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jennifer_anne3 's review for:
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
by Nicola Ferguson, Irvin D. Yalom
From the book:,
"Lastly, it has always struck me as an extraordinary privilege to belong to the vernable and honorable guild of healers. We therapists are part of a tradition reaching back not only to our immediate ancestors, beginning with Freud and Jung and all their ancestors - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard - but also to Jesus, the Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Galen, Hippocrates, and all the other great religious leaders, philosophers, and physicians who have, since the beginning of time, ministered to human despair."
It is a heady thought to hold myself up with the traditions laid out in this book but it feels true. The Gift of Therapy provides a deep and insightful look into what it means to be a therapist, to be a helper.
Whether you are a practitioner or a client or are simply looking for a good read, I recommend this book. I feel lucky to have read it.
"Lastly, it has always struck me as an extraordinary privilege to belong to the vernable and honorable guild of healers. We therapists are part of a tradition reaching back not only to our immediate ancestors, beginning with Freud and Jung and all their ancestors - Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard - but also to Jesus, the Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Galen, Hippocrates, and all the other great religious leaders, philosophers, and physicians who have, since the beginning of time, ministered to human despair."
It is a heady thought to hold myself up with the traditions laid out in this book but it feels true. The Gift of Therapy provides a deep and insightful look into what it means to be a therapist, to be a helper.
Whether you are a practitioner or a client or are simply looking for a good read, I recommend this book. I feel lucky to have read it.