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If therapists are to deliver 'the gift of therapy', they must confront the realities of life for themselves and their practice, as must we all. Tackling the effect of mankind's fear of death - both conscious and unconscious - on life and how we might live it, Yalom explains how we find ourselves in need of the comfort of therapy.Īt age 70 and facing his own fear of death, which he discusses in a special afterword, Dr Yalom tackles his toughest subject yet and finds it to be the root cause of patients' fears, stresses and depression. In Staring at the Sun, Yalom explores how the knowledge of our own mortality affects the unconscious mind of every human being. Over the past quarter century Irvin Yalom has established himself as the world's leading group psychotherapist. Tackling the effect of mankind's fear of death - both conscious and unconscious - on life and how we might live it, Yalom explains how we find ourselves in need of the comfort of therapy Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death (2008), Irvin D. Yalom Over the past quarter century Irvin Yalom has established himself as the world's leading group psychotherapist. Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death (2008), Irvin D. Yalom writes, we are inspired to rearrange our priorities, communicate more deeply with those we love, appreciate more keenly the beauty of life, and increase our willingness to take the risks necessary for personal fulfillment.more Such recognition is often catalyzed by an "awakening experience"-a dream, or loss (the death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job or home), illness, trauma, or aging. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr. Such recognition is often catalyzed by an "awakening expe Written in Irv Yalom's inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. Urn:oclc:865006406 Republisher_date 20150228095439 Republisher_operator Scandate 20150205020640 Scanner in Irv Yalom's inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. Urn:oclc:record:191866998 Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier staringatsunover00yalo Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8pc68q00 Invoice 11 Isbn 9780787996680Ġ787996688 Lccn 2007027048 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Openlibrary OL20734548M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:58:54 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA1130301 Boxid_2 CH120623 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City San Francisco Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st ed.
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