Creatures of a Day: And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

ISBN-13:	9780465097432
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	03/08/2016
Edition description:	First Trade Paper Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	253,372
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

"The publication of Creatures of a Day is reason to celebrate." — Steven Pinker In this stunning collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom describes his patients' struggles — as well as his own — to come to terms with the two great challenges of existence: how to have a meaningful life yet reckon with its inevitable end. We meet a nurse who must stifle the pain of losing her son in order to comfort her patients' pains, a newly minted psychologist whose studies damage her treasured memories of a lost friend, and a man whose rejection of psychological inquiry forces even Yalom himself into a crisis of confidence.Creatures of a Day is a radically honest statement about the difficulties of human life, but also a celebration of some of the finest fruits — love, family, friendship — it can offer. Marcus Aurelius has written that "we are all creatures of a day." With Yalom as our guide, we will find the means to make our own day not only bearable, but also meaningful and joyful.