Irvin D. Yalom
Existential psychiatrist and author
Irvin D. Yalom is an American psychiatrist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, known for his work in existential psychotherapy. He has written both nonfiction and novels.
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American Born 1931 in Washington, D.C., United States
About Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin David Yalom was born in Washington DC in 1931. He studied at George Washington University and earned his medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine in 1956. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1963 and was granted tenure in 1968. He became known for teaching group psychotherapy and for developing his model of existential psychotherapy. In 2000 the American Psychiatric Association gave him the Oskar Pfister Award. Yalom has written several best-selling books, including the novels When Nietzsche Wept, The Schopenhauer Cure and The Spinoza Problem. In Everyday Gets a Little Closer, he wrote alternating sections with a patient about the same course of therapy. Becoming Myself, Staring at the Sun and The Gift of Therapy are among his books on BookBits.