Irvin D. Yalom Quotes


Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful. And if possible, get into therapy at different stages of their life with different kinds of therapists just to sample a bit.


Citations

Yalom, Irvin D. The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients. HarperCollins, 2002.

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Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin D. Yalom
  • Born: June 13, 1931
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Psychologist

Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.