Jeffrey Berman Knihy

The first book-length study of the psychoanalytic memoir, this book examines key examples of the genre, including Sigmund Freud's mistitled An Autobiographical Study, Helene Deutsch's Confrontations with Myself: An Epilogue, Wilfred Bion's War Memoirs 1917-1919, Masud Khan's The Long Wait, Sophie Freud's Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family, and Irvin D. Yalom and Marilyn Yalom's A Matter of Death and Life. Offering in each chapter a brief character sketch of the memoirist, the book shows how personal writing fits into their other work, often demonstrating the continuities and discontinuities in an author's life as well as discussing each author's contributions to psychoanalysis, whether positive or negative.

A distinguished psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Irvin D. Yalom is also the United States' most well-known author of psychotherapy tales. His first volume of essays, Love's Executioner , became an immediate best seller, and his first novel, When Nietzsche Wept , continues to enjoy critical and popular success. Yalom has created a subgenre of literature, the "therapy story," where the therapist learns as much as, if not more than, the patient; where therapy never proceeds as expected; and where the therapist's apparent failure provesultimately to be a success.Writing the Talking Cure is the first book to explore all of Yalom's major writings. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Jeffrey Berman comments on Yalom's profound contributions to psychotherapy and literature and emphasizes the recurrent ideas that unify his the importance of the therapeutic relationship, therapist transparency, here-and-now therapy, the prevalence of death anxiety, reciprocal healing, and the idea of the wounded healer. Throughout, Berman discusses what Yalom can teach therapists in particular and the common (and uncommon) reader in general.

The book evaluates the impact of six prominent psychoanalytic theorists, examining their ideas through the lens of contemporary academic and clinical developments in the field. It highlights how these thinkers' contributions remain relevant and influential in modern psychoanalysis, providing insights into evolving practices and theories.

Exploring the profound impact of loss, this book delves into the experiences of five notable authors as they navigate the grief of losing a cherished partner. Through their personal reflections and literary works, it examines themes of love, mourning, and the creative process in the face of heartache. Each writer's unique coping mechanisms reveal how their relationships and subsequent losses shaped their narratives and artistic expressions, offering a poignant look at the intersection of love and literature.

Hommage und erstes autorisiertes Buch über Irvin D. Yaloms als Erzähler überhaupt. - Ein Buch über Irvin Yalom zu verfassen, war eine der kostengünstigsten und effektivsten Therapien meines Lebens ... »Ich bewundere Yalom für seine profunden Beiträge sowohl zur Psychotherapie als auch zur Literatur und für seine ungeheure Menschlichkeit.« Irvin D. Yalom ist nicht nur einer der bekanntesten und renommiertesten Psychotherapeuten Amerikas, sondern auch ein weltweiter Bestsellerautor, der mit seinen Romanen und Erzählungen möglicherweise mehr Menschen für die Psychotherapie gewonnen hat als manche Fachgesellschaft. Jefferey Berman, ordentlicher Professor für Englisch an der University von Albany, beschäftigt sich in diesem Buch mit Irvin D. Yaloms literarischem Werk und der Wirkung, die dieses auf seine Leser und Leserinnen hatte. Es ist das erste Mal überhaupt, dass Irvin D. Yalom als Erzähler in den Mittelpunkt gerückt wird.