Audiobooks by Irvin D. Yalom

[German] - Der Panama-Hut - Oder Was einen guten Therapeuten ausmacht (Ungekürzt)

"In Zeiten, in denen die Seele oft übersehen und echte Verbindungen selten sind, bleibt die Bedeutung von Empathie und Verständnis zwischen Therapeut und Patient unverzichtbar. Wie kann eine therapeutische Beziehung so gestaltet werden, dass sie Raum für Heilung, Selbsterkenntnis und tiefe menschliche Begegnungen schafft? Dr. Irvin D. Yalom fordert uns auf, über den bloßen Therapieraum hinauszudenken und eröffnet neue Wege zu einem wirklich bereichernden Therapieprozess. Dieses Hörbuch spricht nicht nur Therapeuten an, sondern alle, die sich für die komplexen Facetten des menschlichen Geistes und die transformative Kraft der Psychotherapie interessieren. In 'Der Panama-Hut' teilt Dr. Yalom, einer der angesehensten Psychotherapeuten Amerikas und emeritierter Professor für Psychiatrie an der Stanford University, Einsichten aus über 45 Jahren Erfahrung. Inspiriert von Rainer Maria Rilkes 'Briefe an einen jungen Dichter' vermittelt er der nächsten Generation von Therapeuten und interessierten Laien ein tiefes Verständnis für die Schlüsselmomente einer erfolgreichen Therapie. Mit Fallbeispielen und persönlichen Erfahrungen schafft Yalom einen einzigartigen Zugang zur Welt der Psychotherapie. In diesem Hörbuch erwartet Sie: • Ein tiefgehender Einblick in die Beziehung zwischen Therapeut und Klient • Die Auseinandersetzung mit den großen existenziellen Fragen des Lebens • Praktische Ratschläge für den Alltag in der Therapie • Das Verstehen und Interpretieren von Träumen • Ein ehrlicher Blick auf die Herausforderungen und Freuden des Therapeutendaseins Lassen Sie sich von Dr. Yalom auf eine inspirierende Reise mitnehmen und entdecken Sie, was einen guten Therapeuten wirklich ausmacht. Dieses Hörbuch lädt Sie ein, die Tiefe und die heilende Kraft der Psychotherapie zu verstehen und zu erleben!"

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Rob Hackemesser (Narrator)

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Existential Psychotherapy

"The definitive account of existential psychotherapy. First published in 1980, Existential Psychotherapy is widely considered to be the foundational text in its field— the first to offer a methodology for helping patients to develop more adaptive responses to life’s core existential dilemmas. In this seminal work, American psychiatrist Irvin Yalom finds the essence of existential psychotherapy and gives it a coherent structure, synthesizing its historical background, core tenets, and usefulness to the practice. Organized around what Yalom identifies as the four 'ultimate concerns of life'—death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness—the book takes up the meaning of each existential concern and the type of conflict that springs from our confrontation with each. He shows how these concerns are manifest in personality and psychopathology, and how treatment can be helped by our knowledge of them. Drawing from clinical experience, empirical research, philosophy, and great literature, Yalom provides an intellectual home base for those psychotherapists who have sensed the incompatibility of orthodox theories with their own clinical experience, and opens new doors for empirical research. The fundamental concerns of therapy and the central issues of human existence are woven together here as never before, with intellectual and clinical results that have surprised and enlightened generations of readers. This audiobook is expertly read by Douglas James, with audio engineering by Mike Thal. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Copyright © 1980 by Irvin D. Yalom (P) (2024) Echo Point Books & Media, LLC."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Douglas James (Narrator)

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[German] - Denn alles ist vergänglich - Geschichten aus der Psychotherapie (Ungekürzt)

"Fühlen Sie sich im verwirrenden Labyrinth des Lebens verloren? Quält Sie die erdrückende Einsamkeit? Haben Sie Angst vor der unerbittlichen Vergänglichkeit? Oder sorgt der schleichende Verlust Ihrer Jugend und Eleganz für Unbehagen? 'Denn alles ist vergänglich: Geschichten aus der Psychotherapie' vom renommierten Therapeut Irvin D. Yalom ist ein Werk, das Ihnen nicht nur den Spiegel vorhält, sondern auch Schlüssel zu einer erfüllteren Existenz anbietet. Irvin Yalom nimmt Sie auf eine fesselnde Reise in die menschliche Psyche mit und erforscht die Komplexität der menschlichen Gefühle und Beziehungen. In einer Sammlung ergreifender und kraftvoller Geschichten beobachtet, hinterfragt und thematisiert Yalom die Zerbrechlichkeit und Schönheit des Lebens und enthüllt die untrennbare Verbindung zwischen menschlichen Ängsten und Wünschen. In diesem Hörbuch entdecken Sie: • Perspektivenwechsel: Verstehen Sie die Welt und sich selbst aus einem neuen Blickwinkel und entdecken Sie bisher ungeahnte Möglichkeiten und Wege. • Selbsterkenntnis und Wachstum: Erlernen Sie Methoden zur besseren Selbsterkenntnis und finden Sie Wege, um persönlich zu wachsen und das eigene Potenzial voll auszuschöpfen. • Klärung lebensrelevanter Fragen: Gewinnen Sie Einsichten in existentielle Fragen des Lebens, der Liebe, des Todes und der Einsamkeit und finden Sie Antworten, die Ihnen Halt und Orientierung bieten können. • Praktische Lebensweisheit: Erfahren Sie, wie Sie mit den Herausforderungen des Lebens umgehen, Konflikte lösen und ein ausgeglichenes und zufriedenes Leben führen können. Für alle, die nach einem tieferen Verständnis des Lebens und seiner Mysterien suchen, bietet 'Denn alles ist vergänglich: Geschichten aus der Psychotherapie' ein fesselndes, klärendes und bereicherndes Hörerlebnis. Dieses Buch ist nicht nur eine Schatzkiste voller Weisheit und Einsicht, sondern auch ein lebensverändernder Kompass, der Ihnen hilft, Ihren Weg durch die Wirren der Existenz zu finden. Es ist ein Muss für jeden, der sein Leben bewusster, verständnisvoller und liebevoller gestalten möchte."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Alexander Bolte, Kaja Sesterhenn, Uwe Thoma (Narrator)

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[Romanian] - Călăul dragostei: Şi alte poveşti de psihoterapie

"„În această carte voi spune poveştile a zece pacienţi care au apelat la psihoterapie şi care, pe parcursul acestui demers, s-au luptat cu durerea existenţială. Dar nu acesta a fost motivul pentru care mi-au cerut ajutorul; dimpotrivă, toţi zece sufereau de problemele obişnuite ale vieţii cotidiene: singurătate, dispreţ faţă de sine, impotenţă, migrene, compulsivitate sexuală, obezitate, hipertensiune, tristeţe, o mistuitoare dragoste obsesivă, oscilaţii bruşte ale stării de spirit, deprimare. Şi totuşi, cumva (un «cumva» care se dezvăluie altfel în fiecare poveste), psihoterapia a scos la iveală rădăcini adânci ale acestor probleme cât se poate de prozaice — rădăcini care se întind departe, până la esenţa existenţei. «Vreau! Vreau!» se aude mai tot timpul în cursul acestor istorisiri. O pacientă a strigat: «O vreau înapoi pe scumpa mea fetiţă moartă!», în timp ce îşi neglija cei doi băieţi rămaşi în viaţă. Un alt pacient insista: «Îmi doresc să le regulez pe toate femeile care-mi ies în cale!», pe măsură ce cancerul limfatic de care suferea îi invada pe rând cele mai tainice cotloane ale trupului. Iar un altul implora: «Vreau nişte părinţi şi o copilărie de care n-am avut parte niciodată!», agonizând asupra a trei scrisori pe care nu se putea hotărî să le deschidă. Iar o alta a declarat: «Vreau să fiu veşnic tânără», căci ea, o femeie în vârstă, nu se putea desprinde din dragostea devoratoare pe care i-o purta unui bărbat cu treizeci şi cinci de ani mai tânăr decât ea.' Irvin D. Yalom * * * Irvin D. Yalom este unul dintre cei mai cunoscuţi psihoterapeuţi contemporani. Cele mai importante lucrări teoretice le-a dedicat psihoterapiei de grup şi psihoterapiei existenţiale. Profesor de psihiatrie la Stanford University, Yalom a primit în anul 2000 Premiul Oscar Pfister din partea Asociaţiei Americane a Psihiatrilor."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Bogdan Alexandru Costea (Narrator)

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The Spinoza Problem: A Novel

"When sixteen-year-old Alfred Rosenberg is called into his headmaster’s office for anti-Semitic remarks he made during a school speech, he is forced, as punishment, to memorize passages about Spinoza from the autobiography of the German poet Goethe. Rosenberg is stunned to discover that Goethe, his idol, was a great admirer of the Jewish seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza. Long after graduation, Rosenberg remains haunted by this “Spinoza problem”: how could the German genius Goethe have been inspired by a member of a race Rosenberg considers so inferior to his own, a race he was determined to destroy? Spinoza himself was no stranger to punishment during his lifetime. Because of his unorthodox religious views, he was excommunicated from the Amsterdam Jewish community in 1656, at the age of twenty-four, and banished from the only world he had ever known. Though his life was short and he lived without means in great isolation, he nonetheless produced works that changed the course of history. Over the years, Rosenberg rose through the ranks to become an outspoken Nazi ideologue, a faithful servant of Hitler, and the main author of racial policy for the Third Reich. Still, his Spinoza obsession lingered. By imagining the unexpected intersection of Spinoza’s life with Rosenberg’s, internationally bestselling novelist Irvin D. Yalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 years. Using his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of Spinoza, the saintly secular philosopher, and of Rosenberg, the godless mass murderer."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel

"Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work—and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured—miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer—and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training. Philip's dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Neil Hellegers (Narrator)

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Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy

"Psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom probes further into the mysteries of the therapeutic encounter in this entertaining and thoughtful follow-up to his bestselling Love’s Executioner In six enthralling stories drawn from his own clinical experience, Irvin D. Yalom once again proves himself an intrepid explorer of the human psyche as he guides his patients—and himself—toward transformation. With eloquent detail and sharp-eyed observation, Yalom introduces us to a memorable cast of characters. Drifting through his dreams and trampling through his thoughts are Paula, Yalom’s “courtesan of death”; Myrna, whose eavesdropping gives new meaning to patient confidentiality; Magnolia, into whose ample lap Yalom longs to pour his own sorrows, even as he strives to ease hers; and Momma—ill-tempered, overpowering, and suffocating her son with both love and disapproval. A richly rewarding, almost illicit glimpse into the therapist’s heart and mind, Momma and the Meaning of Life illuminates the unique potential of every human relationship."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator)

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Lying on the Couch: A Novel

"From the bestselling author of Love’s Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept comes a provocative exploration of the unusual relationships three therapists form with their patients. Seymour is a therapist of the old school who blurs the boundary of sexual propriety with one of his clients. Marshal, who is haunted by his own obsessive-compulsive behaviors, is troubled by the role money plays in his dealings with his patients. Finally, there is Ernest Lash. Driven by his sincere desire to help and his faith in psychoanalysis, he invents a radically new approach to therapy—a totally open and honest relationship with a patient that threatens to have devastating results. Exposing the many lies that are told on and off the psychoanalyst’s couch, Lying on the Couch gives listeners a tantalizing, almost illicit glimpse at what their therapists might really be thinking during their sessions. Fascinating, engrossing, and relentlessly intelligent, it ultimately moves listeners with a denouement of surprising humanity and redemptive faith."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Tony Pasqualini (Narrator)

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When Nietzsche Wept

"In nineteenth-century Vienna, a drama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment that defined the era. Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe’s greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental “talking cure,” Breuer never expects that he too will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient. In When Nietzsche Wept, Irvin Yalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense to unfold an unforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship."

Irvin D. Yalom (Author), Richard Powers (Narrator)

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