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Existential Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom

1980•Basic Books•EN
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Existential Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom

Insights from Existential Psychotherapy

“To take responsibility means to lose the right to blame anyone else for your distress.”

Taking whole responsibility for your actions is the only way to feel powerful. It turns you from a victim into a creator.

We often get stuck because we are waiting for someone to give us permission. True change starts when you realize no one is coming to save you.

Anxiety isn't always a bad thing to be cured. Sometimes it is just a sign that you are waking up to your own life.

“Though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death saves us.”

Death is always there in the background. Realizing we will die actually makes life feel much more vivid.

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Published
1980
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN
9780465021475
Language
EN

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