Yalom, Irvin D(avid)
YALOM, Irvin D(avid)
YALOM, Irvin D(avid). American, b. 1931. Genres: Novels, Psychology. Career: Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC, intern, 1956-57; Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, resident, 1957- 60; Patuxent Institution, Jessup, MD, consultant, 1959-60; Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, instructor, 1962-63, assistant professor, 1963-68, associate professor, 1968-73, professor of psychiatry, 1973-, assistant director of Adult Psychiatric Clinic, 1973-, medical director of Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, Stanford University Hospital, 1981-; Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, fellow, 1977-78; psychotherapist; writer. Publications: The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, 1970, 4th ed., 1995; (with M.A. Lieberman and M.B. Miles) Encounter Groups, 1973; (with G. Elkin) Every Day Gets a Little Closer, 1974; Existential Psychotherapy, 1980; Impatient Group Psychotherapy, 1983; (with S. Vinogradov) Concise Guide to Group Psychotherapy, 1989; Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy, 1989; When Nietzsche Wept (novel), 1992; Lying on the Couch (novel), 1996; A Yalom Reader, 1998; Momma and the Meaning of Life, 1999; Gift of Therapy, 2002. Address: 951 Matadero Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]; www.yalom.com