Psychological
Should therapists hide their own struggles?
Therapists sit across from people in pain all day. But Yalom points out something obvious that nobody talks about: the person in the chair also suffers. They grieve, they get anxious, they feel lost.
It's the relationship that heals.— Irvin Yalom
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The thinker
Existential Psychotherapist & Author
Irvin Yalom is an American psychiatrist and professor emeritus at Stanford, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in existential psychotherapy and group therapy.
Based on Irvin Yalom: The Gift of Therapy, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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