Irvin Yalom || Existential Psychotherapy

Today it’s great to have Irvin Yalom on the podcast. Yalom is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and author of many internationally bestselling books including Love’s Executioner, The Gift of Therapy, Becoming Myself, and When Nietzsche Wept. He was the recipient of the 1974 Edward Strecker Award and the 1979 Foundations’ Fund Prize in Psychiatry. His textbooks Inpatient Group Psychotherapy and Existential Psychotherapy are classics and have influenced me personally, deeply. Dr. Yalom lives in Palo Alto, California.

Topics

Dr. Yalom’s childhood and upbringing
Dr. Yalom’s interest in existential psychology
Group therapy and death anxiety
Rollo May’s influence on Dr. Yalom
Dr. Yalom’s books
Death anxiety and regret
Coping with his wife’s death
Meeting Viktor Frankl, Carl Rogers, and other legends in psychology
Last moments with Rollo May
A Matter of Death and Life with the Yaloms
Dr. Yalom’s advice to therapists
Overcoming the terror of death
Serene acceptance of death

About the guest

Irvin Yalom

Podcast Guest

Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist, professor emeritus of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, and author. He is widely regarded as a pioneer of existential psychotherapy, and his foundational works include Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy and Existential Psychotherapy.

Keep exploring

11 years of
human possibility

478 episodes exploring creativity, intelligence, well-being, and what it means to be fully human. The archive is yours to explore.

Browse All Episodes ← Back to Site

Irvin Yalom || Existential Psychotherapy

Irvin Yalom

11 years ofhuman possibility

11 years of
human possibility