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The Gift of Therapy
Irvin Yalom
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Description for The Gift of Therapy
Paperback. This new edition includes over twenty additional pages of new therapy tips by the author reflecting on the major issues and changes he has seen in the world of therapy since he first wrote this book in 2002. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 125 x 22. Weight in Grams: 256.
THE GIFT OF THERAPY is the culmination of master psychiatrist Dr Irvin Yalom's thirty-five years' work as a therapist, illustrating through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. Presented as eighty-five 'tips' for 'beginner therapists', Yalom shares his own fresh approach and the insights he has gained while treating his patients. Personal, and sometimes provocative, Yalom makes some unorthodox suggestions, including: Let the patient matter to you; Acknowledge your errors; Create a new therapy for each patient; Make home visits; (Almost) never make decisions for a patient; and Freud was not always ... Read more
THE GIFT OF THERAPY is the culmination of master psychiatrist Dr Irvin Yalom's thirty-five years' work as a therapist, illustrating through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. Presented as eighty-five 'tips' for 'beginner therapists', Yalom shares his own fresh approach and the insights he has gained while treating his patients. Personal, and sometimes provocative, Yalom makes some unorthodox suggestions, including: Let the patient matter to you; Acknowledge your errors; Create a new therapy for each patient; Make home visits; (Almost) never make decisions for a patient; and Freud was not always ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Piatkus
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749923730
SKU
V9780749923730
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About Irvin Yalom
Dr Irvin Yalom is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of many books, including Creatures of a Day and the bestselling Love's Executioner. He and his wife, the author Marilyn Yalom, live in Palo Alto, California.
Reviews for The Gift of Therapy
I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those open to learning with the heart as well as the head
E. Thomas Dowd
Counselling Psychology Quarterly
In 85 short chapters, [Yalom] presents little pearls of ideas shaped from thirty-five years in practice ... Yalom's latest is essential
Library Journal
[Yalom's] wise ideas are ... Read more
E. Thomas Dowd
Counselling Psychology Quarterly
In 85 short chapters, [Yalom] presents little pearls of ideas shaped from thirty-five years in practice ... Yalom's latest is essential
Library Journal
[Yalom's] wise ideas are ... Read more