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Textbook (Hardcover - Fifth Edition)
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The fifth edition of the best-selling text—completely revised to reflect the latest developments in the field
"...reflects the latest DSM-IV changes, and features new info on brief group therapy and combining individual and group work to deal with the newly emerging homogeneous focal groups--including survivor groups."
Probably the best single-author book on the subject ever written.
More Reviews and RecommendationsIrvin D. Yalom, M.D., is professor emeritus of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was the recipient of the 1974 Edward Strecker Award and the 1979 Foundation's Fund Prize in Psychiatry. He is the author of When Nietzche Wept (winner of the 1993 Commonwealth Club gold medal for fiction), Love's Executioner, Every Day Gets a Little Closer (with Ginny Elkin), and the classic textbooks Inpatient Group Psychotherapy and Existential Psychotherapy. Molyn Leszcz, M.D., F.R.C.P.(c) is head of the Program in Psychotherapy at the University of Toronto.
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October 05, 2009: It is full of good theory but a litle overwhelming in the short class I had.
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February 11, 2009: If you are interested in leading groups someday, this is a must read book. Don't assume that you know how to run a group without reading this book!