Change Quote by Irvin D. Yalom

Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from…

— Alfred Adler

“Because of my training as a clinician, I believe that this kind of moment, if it happens between people, has profound therapeutic potential. We…

— Sherry Turkle

“While we can offer our guidance and a shoulder to cry on, our responsibility does not lie in fixing others and their problems. We…

— Aletheia Luna

“While all of us dread being blamed, we all would wish to be more responsible—that is, to have the ability to respond with awareness…

— Gabor Maté

“As we develop our compassionate mind, we should feel an increasing sense of responsibility for the suffering of others and form a resolve to…

— Karen Armstrong

Patients have the right to help themselves.

— James Heywood

“What is it about our human nature that we feel the need to defend the choices we’ve made when it comes to our medical…

— Suzanne Somers

“But I will tell you another misery that is not to be denied. In the common, natural course of events physicians, surgeons and apothecaries…

— Patrick O'Brian

“Perhaps this is the solution to medicine’s midlife crisis, too: doctors focusing on their noble craft, their relationships with patients, the stuff over which…

— Sandeep Jauhar

“In psychology it is very important that the doctor should not strive to heal at all costs. One has to be exceedingly careful not…

— C.G. Jung

“Such it is for those in the grips of misfortune: declarations of support and sympathy, rather than providing comfort, may merely increase the victim's…

— Osamu Dazai

When I'm thanked by patients who recover, I truly feel the significance of our research.

— Tasuku Honjo