Session #: 718-002
Presenter(s): Irvin Yalom
Session Length: 1 hr. 14 min. Event: 2008 Networker Annual Symposium Date: March 13-16, 2008
Probably the most famous storyteller in the field of psychotherapy, Irvin Yalom is the author of such acclaimed works as Love's Executioner, When Nietzsche Wept, and Momma and the Meaning of Life. For decades, he's been the foremost practitioner of existential psychotherapy, demonstrating that the only real antidote to our fear of meaninglessness is the life-giving force of human engagement and commitment. "In my work with clients, I strive for connectedness above all else," he writes in his newest book, Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death. In his keynote, he'll reflect on how therapists need to confront their own fears before they can authentically help clients explore the existential terrors that underlie so much of human suffering.
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