No wonder why the therapy with the other doctors did not work out, she was hiding the biggest and most important reason of all for her obsessions. Yalom feeling though that he is drawn to the facets of her dilemma decides to do everything he can to empower Thelma move past the obsessions that had been wrecking havoc on her mental health. Although Thelma’s love obsession with her therapist, and her subjective experiences on life of what is preventing her from living in the present, Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy, TERM PAPER: ( Log Out /  The result is at times brutal, funny, shocking, redemptive, and above all, painfully human. Note: I’m an Amazon Affiliate. “What goes on in another person’s mind, someone you never even see, who probably isn’t even aware of your existence, who is caught up in his own life struggles, doesn’t change the person you are.”. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Dr Yalom has a gift for characterisation that leaps off the page. Dr. Irvin D. Yalom, in his book, “Love’s Executioner” he discusses his patient Dave in his six chapter “Do Not Go Gentle”. (Yalom, 2010. p. 149). True, the stories deal unflinchingly with difficult issues and dark places (that’s kind of the whole point). Now, I can move on to Yalom’s newest release. We start with Thelma, a polyester-clad septuagenarian in the grips of a destructive love obsession with her former therapist with whom she’d had a brief affair eight years previously. My attention was riveted to her. In a Proustian way, you’ve packed this creature full of the attributes you so desire. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Rather, love is a way of being, a "giving to," not a 'falling for"; a mode of relating at large, not an act limited to a single person.” ― Irvin D. Yalom, quote from Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy … But, for a time, that was all right: I liked the obsession and savored it afresh again and again. Dr. Yalom’s own issues did affected him when treating Thelma, he was so weary of this, of not seeing any kind of progress he started to become desperate to achieve a solution. There are ten different cases offered in this book, some patients share similar symptoms but still have different mental dysfunctions. Dave is a sixty-nine-year-old men, whom was showing trusting issues on relationships and anxiety to die or been discover of having an affair almost 35 years ago by his wife. "― Laura Miller, The New York Times You could get a free audio download of Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D Yalom with a 30-day Audible free trial at Amazon.co.uk. Further reading suggestion: The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Arabella Kurtz and J M Coetzee and Why We Do the Things We Do: Psychology in a Nutshell by Joel Levy. These are true stories of real people and their personal battles, all played out on Dr Yalom’s couch or in group therapy sessions. ( Log Out /  It offered an introspective look into moments not many of us get to see represented. Basically your existence is impervious to the fleeting thoughts, to the electromagnetic ripples occurring in some unknown mind. You’ve fallen in love with your own creation.”. The book also had many noteworthy lines that left an imprint on me, such as: “You know, there is no one alive now who was grown-up when I was a child. Yalom writes his patients with the utmost respect and interest. TERM PAPER: LOVE EXECUTIONER (AND OTHER TALE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY) In this Fascinating book Love’s Executioner and other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom, we can appreciated different techniques used in a session of Psychotherapy, this book was easy to read and understand and especially it was very addictive, making it the perfect tool and inspiration for psychology students who … I went through a turmoil of emotions reading her story, and came out of it with a changed perspective of my own. The author never flinches in his honesty when describing his own feelings – most notably in “Fat Lady”, in which his disgust at his patient’s obesity is all too apparent. I had been encased in my mind, watching replays over and over again of the same and, by then, pointless fantasy. The book has been awarded … You can read more book reviews or buy Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D Yalom at Amazon.com. All this power that Matthew has—you’ve given it to him—every bit of it!” I had been absent. Change ), Support creators you love. ― Irvin D. Yalom, quote from Love's Executioner: & Other Tales of Psychotherapy “Love is not just a passion spark between two people; there is infinite difference between falling in love and standing in love. Even for the general reader with little interest in psychotherapy, the human stories here are completely absorbing. Love’s Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy offers a keen insight on ten patients, from all walks of life, who turned to therapy, “all ten were suffering the common problems of everyday life: loneliness, self-contempt, impotence, migraine headaches, sexual compulsivity, obesity, hypertension, grief, a consuming love obsession, mood swings, depression. Additionally he had been using his preoccupation with sex as means of death denial. “Do Not Go Gentle” With this riveting and beautifully written book, Irvin Yalom has joined their ranks.”—Erica Jong “These stories are wonderful. Dr Yalom recounts his efforts to strip away this obsession, to expose the rawness underneath, and eventually become the eponymous executioner and return Thelma to a semblance of normality. Free download or read online Loves Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy pdf (ePUB) book. Dr Yalom also has a gift for embodying the patient at a given moment in therapy – he is particularly adept at conjuring his feelings for the patient upon first meetings, and again when the therapy has run its course.

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