Irvin D. Yalom

1931, USA

American psychiatrist and existential psychotherapist. Prolific author of textbooks and novels about psychotherapy.

Books

  • The Gift of Therapy (2002)

    Yalom shares 85 tips for therapists, based on more than forty years of clinical practice.

  • Love's Executioner (1989)

    Ten true therapy stories illustrating fundamental existential dilemmas: death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness.

  • Existential Psychotherapy (1980)

    Foundational work systematizing the four core existential themes in psychotherapy: death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness.