was a good summary of each book.
Love’s Executioner, Lying on the Couch, and Group Therapy are my three favorite books of Yalom, but his other books are great also!
This book helped me see Yalom’s genius and love for helping people.
Great listen. The narrator did a fantastic job reading this book.
Great Book on the ideas and books of Irvin Yalom
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