Existential psychotherapy

Authors: Irvin D. Yalom and Jeffrey Berman

In his pioneering book, "Existential Psychotherapy," first published in 1980, American psychiatrist Irvin Yalom distills the essence of existential psychotherapy and gives it a coherent structure.
The book centers on what Yalom defines as the "four essential concerns of life": death, freedom, existential isolation, and meaninglessness. It explores in detail the meaning of each existential concern and the kind of conflict that arises from confronting each one.
In this valuable book, Yalom also provides an intellectual home for psychotherapists who have found that traditional theories do not align with their real-world clinical experiences, and opens up new horizons for experimental research.