A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER An “utterly absorbing” collection of ten classic tales from the
therapist’s chair by renowned psychiatrist and best-selling author Irvin D. Yalom ( Newsday)
Why was Saul tormented by three unopened letters from Stockholm? What made Thelma spend her
whole life raking over a long-past love affair? How did Carlos' s macho fantasies help him
deal with terminal cancer? In this engrossing book Irvin Yalom gives detailed and deeply
affecting accounts of his work with these and seven other patients. Deep down all of them were
suffering from the basic human anxieties—isolation fear of death or freedom a sense of the
meaninglessness of life—that none of us can escape completely. And yet as the case histories
make touchingly clear it is only by facing such anxieties head on that we can hope to come to
terms with them and develop. Throughout Dr. Yalom remains refreshingly frank about his own
errors and prejudices his book provides a rare glimpse into the consulting room of a master
therapist.
