Staring at the Sun: Being at Peace with Your Own Mortality
Author(s): Irvin D. Yalom
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Over the past quarter century Irvin Yalom has established himself as the world's leading group psychotherapist. In STARING AT THE SUN, he explores how the knowledge of our own mortality affects the unconscious mind of every human being. Tackling the effect of mankind's fear of death - both conscious and unconscious - on life and how we might live it, Yalom explains how we find ourselves in need of the comfort of therapy. At age 70 and facing his own fear of death, which he discusses in a special afterword, Dr Yalom tackles his toughest subject yet and finds it to be the root cause of patients' fears, stresses and depression. If therapists are to deliver 'the gift of therapy', they must confront the realities of life for themselves and their practice, as must we all.
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A book of wisdom to help us overcome our anxiety of death
'Unlike many psychotherapists, Yalom writes like a dream' OXFORD TIMES
Dr Yalom is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford University. He has won two major awards from the American Psychiatric Association and is the author of the highly regarded LOVE'S EXECUTIONER and MOMMA AND THE MEANING OF LIFE. He continues to run his clinical practice and lectures widely.
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group
- : Piatkus Books
- : 0.25
- : 01 March 2011
- : 197mm X 126mm X 20mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Irvin D. Yalom
- : Paperback
- : 155.937
- : 320