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In my view, four ultimate concerns are particularly germane to the practice of therapy: death, isolation, meaning in life, and freedom.
Irvin D. Yalom • Staring at the Sun
It is productive to do this exercise with both parents, and you can also adapt it to an encounter with any important person in your life. You can do the whole exercise in reverse as well, imagining that the other person is dying. When the exercise is done as I have described, with mother, father, or any other important person entering the hospital
... See moreNathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
Your task is to accept yourself—not to find ways to gain my acceptance.”
Irvin D. Yalom • When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession

stated that there was a basic division of the ways of men: those who wish for peace of soul and happiness must believe and embrace faith, while those who wish to pursue the truth must forsake peace of mind and devote their life to inquiry.
Irvin D. Yalom • When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
"What precisely do you fear about death?", a question I often ask clients, elicits varied answers that often accelerate the work of therapy.
Irvin D. Yalom • Staring at the Sun
Il se trouve que, pendant ma période de gestation, j’ai lu Les Caves du Vatican, d’André Gide. Il parle de l’histoire comme d’un roman qui a eu lieu, alors que le roman est une histoire qui aurait pu avoir lieu1. Ces mots m’ont fait sursauter : ils exprimaient exactement ce que je voulais écrire – un roman qui aurait pu être : écrire une genèse de
... See moreIrvin Yalom • Comment je suis devenu moi-même (French Edition)
J’insistais sur le fait que Freud n’était pas juste le créateur de la psychanalyse, qui représente aujourd’hui moins de 1 % de toutes les thérapies disponibles, mais qu’il a inventé le champ même de la psychothérapie : avant lui, le domaine n’existait pas. Si je critique beaucoup l’analyse orthodoxe freudienne telle qu’elle se pratique aujourd’hui,
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