Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

The Gift of Therapy: Reflections on Being a Therapist | Irvin D. Yalom

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Absolute 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 pick for me.

I‘ve been going through this book super slowly, taking notes and going back to certain chapters again & again. It‘s been an incredible help in finding my way into being a therapist.

I‘ll probably keep it close, just reading a chapter here & there.
Real role models are such a rare gift & Yalom is definitely one as a therapist but he‘s also such a mensch, it shines through in all his books 🔥

Kalalalatja

Crazeedi I have partial credits toward masters in counseling, I think I'd live this book 4y

CoffeeAndABook @Crazeedi Yes, I think you really might love it! Or live it, whichever you meant 😉 it‘s super inspiring and entertaining as well. Another book I can really recommend by the same author is

Love's Executioner: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

Kalalalatja Thanks for tagging me, I‘ll definitely try and find it! 4y

CoffeeAndABook @Kalalalatja I thought of you & that you might like it!! Hope you have a great day ☀️☕️ 4y

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trazo

The Gift of Therapy: Reflections on Being a Therapist | Irvin D. Yalom

“Learning to live well is to learn to die well.”

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The Gift of Therapy: Reflections on Being a Therapist | Irvin D. Yalom

#LetsGoCrazy #PrinceofJuly

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜💜💜 6y

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The Gift of Therapy: Reflections on Being a Therapist | Irvin D. Yalom

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amvs1111

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients | Irvin Yalom

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A compassionate look at the relationships among therapists and their patients. Written for newly-minted therapists but a refreshing read for seasoned practitioners and an intriguing look behind the curtain for nontherapists. While I don't agree with all of Yalom's views, I appreciate his discussion of the beauty and healing power of the therapeutic relationship. It's certainly why I do what I do each day.

#letters
#newyearreads

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sounds very interesting!!!! 7y

amvs1111 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It is! The writing's not full of jargon either. 7y

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Homoglobinopathy

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients | Irvin Yalom

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Anyone going into the counseling field needs to read this one.

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The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients | Irvin Yalom

Sam: "I'm a therapist and this is not the first time I've read this book. It reminds me to come back to the here and now. Yalom says that you should have 'rabbit ears' and be open to actually listen to what people say. In nine years, I've learned that therapy is also about having that relationship with yourself. You can only take others as far as you are willing to go yourself."

saresmoore That's a good word. 8y

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RusskayaChica

The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients | Irvin Yalom

Starting a non-fiction one by Yalom, then plan to return to his fiction. #psychology

Chad_Radford I am about to start this book. Let me know what you think. 8y

RusskayaChica @Chad_Radford I liked it a lot. I'll be interested to hear what you think. 8y

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BooksForEmpathy

Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients | Irvin Yalom

This is one of my most opened and read and skimmed and underlined books of all time. It was read during graduate school, and then again the night before I saw my first client, and has been used many days since then for a calming reminder of what is most important and essential in the client-therapist relationship: genuineness, empathy, and vulnerability. We are all on this journey together ☀️.

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RealLifeReading

BooksForEmpathy #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept 8y

Bibliogeekery Are you a therapist as well? I also read that book - and many other by Yalom - so many times when I was starting out as a psychotherapist! 8y

Thedrunkstrawberry In my undergrad with the intention of going into clinical psych. Yalom is amazing ❤️ 8y

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Hobbinol I'm sure you must be very effective at what you do. 8y

moonmagicbabe One of my favs as a therapist as well 🙂. Love's Executioner is fantastic! 8y

BooksForEmpathy @Akillingsworth YES!! Agreed. 8y

BooksForEmpathy @Hobbinol Thank you! I do think I have the best job in the world 💕. Even though some days I feel like I have no idea what I am doing - that's when I remember to go back to the basics and focus on what is most important. 8y

BooksForEmpathy @Thedrunkstrawberry Nice! Good luck! 8y

BooksForEmpathy @Thedrunkstrawberry You are way ahead of the curb already reading Yalom! 8y

BooksForEmpathy @Bibliogeekery I am an MFTi - finished my hours in June and am studying for the licensing exams. I am hoping for January 2017 to be finished and licensed!! Where do you practice? So happy to meet another therapist 😊. 8y

Bibliogeekery I'm Canadian. I live and work in Toronto, Ontario. @Akillingsworth - I also love Love's Executioner! (What a title! 😀) 8y

CoffeeAndABook Just beginning clinical work as a therapist & have this book (and Group Therapy) on me like a life jacket. Yalom's book Loves's Executioner actually got me interested in a career change years ago. What a blessing he is 💫 8y

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Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients | Irvin Yalom

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