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| Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy (Penguin psychology) | 
 enlarge | Author: Irvin D Yalom
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 2598
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0140128468
Dewey Decimal Number: 616
EAN: 9780140128468
ASIN: 0140128468
Publication Date: January 31, 1991
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Condition: In fair condition. Slight page edge tanning and few notes on last two pages. Posted within 1 working day from UK.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Brilliant & Engaging January 3, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Love's Executioner is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It was engaging, interesting and I couldn't put it down. I read the entire book in two days. I also found it helpful in highlighting the therapeutic relationship, which students of psychotherapy will find helpful. Overall an excellent book!!!
 An interesting read December 27, 2006
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
As a psychology undergraduate interested in pursuing a career as a psychologist I thought this book would be helpful to me in understanding some of the methods used in psychotherapy. I found it an good read and the stories fairly entertaining however I did feel that the author too often mentioned countertransference and what he was gaining from the experiences with each patient but without giving any details of his own life, therefore making these pieces of information fairly useless. I would have preferred a little less focus on himself and how he felt about his abilities as a psychiatrist and a little more emphasis on the patients whos stories I was far more interested by.
Fantastic! November 19, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book was recommended to me by my tutor because i was having difficulty understanding existential counselling, not anymore!
Yalom writes honestly and beautifully about the client/counsellor relationship.
He is able to perfectly describe the therapeutic process each client goes through as well as being honest about the feelings each client envokes in himself.
 Just a great read October 12, 2005
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I picked this up more by accident than intent. I am not a therapist or similar merely an ordinary person with an interest in psychology.This is so accessible and human that anyone can read it and gain something from it. The sincerity together with an understanding of human failings - his patients and his own - make it a joy to read.
a really easy read June 1, 2005
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
If you like reading case histories, then this is the book for you. It is a series of case histories with Irvin Yaloms thoughts included as part of the narrative. It tells you what happened, what he was thinking while it happened, what he was aiming for with his responses and where he occasionally went wrong! As a trainee counsellor, I found this a very refreshing and honest read. I also found it useful as a loose guide for hints and tips. It may not be an ideal practical skills manual, but it was entertaining, thought provoking and a wonderful insight to existentialism. Like one of the other reviewers, it was on my required reading list for my course, and also like that reviewer, it is the only one I picked up and read cover to cover within a few days - it really made me care about the clients he wrote about and I wanted to see what happened to them - luckily Irvin Yalom tells you!
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