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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
Irvin D. Yalom
4.24 AVERAGE
414 reviews for:
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
Irvin D. Yalom
4.24 AVERAGE
Loved it! I was assigned to read in my first semester of MFT grad school. I love that it is written in a way that you can read any chapter in any order.
“As long as he denies his own agency, real change is unlikely because his attention will be directed toward changing his environment rather than himself.”
Alle bøker jeg har lest om psykoterapi vektlegger alltid at den mellommenneskelige relasjonen mellom terapeut og klient er en langt viktigere predikater på suksess enn terapeutens faglige kunnskaper. Har en mistanke om at dette er tilfelle i langt flere situasjoner enn bare klient-terapeut-forholdet, og at det å fokusere på å forbedre seg i de mellommenneskelige evnene det blir lagt fokus på i bøker som dette kan være skikkelig givende både for menneskene rundt oss og oss selv.
Thank you Dr. Yalom
For the therapist - beginning or seasoned, this is a great book full of shared experiences that one can add to their toolbox for working with clients. I enjoyed this and will probably be re-reading it again in the years to come.
For the therapist - beginning or seasoned, this is a great book full of shared experiences that one can add to their toolbox for working with clients. I enjoyed this and will probably be re-reading it again in the years to come.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Fantastic book! Has over 80 short chapters giving advice and example aimed at new therapists. Topics covered include the importance of the 'here and now', the client-patient relationship, self-disclosure. Absolutely valuable,
An incredible book that exudes loving-kindness laced with the wisdom and practical advice stemming from decades of introspective therapeutic work. It deserves to be reread time and again, and has more than earned its place on my shelf of foundational readings.
Enlightening essays on new ways of being in relationship with clients in the therapeutic process.
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
“We humans appear to be meaning-seeking creatures who have had the misfortune of being thrown into a world devoid of intrinsic meaning. One of our major tasks is to invent a meaning sturdy enough to support a life and to perform the tricky manoeuvre of denying our personal authorship of this meaning. Thus we conclude instead that it was “out there” waiting for us. Our ongoing search for substantial meaning seasons often throws us into crises of meaning.”
“Many feel that meaning projects take on a deeper, more powerful significance if they are self-transcendent—that is, directed at something or someone outside themselves, such as the love of a cause, a person, a divine essence.”
“Unlike my approach to other existential ultimate concerns (death, isolation, freedom), I find that meaning in life is best approached obliquely. What we must do is to plunge into one of the many possible meanings, particularly one with a self-transcendent basis.”
“The question of meaning in life is, as the Buddha taught, not edifying. One must immerse oneself into the river of life and let the question drift away.”
“Many feel that meaning projects take on a deeper, more powerful significance if they are self-transcendent—that is, directed at something or someone outside themselves, such as the love of a cause, a person, a divine essence.”
“Unlike my approach to other existential ultimate concerns (death, isolation, freedom), I find that meaning in life is best approached obliquely. What we must do is to plunge into one of the many possible meanings, particularly one with a self-transcendent basis.”
“The question of meaning in life is, as the Buddha taught, not edifying. One must immerse oneself into the river of life and let the question drift away.”
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced