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Creatures of a Day

And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

Creatures of a Day( )
Author: Yalom, Irvin D.
ISBN:978-1-925106-42-8
Publication Date:Mar 2015
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $29.99
Book Description:

In his long and distinguished career, Irvin D. 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 confront the difficulty of meeting these challenges. Yalom not only gives us an enthralling glimpse into his patients' desires and motivations, but also tells his own story as he struggles to reconcile...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs
Psychology / General
Psychology / Psychotherapy / General
Psychology / Psychotherapy / Therapy Dynamics
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.5 x 21 x 1.625 cm
Book Weight:0.234 Kilograms
Author Biography
Yalom, Irvin D. (Author)
Irvin D. Yalom was born in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 1931, of parents who immigrated from Russia shortly after World War I. Yalom entered into medical school intent on studying the field of psychiatry. His first writings were scientific contributions to professional journals. His first book, "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy" was widely used as a text for training therapists. It has been translated into twelve languages and spawned four editions.

"Existential Psychotherapy" followed, which was a textbook for a course that did not exist at the time, and then "Inpatient Group Psychotherapy," a guide to leading groups in the inpatient psychiatric ward. In an effort to teach aspects of Existential Therapy, Yalom turned to a literary conveyance and wrote a book of therapy tales called "Love's Executioner", two teaching novels, "When Nietzsche Wept" and "Lying on the Couch" and, "Momma and the Meaning of Life," a collection of true and fictionalized tales of therapy.

These books went on to be best sellers, and "When Nietzsche Wept" won the Commonwealth Gold Medal for best fiction of 1993. They have been widely translated,each into about fifteen to twenty languages, and have had considerable distribution abroad.

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