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Mar 21, 2013 · Yalom on Therapy and Meaning. Excerpts from an interview with Irvin Yalom. Posted Mar 21, 2013. 4. Source: If you’re not famliar, Dr. Yalom is Stanford Professor Emeritus and the author of...
Mar 21, 2013 · Yalom on Therapy and Meaning. Excerpts from an interview with Irvin Yalom. Posted March 21, 2013. I'm fortunate to have spoken with Irvin Yalom a few times. The interviews usually have a...
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In-depth interview exploring how Yalom's entire career, from his first therapy case, to his contributions in group and existential psychotherapy, sets the foundation for his approach to psychotherapy.
His writing on existential psychology centers on what he refers to as the four "givens" of the human condition: isolation, meaninglessness, mortality and freedom, and discusses ways in which the human person can respond to these concerns either in a functional or dysfunctional fashion.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Jeffrey Berman comments on Yalom’s profound contributions to psychotherapy and literature and emphasizes the recurrent ideas that unify his writings: the importance of the therapeutic relationship, therapist transparency, here-and-now therapy, the prevalence of death anxiety, reciprocal healing, and the ...
Apr 1, 2001 · Yalom comes as close as anybody can to explaining the term and its usefulness in the practice of psychotherapy, using meaningful clinical examples. He tells us that it is a dynamic approach to therapy that focuses on concerns rooted in the individual’s existence. It deals with four ultimate concerns—death, freedom, isolation, and ...
