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The Schopenhauer Cure

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Paperback, 384 pages
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USA, 1 November 2020


From the internationally bestselling author of Love's Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept, comes a novel of group therapy with a cast of memorably wounded characters struggling to heal pain and change lives


Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training.


Philip's dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.

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From the internationally bestselling author of Love's Executioner and When Nietzsche Wept, comes a novel of group therapy with a cast of memorably wounded characters struggling to heal pain and change lives


Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius Hertzfeld is forced to reexamine his life and work -- and seeks out Philip Slate, a sex addict whom he failed to help some twenty years earlier. Yet Philip claims to be cured -- miraculously transformed by the pessimistic teachings of German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer -- and is, himself, a philosophical counselor in training.


Philip's dour, misanthropic stance compels Julius to invite Philip to join his intensive therapy group in exchange for tutoring on Schopenhauer. But with mere months left, life may be far too short to help Philip or to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the group members. And then again, it might be just long enough.

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EAN
9780060938109
ISBN
0060938102
Dimensions
20.5 x 13.6 x 2.3 centimeters (0.24 kg)

About the Author

Irvin D. Yalom, M.D., is the author of Love's Executioner, Momma and the Meaning of Life, Lying on the Couch, The Schopenhauer Cure, When Nietzsche Wept, as well as several classic textbooks on psychotherapy, including The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, considered the foremost work on group therapy. The Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Stanford University, he divides his practice between Palo Alto, where he lives, and San Francisco, California.

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"Yalom's enthusiasm is contagious. And he certainly knows how to tell a page-turning story." -- Los Angeles Times"Yalom's melding of philosophy, pedantry, psychiatry and literature result in a surprisingly engaging novel of ideas." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Considers the value and limits of therapy and those points at which philosophy and psychology converge." -- Washington Post"A beautifully wrought tale of a therapy group's final year and a moving debate about the end of life." -- Kirkus Reviews"As a novel of ideas, this book effectively explores loss, sexual desire, and the search for meaning." -- Library Journal"The world's first accurate group-therapy novel, a mezmerizing story of two men's search for meaning." -- Greensboro News & Record"Meticulous. [Yalom's] re-creation of a working therapy group is utterly convincing." -- Publishers Weekly

Having taken on the origins of psychotherapy in the popular When Nietzsche Wept, psychiatrist-novelist Yalom now turns to group therapy and the thinker sometimes known as the "philosopher of pessimism," in this meticulous, occasionally slow-moving book. Julius Hertzfeld, a successful therapist in San Francisco, is shocked by the news that he suffers from terminal cancer. Moved to reassess his life's work, he contacts Philip Slate, whose three years of therapy for sexual addiction Julius describes as an "old-time major-league failure." Philip is now training to be a therapist himself, guided by the writings of Arthur Schopenhauer, and he offers to teach Julius about Schopenhauer as a way of helping him deal with his looming death. Julius and Philip strike a deal: Julius will serve as Philip's clinical supervisor, but only if Philip joins the ongoing therapy group Julius leads. To complicate matters further, Pam, a group member, is one of the hundreds of women Philip seduced and then rejected. Yalom often refers to his books as "teaching novels," and his re-creation of a working therapy group is utterly convincing. At the same time, his approach can be overly documentary, as the inner workings of therapy, often repetitious and self-referential, absorb much of the novel's momentum. A parallel account of Schopenhauer's life sheds light on the philosopher's intellectual triumphs and emotional difficulties. Agent, Sandra Dijkstra. (Jan. 6) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

"Yalom's enthusiasm is contagious. And he certainly knows how to tell a page-turning story." -- Los Angeles Times"Yalom's melding of philosophy, pedantry, psychiatry and literature result in a surprisingly engaging novel of ideas." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Considers the value and limits of therapy and those points at which philosophy and psychology converge." -- Washington Post"A beautifully wrought tale of a therapy group's final year and a moving debate about the end of life." -- Kirkus Reviews"As a novel of ideas, this book effectively explores loss, sexual desire, and the search for meaning." -- Library Journal"The world's first accurate group-therapy novel, a mezmerizing story of two men's search for meaning." -- Greensboro News & Record"Meticulous. [Yalom's] re-creation of a working therapy group is utterly convincing." -- Publishers Weekly

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By San on March 13, 2007
I admit I am a Yalom addict but this one is definitely one of his best books ! Amazing how Yalom manages to write a very good novel which at the same time includes all the theory about grouptherapy and how a group functions. Interesting for therapy students but also for managers, groupfacilitators,... After reading a few of Yalom's books you know the authors hobby horses: deathanxiety, the therapeutic relationship and boundaries, ...The nice thing is that it is always written in 'normal' English, you want to know the rest of the story and at the same time you are learning so much....I guess that is what I like about this author he does not brag about his knowledge but his books are backed with so much knowledge that you learn without noticing...
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