“Mind thinks in images but, to communicate with another, must transform image into thought and then thought into language. That march, from… — Irvin D. Yalom Art Copy Share Image
Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward… — Irvin D. Yalom Growth Copy Share Image
Psychotherapy is a cyclical process from isolation into relationship. It is cyclical because the patient, in terror of existential isolation, relates deeply… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience. Indeed, the evidence supporting the efficacy… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Why does the same book elicit such a range of responses? There must be something in the particular reader that leaps out… — Irvin D. Yalom Book Copy Share Image
Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love.… — Irvin D. Yalom Differences Copy Share Image
“[T]echnique has a different meaning for the novice than for the expert. One needs technique in learning to play the piano but… — Irvin D. Yalom Learning Copy Share Image
Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists… — Irvin D. Yalom Conscience Copy Share Image
Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“I often feel caught in a dilemma: on the one hand I wish to be more natural with you and yet, on… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I think all kinds of meanings in life transcend your self. They're linked to other generations of people around us, to our… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“She was a rigid training analyst in a rigid institute that valued interpretation as the singular effective action of the analyst. Of… — Irvin D. Yalom Fitness Copy Share Image
“The sentiment that one "should have done something more" reflects, it seems to me, an underlying wish to control the uncontrollable. After… — Irvin D. Yalom Death Copy Share Image
“She may have played her role, but you, what role did you play? Were you, and I, so different from her? Did… — Irvin D. Yalom Beauty Copy Share Image
“If you make a mistake, admit it. Any attempt at cover-up will ultimately backfire. At some level the patient will sense you… — Irvin D. Yalom Failure Copy Share Image
“Excessive attachment either to material goods, to other individuals, or even attachment to the concept of ‘I’ is the major source of… — Irvin D. Yalom Human suffering Copy Share Image
“Friendship between therapist and patients is a necessary condition in the process of therapy - necessary, but not, however, sufficient. Psychotherapy is… — Irvin D. Yalom Close relationship Copy Share Image
Heidegger makes the distinction between being absorbed in the way things are in the world and being aware that things are in… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
One thing I feel clear about is that it's important not to let your life live you. Otherwise, you end up at… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“But the problem with crests is that they lead downhill. From the crest I can see all the rest of my years… — Irvin D. Yalom Crest Copy Share Image
We're not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists… — Irvin D. Yalom Conscience Copy Share Image
“I have always found quite useful Freud's formulation that the dream borrows building blocks from the day residue, but that for images… — Irvin D. Yalom Building blocks Copy Share Image
If we look at life in its small details, how ridiculous it all seems. It is like a drop of water seen… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Sekcirajte dublje svoje motive. Naći ćete da niko nikada nije učinio ništa uzvišeno za drugoga. Svi postupci su usmjereni ka sebi, sve… — Irvin D. Yalom Love Copy Share Image
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