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Existential therapy has been practiced and continues to bepracticed in many forms and situations throughout the world. Butuntil now, it has lacked a coherent structure, and analysis of itstenets, and an evaluation of its usefulness. Irvin Yalom, whoseTheory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy has rendered such aservice to that discipline since 1970, provides existentialpsychotherapy with a background, a synthesis, and a framework.Organized around what Yalom identifies as the four ultimateconcerns of lifedeath, freedom, existential isolation, andmeaninglessnessthe book takes up the meaning of each existentialconcern and the type of conflict that springs from ourconfrontation with each. He shows how these concerns are manifestedin personality and psychopathology, and how treatment can be helpedby our knowledge of them. Drawing from clinical experience,empirical research, philosophy, and great literature, Yalom haswritten a broad and comprehensive book. It will provide anintellectual home base for those p
作者与身患绝症的母亲关于书、关于书背后的生命的对话 Mary Anne Schwalbe is waiting for her chemotherapy treatmentswhen Will casually asks her what she's reading. The conversationthey have grows into tradition: soon they are reading the samebooks so they can have something to talk about in the hospitalwaiting room. Their choices range from classic (Howards End) topopular (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), from fantastic (TheHobbit) to spiritual (Jon Kabat-Zinn), with many in between. Wehear their passion for reading and their love for each other intheir intimate and searching discussions. A profoundly moving testament to the power of love between achild and parent, and the power of reading in our lives. Mary Anne Schwalbe is waiting for her chemotherapy treatmentswhen Will casually asks her what she's reading. The conversationthey have grows into tradition: soon they are reading the samebooks so they can have something to talk about in the hospitalwaiting room. Their choi
