Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir

by Yalom, Irvin D.
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ISBN: 9781541698994
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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.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Yalom, Irvin D.
  • ISBN: 9781541698994
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 352
  • Publication Year: 2019

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