Irvin Yalom
Dr Irvin Yalom is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of many books, including Creatures of a Day and the bestselling Love's Executioner. He and his wife, the author Marilyn Yalom, live in Palo Alto, California.
Dr Irvin Yalom is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of many books, including Creatures of a Day and the bestselling Love's Executioner. He and his wife, the author Marilyn Yalom, live in Palo Alto, California. See less
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Irvin Yalom book reviews
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A Matter of Death and Life: Love, Loss and What Matters in the End
Biography of love, death and life
by Ellen C, Jan 22, 2024
Dr. Yalom's early work on Group Therapy was a textbook for me early in Social work. Staring at the Sun was my first book by him on death and this one is one I think worthy of attention. I had to ... Read More
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The Schopenhauer Cure
Philosophical Therapy
Irvin Yalom has had a multi-faceted career as a practicing psychotherapist, as a leading writer of texts on group therapy, and as a novelist. Yalom also had a deeply-based interest in philosophy. His ... Read More
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The Schopenhauer Cure
The Schopenhauer Cure
by Tina11, Oct 21, 2008
Being confronted with cancer and his own death the psychotherapist Julius Hertzferd, try to re-examine his life and work. For reasons that he cannot clearly understands he seeks out Philip Slate, a ... Read More
