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
“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
“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
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
“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
As we reach the crest of life and look at the path before us, we apprehend that the path no longer ascends… — Irvin D. Yalom Age Copy Share Image
“The true end of the whole love story, though the parties concerned are unaware of it, is that a particular child may… — Irvin D. Yalom Love Copy Share Image
I feel strongly, because a man who will himself die one day in the not to distant future and, also, as a… — Irvin D. Yalom Anxiety Copy Share Image
“The idea of using current distortions to re-create the past was part of an old, now abandoned, vision of the therapist as… — Irvin D. Yalom Psychotherapy Copy Share Image
Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality… — Irvin D. Yalom Absolute power Copy Share Image
“I must assume that knowing is better than not know, venturing better than not venturing; and that magic and illusion, however rich,… — Irvin D. Yalom Human spirit Copy Share Image
It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare the sun in the face: you… — Irvin D. Yalom Belief Copy Share Image
If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes.… — Irvin D. Yalom Ambition 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
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
“[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
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
“The therapist's worldview is in itself isolating. Seasoned therapists view relationships differently, they sometimes lose patience with social ritual and bureaucracy, they… — Irvin D. Yalom Psychotherapy Copy Share Image
One reason patients are reluctant to work in a therapy group is they fear that things will go too far, that the… — Irvin D. Yalom 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
“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
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