Reviews

Stając się sobą. Pamiętnik psychiatry by Irvin D. Yalom

teklagyorgy's review against another edition

5.0

Az Úton önmagamhozban ír arról is, hogy milyen nehézségekbe ütközött a szakterülete, a csoportterápia kapcsán, és az elmúlt évtizedek alatt hogyan sikerült a pszichoterápia mindennapos gyakorlatává tenni. Ezek a tények, amit viszont én éreztem, hogy egy kissé könnyedebb, ám mindenképpen érdekes és izgalmas könyv ez, ahol tényleg megismerheti az olvasó a sorok mögött rejlő embert, és talán így a többi könyvét is kicsit más szemmel veszem a kezembe – már csak azért is, mert néhány kötete születéséről is ír egy-egy fejezetben. Yalom rajongóknak kihagyhatatlan mű!

Bővebben: http://www.teklakonyvei.hu/2019/10/irvin-d-yalom-uton-onmagamhoz.html

periparaparasakura's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

4.5

emilyvkniv's review against another edition

5.0

An honest, touching read filled with Yalom's existential wisdom. I had goosebumps at a few points in the book, ironically, particularly during the ending.

annahendi's review against another edition

3.0

This one took me a bit to get through.

I wish I had read some of his other work, or had been more familiar with him as a psychiatrist before having a go. It reads as a book summary of his life's work, without giving too much detail or specificity into psychiatry or any particular topic. It's an honest, lengthy memoir that fell a bit flat for me.

sas02's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

weltenkreuzer's review against another edition

5.0

Es ist immer wieder eine Freude, Irvin Yalom zu lesen, wenn er über die Psychotherapie, die Menschen und sein Leben schreibt. Sehr schade, dass diese Autobiographie wohl sein letztes Buch zu sein scheint...

camoo3032's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.5

Fans of his work and writings would enjoy this book more than I did

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Cancer, Drug use, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Fatphobia, Genocide, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Eating disorder, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Dementia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and War

ritaleci_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

elnechnntt's review against another edition

4.0

A light and wondrous read of Yalom’s life, heavily condensed, but what a life!

It felt like it started to lose its way for me towards the end a bit, but it is also clear that writing this was a cathartic process for Yalom and it feels almost as though he wrote for himself over an designated readership.

A healthy reminder of what one can fit into a life when we follow our hearts and passions (he and his wife are definitely couple goals!). I’d love to read a similar memoir by his wife as it sounds as though her own journey was pretty spectacular in itself.

samduthie's review against another edition

3.0

They say you should never meet your heroes. Apparently I shouldn't have read this book because it left me feeling disconnected from the author, who has been one of my inspirations for years. Yalom highlights how a lot of his therapy stories are embellished or just fiction. I felt let down by that. Listening to an account of Yalom's holidays around the world started to get tiring after a while. Dude clearly had a very cushy and comfortable life.