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Books : Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Penguin psychology)
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Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Penguin psychology) by: Irvin D Yalom List Price: £9.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £6.49 You Save: £3.50 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 616 EAN: 9780140128468 ISBN: 0140128468 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: January 31, 1991 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin Sales Rank: 3264 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Interesting subject but the book is dull, poorly written, and might turn you off therapy.This is a collection of patient case studies by psychiatrist Yalom. It was given to me as a gift by a friend who is a great admirer of Yalom's work. I am not working in the field of therapy or counseling but as I had took a few psychology classes in college I am somewhat familiar with the some of the classic texts of psychology (Freud, Jung, Piaget, etc) and I am accustomed to reading case studies. Yalom often describes his own feelings and reactions during therapy, something that might be helpful for a future councilor but his style is too simplistic. To follow his example and give my critic in a personal tone rather than a professional one: I was left disliking the man intensely, the idea that I could give access to my private ... Read More: Rating:  - Fascinating stories of therapy where the psychiatrist is not GodHaving read most of Yalom's other books, I expected this to be an insightful and instructive read. And so it proved. Yalom's ten 'cases' are recounted with gentleness, caring and consideration. The author does not cast himself in the role of the psychiatrist-God who has all the answers but as a person with likes and dislikes, with successes and failures, someone whose best intentions at times backfire and who can hit the spot with some of his patients through sheer accident. He treats his patients with consideration and respect without romanticizing the despair and anxiety he faces in his work. The book offers an interesting counter-part to Freud's classic case studies, which evoked the detective story genre as the psychoanalyst seeks to put ... Read More: Rating: - What an amazing book...I rarely read books to the end, even those I like, but this had me gripped from start to finish. Yalom makes interactions with his patients into riveting, detective story narratives wrapped in essential human needs and the essential fears and desires at the heart of nearly all of us (he says we all fear death for example). He takes each patient (and us as viewers) on a sort of an absolutely enthralling intellectual ramble seeking the essence of the patients pain. He manages to eek out the most interesting characteristics from these stories and his insights into them are incredible. Interspersed in the accounts are interesting digressions into the process of psychotherapy; what it is for and what it aims to do. ... Read More: Rating: - Simply the bestThis is a "fly on the wall" book. It lets budding counsellors and psychotherapists see what really goes on in the consulting room of one of the most important therapists of the age. I recommend this to students every year, and every year they are gripped by the stories. An essential read for anyone interested in the inner lifes of clients therapists or themselves Rating: - Fascinating StoriesThis book is riveting. It's all about people who are exhibiting extreme behaviour: overeating, passionately in love with someone half your age, a man paranoid about losing face, a sleazy sex maniac and a boring accountant with lurid dreams. Dr Yalom gets them all in his surgery and talks them through their problems. He uncovers the most amazing things, which are an inspiration, offering insights into how we all tick. I find lots of people quite hostile or afraid of psychotherapy. I've recommended this book to them because, whatever your views on therapy, it's a gripping read. |
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