Becoming Myself

Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoir.Irvin D Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself He opens his story with a nightmare He is twelve and is riding his bike past the home of an acne scarred girl Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, Hello Measles But in his dream, the girl s father makes Yalom understand that his daily greeting had hurt her For Yalom, this was the birth of empathy he would not forget the lesson As Becoming Myself unfolds, we see the birth of the insightful thinker whose books have been a beacon to so many This is not simply a man s life story, Yalom s reflections on his life and development are an invitation for us to reflect on the origins of our own selves and the meanings of our lives. Best Read Kindle ePUB Becoming Myself By Irvin D. Yalom – kino-fada.fr Dr Yalom makes some interesting points about diagnoses He is talking about patients who don t need the heavy drugs often prescribed for any mental issue whether they are really appropriate or not He says that, Diagnostic categories are invented and arbitrary they are a product of committee vote and invariably undergo considerable revision, and that they are subject to social pressure and what the insurance companies want He says that people are diagnosed by what the insurance companies Dr Yalom makes some interesting points about diagnoses He is talking about patients who don t need the heavy drugs often prescribed for any mental issue whether they are really appropriate or not He says that, Diagnostic categories are invented and arbitrary they are a product of committee vote...,,,, ,,,, ,,, , , , fun club ,, ,, ,,, name dropping , , , , , , ,, , , , ,, , , , , ecstasy , , doctor Yalom, , I very much enjoyed this book, so I feel obliged to explain why only 3 stars Yes, the author covers his career in psychiatry and psychotherapy from the 1950s to the 2000s and how the field and his own practice has changed Yes, he discusses his marriage, his children and his travels Yes, I enjoyed his s... Yalom.Yalom m a atras ntotdeauna prin con inutul c r ilor sale, nu prin forma lor Adic la fiecare roman citit Pl nsul lui Nietzsche, Minciuni pe canapea, Solu ia Schopenhauer, Problema Spinoza , mi s a p rut interesant ideea de a aduce psihologia i filosofia mai aproape de publicul larg prin intermediul unor pove ti Nu m a frapat ca av nd talent de povestitor, dar am acceptat c scrie un fel de amestec de fic iune i non fic iune, n care informa iile sunt mai importante dec t forma de prezenta Yalom m a atras ntotdeauna prin con inutul c r ilor sale, nu prin forma lor Adic la fiecare roman citit Pl nsul lui Nietzsche, Minciuni pe canapea, Solu ia Schopenhauer, Problema Spinoza , mi s a p rut interesant ideea de a aduce psihologia i filosofia mai aproape de publicul larg prin intermediul unor pove ti Nu m a frapat ca av nd talent de povestitor, dar am acceptat c scrie un fel de amestec de fic iune i non fic iune, n care informa iile sunt mai importante dec t forma de prezentare.De asta m am mirat, citind memoriile lui, c Pl nsul lui Nietzsche parc a c tigat un premiu pentru best fiction Probabil i acolo a c nt rit mai mult re eta lui de a combina persoane i evenimente reale cu o posibil istorie a lor Ce ar fi fost dac n memorii, stilul e acela i...yalom un temsil etti i psikiyatrist kimli ine, genel olarak doktor kimli ine, ihtiyac m z oldu unu ve bu ihtiyac m z n g n ge tik e artaca n d n yorum hepimiz hasta ya da hasta aday oldu umuza g re yalom un yazarl yla, elbette sacks gibi, ba ka rnekler gibi, d nyan n bir ucundan bize ula abilmesi sevindirici ve umut verici yalom un insan hikayesini esas almas , edebiyat n ve felsefenin bir...Yalom the Memoirist is not as engaging as Yalom the therapist Read Love s Executioner instead,An inspiring, encouraging book that also gave me a good idea what to read next and how to go about on my path both towards becoming a therapist and towards becoming myself Inspiring through Yalom s own story, encouraging through his openness and vulnerability, ...Yalom was the first that ignited my passion for philosophy He is well known worldwide as the father of existential psychotherapy Every time I read his books I feel that I get to understand myself better and I find out that human nature hasn t changed much from the ancient times he always makes reference in his writings to the Greek philosophy and he uses it therapeutically I was expecting him to be a very confident, strong person, but he is in fact very sensitive, having self doubts and Yalom was the first that ignited my passion for philosophy He is well known worldwide as the father of existential psychotherapy Every time I read his books I feel that I get to understa...

• English
• 05 August 2018
Irvin D. Yalom
• Hardcover
• 352 pages
• 0465098894
• Irvin D. Yalom
• Becoming Myself