Love's Executioner
Subtitle: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780465020119
Subjects: Psychotherapy; Existential psychotherapy
Description: "First published in 1989, this ... collection of ten tales by distinguished psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom has become a classic. ... 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. Now with a new afterword ..."