Tags: Psychotherapy Existential
Description:
I shall present the development of my approach to psychotherapy beginning with interpersonally based group psychotherapy and then describing the genesis and development of an existential approach to psychotherapy. I shall discuss my various approaches to teaching including descriptions of research, writing textbooks and finally short stories and novels as a mode of teaching.
Educational Objectives:
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Dr. Yalom is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His major areas of interest are Group Psychotherapy and an existentially - inter-personally based individual therapy. In recent years, he has taught via narrative using short stories and novels to teach the art of psychotherapy.
Dr. Yalom was the recipient of the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award presented by The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) at the 75th meeting on March 6, 2017 in New York City.