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Summary: Rcommended reading for therapists as well as patients
Review: A masterpiece work of what therapy can do for both someone practicing as well as receiving therapy. It should be recommended reading in classes prepareing therapists and it also is an excellent guideline or base of what a patient should aspire for in receiving treatment. It is clearly and brilliantly written - not much jargon - and if you do not need therapy or do not think you do, you can benefit tremendously from just absorbing the dynamics. A quick quote - "if one is to learn to live with the dead , one must first learn to live with the living." Enjoy it - learn.
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Summary: Thank goodness I'm not alone!
Review: As a graduate student in counseling, I was both excited and relieved by this candid account of Dr. Yalom's own experiences with ten very unique clients. He lets us see what he was thinking, shows us that we aren't alone in thinking some patients are boring, others completely frustrating. Dr. Yalom is a brilliant, yet completely honest human, and I have learned as much, or more, from his writings as I have in my formal counseling education. A must read for anyone interested in studying to be a therapist or thinking about getting therapy!
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Summary: Great Insight!
Review: As a therpast in training this book was great! I loved reading about Yalom's version of his therapy sessions. I also enjoyed the fact that he is painfully honest. He does not deny that he is human and is willing to discuss his prejudices and downfalls as a therapist. The stories that he includes are both interesting and touching. I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: Honest, humorous and educational
Review: Dr. Yalom certainly does not put himself on a pedestal. He is honest about his prejudices and shortcomings and because of that, is able to overcome them in many cases. His personal belief, "an unexamined life is not worth living" serves him, his patients, and his readers very well. Whether you are considering therapy, have been through therapy, or are simply interested in getting to know yourself a little better, this book is highly recommended.
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Summary: An entertaining treatment of a serious subject
Review: Having read one of Yalom's fiction works, I expected to enjoy this book, and I did - immensely. I like psychology and read a lot of non-fiction works. This book deals with a serious subject in an entertaining way, the stories read like fiction and are certainly "stranger than fiction." In the Prologue, Yalom provides a brief introduction to Existential Psychotherapy, a core part of his technique. This is not a self-help or how-to book, but one can learn from the examples while enjoying the easy narrative writing style. Anyone with an appreciation for psychotherapy should love this book. Even those who think shrinks should be shrunk would probably find it entertaining and interesting if not enlightening.
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Summary: A very honest look at psychotherapy, not brutal but human.
Review: I have read only the first half of this book, but find myself entirely impressed by Yalom's reassuring sense that his readers are given about honest reactions to clients, and his strategies for dealing with countertransference. Very eloquently written; as a graduate student, I only wish I could observe Yalom in action.
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Summary: A truely beautiful book
Review: I loved this book because it illustrates so beautifully the inescapable challenges and contradictions at the centre of existence. In the words of one of Professor Yalom's patients "everyone has a heart" and we are permitted a rare insight into the therapeutic relationship to feel and understand how these hearts beat, bleed and heal. This book provides unforgettable insights on human relationships and the nature of therapy.
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Summary: excellet, i'd enjoyed and agree with yalom's style of work.
Review: i readed 3 books, and really ideollogicaly i agree with yalom's work, i also want to establish a connection with him, cause i work with people who where in terrorists attacs and i had experience i want to share with him, about parents who lost their children , or survivers, specially at the Israely embassy and jwesh community center in argentina 1992 and 1994.
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Summary: Yalom's lack of self-awareness is appalling
Review: I think the "overweight" woman who Dr. Yalom had a hard time relating to should send him a bill for the "breakthrough" she helped him achieve. I am reminded of the line from the movie, Dangerous Liasions, "Like most intellectuals, he's intensely stupid."
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Summary: Yalom's lack of self-awareness is appalling
Review: I think the "overweight" woman who Dr. Yalom had a hard time relating to should send him a bill for the "breakthrough" she helped him achieve. I am reminded of the line from the movie, Dangerous Liasions, "Like most intellectuals, he's intensely stupid."
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