About the Author

Dr Yalom is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford University. He has won two major awards from the American Psychiatric Association. He lives in California.

Reviews

"* 'Irvin Yalom writes like an angel about the devils that besiege us' Rollo May * 'Yalom shows us what the meaning and practice of therapy mean to him... and does it with enviable openness and style' Times Literary Supplement * 'Irvin Yalom indeed gives us a taste of "the meaning of life" in this wise and entertaining book' Jewish Chronicle"