Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir

by Irvin D. Yalom

Book Overview

Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a "candid, insightful" (Abraham Verghese) memoir​ Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare: He is twelve, and is riding his bike past the home of an acne-scarred girl. Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, "Hello Measles " But in his dream, the girl's father makes Yalom understand that his daily greeting had hurt her. For Yalom, this was the birth of empathy; he would not forget the lesson. As Becoming Myself unfolds, we see the birth of the insightful thinker whose books have been a beacon to so many. This is not simply a man's life story, Yalom's reflections on his life and development are an invitation for us to reflect on the origins of our own selves and the meanings of our lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541698991
• ISBN13: 9781541698994
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"