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In six enthralling stories drawn from his own clinical experience, Irvin D. Yalom once again proves himself an intrepid explorer of the human psyche as he guides his patients - and himself - toward transformation. With eloquent detail and sharp-eyed observation, Yalom introduces us to a memorable cast of characters.

Internationally best-selling novelist Irvin D. Yalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 years. Using his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of Baruch Spinoza, the Jewish 17th-century secular philosopher, and of Alfred Rosenberg, outspoken Nazi ideologue, faithful servant of Hitler, the main author of racial policy for the Third Reich, and a godless mass murderer....

Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure", Breuer never expects that he, too, will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient.

The culmination of master psychiatrist Dr. Irvin D. Yalom's more than 35 years in clinical practice, The Gift of Therapy is a remarkable and essential guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. The best-selling author of Love's Executioner shares his uniquely fresh approach and the valuable insights he has gained - presented as 85 personal and provocative "tips for beginner therapists".

The collection of 10 absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too-human responses with his sensibility as a psychiatrist.

At 74, Yalom has penned a book that is the climax of his lifework, focusing on the universal human issues of mortality and death. He suggests that what he calls the "awakening experience" can help us acknowledge, accept, and utilize our fear of death in a very positive manner. Such an awakening experience can be as simple as a dream, or quick as a sudden insight. It is often a loss, a trauma, or just plain aging that can prompt an awakening experience that is a turning point for a more meaningful life.

Exposing the many lies told on and off the psychoanalyst's couch, Lying on the Couch gives listeners a tantalizing, almost illicit glimpse at what their therapists might really be thinking during their sessions. Fascinating, engrossing, and relentlessly intelligent, it ultimately moves listeners with a denouement of surprising humanity and redemptive faith.

Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare: He is 12 and is riding his bike past the home of an acne-scarred girl. Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, "Hello Measles!" But in his dream, the girl's father makes Yalom understand that his daily greeting had hurt her. For Yalom, this was the birth of empathy; he would not forget the lesson.

The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement and father of client-centered therapy, based his life's work on his fundamental belief in the human potential for growth. A Way of Being was written in the early 1980s, near the end of Carl Rogers's career, and serves as a coda to his classic On Becoming a Person. More philosophical than his earlier writings, it traces his professional and personal development and ends with a prophetic call for a more humane future.

Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work - and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some 20 years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured - miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer - and is himself a philosophical counselor in training.

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has been the standard text in the field for decades. In this completely updated sixth edition, Dr. Yalom and Dr. Leszcz draw on a decade of new research as well as their broad clinical wisdom and expertise. Each chapter is revised, reflecting the most recent developments in the field.

Amsterdam, février 1941. Le Reichleiter Rosenberg, chargé de la confiscation des biens culturels des juifs dans les territoires occupés, fait main basse sur la bibliothèque de Baruch Spinoza. Qui était donc ce philosophe, excommunié en 1656 par la communauté juive d’Amsterdam.

Venise, 1882. La belle et impétueuse Lou Salomé somme le Dr Breuer de rencontrer Friedrich Nietzsche. Encore inconnu du grand public, le philosophe traverse une crise profonde due à ses relations orageuses avec Lou Salomé et à l'échec de leur ménage à trois avec Paul Rée.

Que se passe-t-il dans la tête d’un psy ? Ce journal croisé entre Irvin Yalom et sa patiente éclaire les mécanismes de la thérapie et le chemin de la guérison. Lorsque Ginny Elkin, jeune écrivaine prometteuse mais très perturbée, vient le consulter, le Dr Yalom, pour encourager sa patiente à écrire, trouve une tout autre approche de la thérapie que ses confrères : Ginny, qui n’a pas d’argent, paiera ses séances avec des écrits, tandis que le thérapeute consignera, lui aussi, ses notes impressionnistes et non cliniques après chaque séance. Guérir à deux voix est l’aboutissement littéraire de ce pacte.

La vie incroyable du psychiatre américain Irvin D. Yalom, auteur de "Et Nietszche a pleuré" et du "Problème Spinoza". Après avoir passé sa vie à explorer celle des autres, Irvin Yalom se penche sur son propre parcours. Né américain sur le territoire américain, il nous laisse remonter à l'origine de sa famille : des immigrés juifs de Russie d'un petit shtetl. Il a vécu, enfant puis adolescent dans ce monde, faisant face à l'antisémitisme, se battant pour pouvoir faire partie des 5% du quota des médecins juifs dans cette Amérique des années 1950.

A deeply moving and revealing chronicle, from one of the most prominent psychotherapists of our time, of working under wholly new circumstances, and the challenges and breakthroughs he’s made as he takes on patients for one hour, one time only.

Eine Ménage à trois zwischen Lou Andreas Salomé, Nietzsche und der Psychoanalyse. Das Wien des Fin de siècle: Die selbstbewusste junge Russin Lou Andreas Salomé drängt den angesehenen Arzt Josef Breuer, dem suizidgefährdeten Friedrich Nietzsche zu helfen und ihn von seiner zerstörerischen Obsession für sie zu kurieren.

Das unglaubliche Leben des amerikanischen Psychiaters und Schriftstellers Irvin D. Yalom, Autor von "Und Nietzsche Weinte" und "Das Spinoza-Problem", erzählt von ihm selbst! "Und Nietzsche Weinte", "Das Spinoza-Problem", "Die Rote Couch", "Der Panama-Hut", "Der Schopenhauer-Kur". Bestimmt kennen Sie diese Bestseller. Aber was steht hinter diesen Werken? Wie ist Irvin Yalom auf die Ideen zu diesen Büchern gekommen? Und wie ist er überhaupt zu einem Schriftsteller geworden?

Irvin D. Yalom, einer der angesehensten Psychotherapeuten Amerikas, wurde am 13. Juni 2021 neunzig Jahre alt. Er gilt als Klassiker der existentiellen Psychotherapie, seine Lehrbücher und Romane erscheinen weltweit und erreichen Millionen. Seine Frau Marilyn Yalom, eine renommierte Kulturwissenschaftlerin und Autorin, starb im letzten Herbst nach 65jähriger Ehe. Als klar war, dass ihre Krankheit zum Tode führen würde, begannen beide ein Buch zu schreiben - das am Ende Irvin D. Yalom alleine fertigstellen musste.

Fühlen Sie sich im verwirrenden Labyrinth des Lebens verloren? Quält Sie die erdrückende Einsamkeit? Haben Sie Angst vor der unerbittlichen Vergänglichkeit? Oder sorgt der schleichende Verlust Ihrer Jugend und Eleganz für Unbehagen? "Denn alles ist vergänglich: Geschichten aus der Psychotherapie" vom renommierten Therapeut Irvin D. Yalom ist ein Werk, das Ihnen nicht nur den Spiegel vorhält, sondern auch Schlüssel zu einer erfüllteren Existenz anbietet.