Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy - Softcover

Yalom M.D., Irvin D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060958383 ISBN 13: 9780060958381

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2000

Synopsis

At once wildly entertaining and deeply thoughtful, this follow-up to "Love's Executioner" will delight Yalom's many fans while inviting new readers to discover the special pleasures this therapist brings to the craft of writing as he illuminates the unique potential of every human relationship.

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Review:

"Unlike most psychotherapists, Yalom can tell a story and tell it so well that it is easy to forget that what one is reading is a distillation of weeks, months, even years of therapeutic work. . . . And Yalom does it with enviable openness and style."--Times Literary Supplement (London)

"[Yalom] again displays the great narrative drive and wit evident in Love's Executioner. . . . These six engrossing narratives are very valuable gleanings from a master therapist's professional and personal experience.--Kirkus

"These spellbinding tales of pain and of healing transport us into the very core of the therapeutic experience."--Maggie Scarf, author of Intimate Worlds

"Yalom absorbingly recounts the resilience some patients bring to the task of healing themselves."--Booklist

“This is a chance to get inside the mind of a brilliant therapist and witness the soul breaking through. Like the first light of dawn, Momma and the Meaning of Life is warm, radiant and revealing.”--Mark Epstein, M.D., author of Thoughts Without a Thinker and Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart

From the Back Cover:

Psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom probes further into the mysteries of the therapeutic encounter in this entertaining and thoughtful follow-up to his bestselling Love's Executioner

In six enthralling stories drawn from his own clinical experience, Irvin D. Yalom once again proves himself an intrepid explorer of the human psyche as he guides his patients--and himself--toward transformation. With eloquent detail and sharp-eyed observation Yalom introduces us to a memorable cast of characters. Drifting through his dreams and trampling through his thoughts are Paula, Yalom's "courtesan of death"; Myrna, whose eavesdropping gives new meaning to patient confidentiality; Magnolia, into whose ample lap Yalom longs to pour his own sorrows, even as he strives to ease hers; and Momma--ill-tempered, overpowering, and suffocating her son with both love and disapproval.

A richly rewarding, almost illicit glimpse into the therapist's heart and mind, Momma and the Meaning of Life illuminates the unique potential of every human relationship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060958383
• ISBN 13: 9780060958381
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272