Love's Executioner
by Irvin D. Yalom · first published 1991
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This collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist. Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too-human responses with his sensibility as a psychiatrist. Not since Freud has an author done so much to clarify what goes on between a psychotherapist and a patient.
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Probably the single most important thing I've read in years: Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life. Also: Irvin Yalom, Love's Executioner Gavin Extence, The Universe vs. Alex Woods
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on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Just finished "Love's Executioner" and "Creatures of a Day," both by Irvin Yalom. A deeply touching glimpse into the world of psychotherapy. Highly recommended.
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