Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin David Yalomis an American existential psychiatrist who is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth13 June 1931
CountryUnited States of America
persons
Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
dream disappointment people
The death anxiety of many people is fueled ... by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential. Many people are in despair because their dreams didn't come true, and they despair even more that they did not make them come true. A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
dream two people
I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
doe find-me universe
Does a being who requires meaning find meaning in a universe that has no meaning?
encounters patient isolation
Psychotherapy is a cyclical process from isolation into relationship. It is cyclical because the patient, in terror of existential isolation, relates deeply and meaningfully to the therapist and then, strengthened by this encounter, is led back again to a confrontation with existential isolation.
dream teaching people
Were not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.
anxiety greater
The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
claws
I must stop him from being one of those who call themselves good because they have no claws.
offers ifs
Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
firsts ifs
If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!