The Gift Of Therapy: An open letter to a new generation of therapists and their patients: Reflections on Being a Therapist - Hardcover

Yalom, Irvin D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749922591 ISBN 13: 9780749922597

Publisher: Piatkus, 2002

Synopsis

The Gift of Therapy is the new book from the bestselling author of Love's Executioner. The culmination of master psychiatrist Dr Irvin Yalom's forty-five years' work as a therapist, this book illustrates 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 includes some unorthodox suggestions: - Let the patient matter to you - Acknowledge your errors - Create a new therapy for each patient - Three kinds of therapist self-disclosure - Revealing the therapist's personal life: use caution - Full interpretation of a dream? Forget it! - Freud was not always wrong This is an entertaining, informative and insightful read for both beginner (and experienced) therapists, patients and everyone with an interest in the subject.

About this title

Review:

'Yalom writes with the narrative wit of O. Henry and the earthy humour of Isaac Bashevis Singer' San Francisco Chronicle

Book Description:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0749922591
• ISBN 13: 9780749922597
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288