Hour of the Heart Connecting in the Here and Now
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:Harper Collins (US)
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
10.12.2024
Verlag
Harper Collins (US)Seitenzahl
288
Maße (L/B/H)
21,3/14,6/2,6 cm
Gewicht
340 g
Farbe
Elfenbein / Grau
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-06-332145-8
A deeply moving and revealing chronicle of the challenges and breakthroughs that come from a wholly new practice of one-hour, one-time-only sessions, from one of the most prominent psychotherapists of our time
Facing the challenges of aging and memory loss at age ninety-three as well as the fallout from a global pandemic that moved much of daily life online, legendary psychotherapist and bestselling author Irvin D. Yalom was forced to vastly reconsider the shape of his sessions with patients. Rather than throw in the towel in the face of change, Dr. Yalom considered head-on the limitations imposed by these new realities and revolutionized his practice. Turning his focus to what might be achieved in a one-hour, one-time-only meeting between patient and practitioner, Dr. Yalom employed an even more concerted use of his signature “here and now” approach, a cornerstone of existential psychotherapy.
In Hour of the Heart, Yalom recounts some of these intense, life-changing sessions, exploring an array of human predicaments and his own late-career development as a therapist. In recounting these consultations, he shows how a therapist’s willingness to be open helps patients let down their own guards, leading to a deeper and more immediate human connection—one necessary to achieving profound realizations in just sixty minutes. This vulnerability led Yalom to disclose details about his personal life that he might previously have kept hidden from patients, including his traumatic childhood in Washington, DC, the evolution of his thinking about philosophy and psychotherapy, and the recent death of his wife. Throughout, he pushes the boundaries of therapist self-disclosure as a powerful therapeutic tool.
Life is precious and our time together short. Written in collaboration with his son, Hour of the Heart shows us how to relate to each other better in the moment, with more honesty and vulnerability. That hour of connection, occurring during a time of isolation and grief for so many, helped to sustain both patient and therapist, and enriched Yalom’s vision of what the therapeutic relationship can truly do.
In these unforgettable psychotherapy case studies, Yalom explores the profound questions we all face:
- Facing Mortality: Confront universal fears about death anxiety and the search for meaning in life through the poignant stories of patients grappling with their own finitude.
- Vulnerability as a Tool: Witness a master therapist's radical honesty as he shares his own stories of grief, childhood trauma, and aging to help his patients open their own hearts.
- The Here and Now Approach: Discover how Yalom adapts his signature technique to create powerful, immediate connections in a single hour, proving that profound change doesn't always require years of therapy.
- Connection in Isolation: Explore how brief, intense moments of genuine relating can offer a powerful antidote to grief and loneliness, sustaining both patient and therapist alike.
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