El don de la terapia : Carta abierta a una nueva generación de terapeutas y a sus pacientes

Irvin Yalom describes therapy as “a genuine encounter with the other person.” Based on the knowledge gained from forty-five years of professional practice, this unparalleled guide to successful therapy offers advice and recommendations for the current generation of therapists and their patients. Drawing on authors such as Epicurus, Freud, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Spinoza, and echoing Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Dr. Yalom offers all the advice he would give to a young psychiatrist and their patients. Some of the tips developed include avoiding diagnoses, acknowledging mistakes, creating a new therapy for each patient, using feelings as valuable material, and refraining from making decisions on behalf of the patient. Profound yet practical, The Gift of Therapy will help practitioners, patients, and anyone who wants to improve their relationships with others and with themselves.