The Yalom reader : selections from the work of a master therapist and storyteller / Irvin D. Yalom ; [edited by Ben Yalom].
By: Yalom, Irvin D.
Contributor(s): Yalom, Ben
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : BasicBooks, 1998Description: xii, 512 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0465036104 .Subject(s): Psychotherapy and literature | Group psychotherapy | Existential psychotherapyDDC classification: 616.89 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 616.89 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00091853 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In both his nonfiction and his fiction, Yalom uses the lens of psychotherapy to explore human nature and shows us that the line between the true and the imagined is not always easy to distinguish. What has driven Dr. Yalom from the beginning of his career is a powerful interest in narrative and it is this passion that ties these selections together. It is possible to come to The Yalom Reader from many different perspectives and be richly rewarded. Readers of Dr. Yalom's clinical texts will be intrigued by the fictional entries; general readers will gain a greater understanding of and appreciation for the practice of psychotherapy. All will find the mark of a master. Dr. Yalom has written an introductory essay for the Reader, section introductions and three new essays on narrative.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Group therapy -- The therapeutic factors: what it is that heals -- The therapist working in the here-and-now -- Group therapy with specialized groups: hospitalized patients, patients addicted to alcohol, the terminally ill, the bereaved -- Part II: Existential psychotherapy -- The four ultimate concerns -- Death, anxiety and psychotherapy -- Part III: On writing -- Literature informing psychology: literary vignettes -- Psychology informing literature: "Ernest Hemingway: a psychiatric view" -- The journey from psychotherapy to fiction -- The teaching novel -- The psychological novel.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Irvin D. Yalom was born in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 1931, of parents who immigrated from Russia shortly after World War I. Yalom entered into medical school intent on studying the field of psychiatry. His first writings were scientific contributions to professional journals. His first book, "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy" was widely used as a text for training therapists. It has been translated into twelve languages and spawned four editions."Existential Psychotherapy" followed, which was a textbook for a course that did not exist at the time, and then "Inpatient Group Psychotherapy," a guide to leading groups in the inpatient psychiatric ward. In an effort to teach aspects of Existential Therapy, Yalom turned to a literary conveyance and wrote a book of therapy tales called "Love's Executioner", two teaching novels, "When Nietzsche Wept" and "Lying on the Couch" and, "Momma and the Meaning of Life," a collection of true and fictionalized tales of therapy.
These books went on to be best sellers, and "When Nietzsche Wept" won the Commonwealth Gold Medal for best fiction of 1993. They have been widely translated,each into about fifteen to twenty languages, and have had considerable distribution abroad.
(Bowker Author Biography)