THE best book about your career you can read!

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	• The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (P.S.) Irvin Yalom Harper Perennial, 2009 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 47 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great for beginning therapists!

I just received my Masters and will be starting my new job as a therapist at the beginning of next month. Obviously, I have some feelings of anxiety about starting the new job regardless of the fact that I've been training to do it for over two years. This book passes on tidbits of knowledge that Yalom has gained during his experiences as a therapist. I haven't completed the book, but so far it's an easy read. I would reccomend it to any beginner like me that needs a little reassurance.

The critical "throw-ins" of therapy

In the introduction of his _Existential Psychotherapy_ text, Yalom recounts how in a cooking class he discovered that it was the instructor's "surreptitious throw-ins (that) made all the difference." He then makes the parallel that the "critical ingredients" of effective psychotherapy are the therapist's intuitive "throw-ins" that exist outside of formal training and "are hard to describe, even harder to define."

Fortunately, in _The Gift of Therapy_, Yalom has been able to eloquently describe and clearly define many of his "critical ingredients" which have ultimately made all of difference in his work. The 85 bite-sized essays comprising this book convey the crucial "throw-ins" that optimize the effectiveness of therapy, including the here-and-now therapist-client relationship, the therapist's use of self, an ongoing exploration of the givens of existence, and the use of dreams in therapy. _The Gift of Therapy_ is truly a gift to therapists, and to anyone else striving to experience a more meaningful life via improved relationships with self and others.

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This book is helpful. If you are interested in existential therapy, this is a great book.

THE best book about your career you can read!

This really is something EVERY new therapist should read and probably something older experienced therapists should read too! I was nervous about reading a book about my career for my night time book, but Yalom has broken it up into such small chapters that you can read it in any chunk of time you have! His writing is such that he makes it enjoyable and simple to read. I NEVER re-read books and I intend to re-read this one. :)

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The culmination of master psychiatrist Dr. Irvin D. Yalom's more than thirty-five years in clinical practice, The Gift of Therapy is a remarkable and essential guidebook that illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. The bestselling author of Love's Executioner shares his uniquely fresh approach and the valuable insights he has gained?presented as eighty-five personal and provocative "tips for beginner therapists," including:

Let the patient matter to you Acknowledge your errors Create a new therapy for each patient Do home visits (Almost) never make decisions for the patient Freud was not always wrong

A book aimed at enriching the therapeutic process for a new generation of patients and counselors, Yalom's Gift of Therapy is an entertaining, informative, and insightful read for anyone with an interest in the subject.

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