Name: Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir
SKU: 52039836
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Author: Irvin D. Yalom
ISBN: 9781541698994

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Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir

Type

Physical Book

Author

Irvin D. Yalom

Publisher

Basic Books

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x14.2x2.5 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781541698994

Synopsis "Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir "

Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoirIrvin 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.

Irvin D. Yalom

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Irvin D. Yalom is the son of Russian parents. A Doctor of Medicine, a professional psychologist, and a professor of psychiatry at the prestigious Stanford University, his scientific and literary contributions have earned him great recognition. He is the author of the novels When Nietzsche Wept and A Year with Schopenhauer, translated worldwide, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies due to reader recommendations.

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