Love's executioner, and other tales of psychotherapy

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Title:

Love's executioner, and other tales of psychotherapy

Author:

Yalom, Irvin D., 1931- author.

ISBN:

9780465020119

Personal Author:

Yalom, Irvin D., 1931- author.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 285 pages ; 21 cm

General Note:

"A hardcover edition of this book was first published in 1989 by Basic Books."--Title page verso.

Contents:

Love's executioner -- "If rape were legal ..." -- "The wrong one died" -- Fat lady -- "I never thought it would happen to me" -- "Do not go gentle" -- Two smiles -- Three unopened letters -- Therapeutic monogamy -- In search of the dreamer -- Afterword [by the author]: On rereading Love's executioner at age eighty.

Abstract:

"First published in 1989, this ... collection of ten tales by distinguished psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom has become a classic. ... Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too-human responses with his sensibility as a psychiatrist. Now with a new afterword ..." Publisher's statement, p. [4] of cover.

Subject Term:

Existential psychotherapy -- Case studies.

Psychotherapist and patient -- Case studies.

Existentialism.

Psychotherapy.

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168025831989	616.8914 Y16L 2012	1	Searching... Unknown
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168025831971	616.8914 Y16L 2012	2	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER

An "utterly absorbing" collection of ten classic tales from the therapist's chair by renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author Irvin D. Yalom ( Newsday)

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. Yalom remains refreshingly frank about his own errors and prejudices; his book provides a rare glimpse into the consulting room of a master therapist.