Description

Over the past quarter century Irvin Yalom has established himself as the world’s leading group psychotherapist. In STARING AT THE SUN, he explores how the knowledge of our own mortality affects the unconscious mind of every human being. 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.

At 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. 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.

Publisher Review

The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening to life strikes a powerful chord * BOOKSELLER * Unlike many psychotherapists, Yalom writes like a dream * OXFORD TIMES * Yalom writes like an angel about the devils that besiege us The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening to life strikes a powerful chord * THE BOOKSELLER * [Yalom is] an amazing storyteller, a gorgeous writer, a great, generous, compassionate thinker and - quite rightly - one of the world's most influential mental healthcare practitioners * GUARDIAN *