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Irvin Yalom
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1931– · American psychotherapist and writer

Also known as: Irvin D. Yalom, Irvin David Yalom, Yalom, Ирвин Дэвид Ялом, إيرفين يالوم, 어빈 얄롬

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Known works

  • Inpatient group psychotherapy (1983)
  • Love's Executioner and other tales of psychotherapy (1989)
  • The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, 5th ed. (1970)
  • Treating the psychological consequences of HIV
  • The Gift of Therapy (2002)