Irvin D. Yalom, Author . HarperCollins $24.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-621440-5
If the future of psychotherapy lies in psychopharmaceuticals and the short-term therapies stipulated by HMOs, argues Yalom, then the profession is in trouble. Yalom, the recipient of both major awards given by the American Psychiatric Association,...
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author . HarperCollins $24.95 (358p) ISBN 978-0-06-621441-2
Having taken on the origins of psychotherapy in the popular When Nietzsche Wept
, psychiatrist-novelist Yalom now turns to group therapy and the thinker sometimes known as the "philosopher of pessimism," in this meticulous, occasionally slow-
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author . Jossey-Bass $24.95 (306p) ISBN 978-0-7879-9668-0
The philosopher Martin Heidegger once remarked that we can live intensely only if we stare death in the face every moment of our lives. Bestselling psychiatrist Yalom (Love's Executioner
) attempts to put this principle into practice in a sometimes...
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author Harper Perennial $13.5 (270p) ISBN 978-0-06-097334-6
In 10 tales of personal transformation related by the psychotherapist author, each patient makes some headway in overcoming compulsions, depression, hypertension or whatever--yet each also comes face fo face with larger problems such as the...
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author Harper Perennial $14 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-097550-0
This talky first novel by psychotherapist Yalom is set in 1882, when Joseph Breuer, an eminent physician and mentor of Sigmund Freud, strives to apply his recently discovered talking cure to the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. (Aug.)
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author Basic Books $19.95 (270p) ISBN 978-0-465-04280-7
``It's the relationship that heals'' is a slogan psychotherapist Yalom claims as his ``professional rosary.'' In these 10 eloquent, engaging tales of personal transformation, each patient makes some headway in overcoming compulsions, depression,...
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author Basic Books $20 (306p) ISBN 978-0-465-09172-0
This talky first novel by psychotherapist Yalom ( Love's Executioner ) is set in 1882 Vienna, where Joseph Breuer, an eminent physician and mentor of Sigmund Freud, has applied his recently discovered talking cure to a woman afflicted with multiple...
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author Basic Books $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-465-04386-6
Following the ""tales from the clinic"" formula that helped make his Love's Executioner a bestseller, psychiatrist Yalom reveals much more of himself this time around. He starts with a soul-baring account of his relationship with his mother, in...
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Irvin D. Yalom. Basic, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-465-02964-8
Novelist and psychiatrist Yalom (The Spinoza Problem) offers 10 tales from his clients that illuminate the gifts of psychotherapy, particularly the hopeful lessons one can glean from it in the context of aging and death. He steers away from the...
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Irvin D. Yalom, Author, Arvin D. Yalom, Author Basic Books $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-465-04295-1
A willingness to confess to his various mistakes in the course of treating patients made Dr. Yalom's 1989 nonfiction bestseller, Love's Executioner & Other Tales of Psychotherapy, endearing, but one hopes that this satire of the Bay Area psychiatric
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