The Gift Of Therapy (Revised And Updated Edition)

Authors: Irvin D. Yalom

Key Ideas

1. Existential therapy focuses on the individual's subjective experience and encourages personal responsibility and freedom.

2. The therapeutic relationship is a crucial factor in successful therapy and should be characterized by empathy, authenticity, and mutual respect.

3. Yalom emphasizes the importance of therapist self-disclosure as a way to deepen the therapeutic relationship and foster trust.

4. The therapist's awareness of their own limitations and fallibility is essential in conducting therapy effectively.

5. Therapy can provide an opportunity for clients to confront their fears o....
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Quiz

1. What is the main focus of existential therapy?

Identifying unconscious conflicts

Providing advice and solutions

Exploring subjective experience and personal responsibility

Dealing with past traumas

2. What are some important qualities of the therapeutic relationship according to Yalom?

Lack of self-disclosure

Authoritarian stance

Empathy and authenticity

Strong boundaries

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