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Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Perennial Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Irvin D. Yalom
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 3254
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0060958340
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8914
EAN: 9780060958343
Publication Date: September 1, 2000
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The 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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 An eye opener to the world of psychotherapy January 4, 2009
Esfandiar Aghaei (Toronto, Canada)
An eye opener to the world of psychotherapy
Love's Executioner is very insightful and a great educational book. I have learnt immensely about the profession called psychotherapy along with extreme behaviours and some of their underlying reasons. Yalom has a great ability to teach and write and those combined with being a psychotherapist synergise to a writing style that is intriguing, moving, powerful and not to forget very funny at times. This is an eye opener for those of us unfamiliar to the field of psychiatry and I cannot help wondering the possible impact this book and its alike would have if they were part of the high school education curriculum and common knowledge to people.
 The dark and sometimes disturbing world of psychology October 17, 2008
JAG 1 (New England)
This excellent book takes an in depth look at the dark and sometimes disturbing world of psychology. Even the therapist sometimes doesn't know what's going on as he takes the journey into the windmills of the mind...very well written and very informative and sometimes witty. The book also provides insight into humanity as a whole.
You'll Learn Something About Yourself! September 21, 2008
Zachary R. Taylor (Harrisonburg, VA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Riveting memoirs of ten of Dr. Yalom's most intriguing patients in psychotherapy! For the budding therapist in me, the stories were so infused with memorable insights into a therapist's mind. Dr. Yalom shares his success, failure, insights, and bewilderment with transparent honesty. I felt like I was in his head during these actual therapy sessions, listening in on the chatter of one of the great psychological minds of our time.
I would highly recommend the book to two other groups of people. First, those who love stories - these are some of the best and most exciting as Dr. Yalom constantly takes you from the conversation with his patients into his own mind and then back to the session. The stories are fairly short, fast paced, and exciting, for those who struggle with giving attention to a book.
Second, to those who are simply interested in exploring their own lives through voyeuristically looking deep into the lives of Dr. Yalom's patients. He hides nothing at all - you'll see to the core of a person's heart and mind, the deepest and most confidential thoughts of a human being are shared here - thoughts and confessions of death, murder, rape, affairs, and dream life (all the clients are of course disguised and consented to their story being told).
So, if you're interested in great personal stories of lives that were changed in psychotherapy for whatever reason - to get a view into your own deep life struggles, to learn from one of the great therapists, or to just hear some amazingly detailed and heart-wrenching stories - I'm gonna tell you to go buy and read the book.
A must-read for anyone interested in the modern mind August 6, 2008
Martin J. Newhouse (Winchester, MA United States)
This is truly a brilliant book--a classic, if one can use that term. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the human mind, psychology, medicine, and/or literature. Beautifully and compellingly written, this is also a tremendously moving book. It is right up there with the great classic case studies by Freud, the works of Sacks, and of A.R. Luria. It is that good.
Excellent read. June 15, 2008
L. Poplawski (Michigan)
I am a true fan of Yalom, so I can't help but love his books. However, this is an excellent semi-fictional (to protect confidentiality) book of case studies. Yalom's writing style makes one feel he is talking to you directly. His personal thoughts about the cases are interesting, insightful and often tinted with humor. An enjoyable, yet teachable read.
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