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The noted Stanford University psychiatrist distills the essence of a wide range of therapies into a masterful, creative synthesis, opening up a new way of understanding each person's confrontation with four ultimate concerns: isolation, meaninglessness, death, and freedom.
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Characters/People edit
- Charles: Add a description of this character.
- Bruce
- Viktor Frankl
- Freud
- Lena
- Sam
- Buber
- Mike
- Erich Fromm
- Orestes
- Sylvia
- Joseph K.
- Abraham Maslow
- George
- Bonnie
- Beatrice
- Ron
- Kaiser
- Irene
- Paul
- Ivan Ilyich
- Hal
- Otto Rank
- Don
- Alice
- Harvey
- Anna
- Rollo
- Doris
- Heidegger
- Camus
- Emma
- Breuer
- Ruth
- Peter
- Rob
- Kafka
- Dave
- Karen
- Kathy
- Michael
- Walter
- Ken
- Martha
- Carl Rogers
- Jack
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
ONCE, several years ago, some friends and I enrolled in a cooking class taught by an Armenian matriarch and her aged servant.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Irvin D. Yalom (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0465021476
Page Count: 524
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0465021476
Page Count: 524
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 616.89
Subjects edit
- Books › Professional & Technical › Medical › Medicine › Internal Medicine › Psychiatry
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Behavioral Sciences › Behavioral Psychology
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling › Psychotherapy, TA & NLP
- Books › Medicine › Specialties › Psychiatry
- Books › Science › Behavioral Sciences › Behavioral Psychology
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling › Psychoanalysis
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Mental Health › Compulsive Behavior
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling › Mental Illness
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy
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