Details

Autor Yalom, Irvine D.
Verlag Basic Books, Inc., Publishers
Auflage/ Erscheinungsjahr 1989, EA
Format 23,4 × 16,5 × 2,8 cm
Einbandart/ Medium/ Ausstattung Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag
Seiten/ Spieldauer 270 Seiten
SFB Artikelnummer (SFB_ID) SFB-004043_SIG

Zu diesem Buch

In this rare glimpse of thc thoroughly engaged therapist at work, a master psychiatrist openly confronts not only his own feelings and errors but the uncertainty at the heart of the therapeutic encounter, These ten tales vividly re-create the way Dr. Irvin Yalom breaks through that uncertainty to a patient's ultimate truth - to the fear of death, say, behind the life-denying nostalgia of Thelma, the elderly patient of the title story who is possessed by a long past love affair; or behind the macho behavior of Carlos, a middle-aged man compulsively lustful in the face of his fatal cancer. It is, says Dr. Yalom, only by recognizing the stark facts of human existence, only through full awareness of oneself as mortal, that any one of us, not merely patients in therapy, can come to live as whole creatures.

Indeed, these enthralling tales go beyond therapy to speak to the human condition in all its poignant oddity. And in them, Irvin Yalom achieves a pathos and humor worthy of Chekhov himself.

Pressestimmen

"Irvin Yalom writes like an angel about the devils that besiege us. These beautifully wrought true stories go way beyond therapy; they are incisive and moving tales of life, by a wise psychotherapist." (Rollo May)

"I loved Loves Executioner. Dr. Yalom has learned something that fiction writers learned years ago—that people's mistakes are a lot more interesting than their triumphs." (Joanne Greenberg)

"Loves Executioner is one of those rare books that suggests both the mystery and the poetry of the psychotherapeutic process. The best therapists are at least partly poets. With this riveting and beautifully written book, Irvin Yalom has joined their ranks." (Erica Jong)

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