The Gift of Therapy is the culmination of master psychiatrist Dr Irvin Yalom\'s thirty-five years\' work as a therapist, illustrating through real case studies how Patients and Therapists alike can get the most out of therapy.
This is an entertaining, informative and insightful read for both beginners and more experienced therapists, patients, students and everyone with an interest in the subject..
Personal, and sometimes provocative, Yalom makes some unorthodox suggestions, including: Let the patient matter to you
Acknowledge your errors
Create a new therapy for each patient
Make home visits; (Almost) never make decisions for a patient; and Freud was not always wrong.
Presented as eighty-five \'tips\' for \'beginner therapists\', Yalom shares his own fresh approach and the insights he has gained while treating his patients.
The Gift of Therapy is the culmination of master psychiatrist Dr Irvin Yalom\'s thirty-five years\' work as a therapist, illustrating through real case studies how Patients and Therapists alike can get the most out of therapy
