Creatures of a Day : And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
Creatures of a Day : And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
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Author(s): Yalom, Irvin D.
ISBN No.: 9780349407425
Pages: 224
Year: 201503
Format: UK-Trade Paper (Trade Paper)
Price: $ 26.34
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

'Dr Yalom has written a magical book. Anyone who has ever thought about his or her own aging or mortality will love this book. The result will be that of meeting, up close, a truly wise man, a really kind man, and of feeling deeply understood' George Vaillant, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University, and author of Triumphs of Experience and Aging Well What makes life worth living? What can we do to lead meaningful lives? And how do we confront our inevitable end? In his long career, eminent psychotherapist and author Irvin Yalom has pressed his patients and readers to grapple with life's two greatest challenges: that we all must die, and that each of us is responsible for leading a life worth living. In Creatures of a Day, he and his patients face the difficulty of these challenges. Although these people have come to Yalom seeking relief, recognition, or meaning, he and they discover that such things are rarely found in the places where we think to look. Like Love's Executioner and Yalom's other writing, Creatures of a Day provides an intelligent, compassionate, yet still unflinching look at the human soul and all the pain, confusion, and hope that go with it. The power of these stories is amplified by Yalom's reflections on his own life as he reckons with its inevitable end. Suffused with humor, great artistry, and a profound humanity, Creatures of a Day lays bare the necessary task we each face, each day, to make our own lives meaningful.



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