Irvin D. Yalom教授是斯坦福大學醫學院精神病學係的終身教授，是當前美國心理治療領域的大師級人物。他具有幾十年的心理治療經驗，在存在注意治療和團體治療方麵有著突齣的貢獻。除瞭教學和臨床實際外，Irvin D. Yalom教授還是一位多産的作傢，其作品風格多樣，從理論書籍到治療故事到小說，從不同的角度闡釋他對心理治療和生活的理解。

The Gift of Therapy is the new book from the bestselling author of Love's Executioner. The culmination of master psychiatrist Dr Irvin Yalom's forty-five years' work as a therapist, this book illustrates through real case studies how patients and therapists alike can get the most out of therapy. Presented as eighty-five 'tips' for 'beginner therapists', Yalom shares his own fresh approach and the insights he has gained while treating his patients. Personal, and sometimes provocative, Yalom includes some unorthodox suggestions: Let the patient matter to you; Acknowledge your errors; Create a new therapy for each patient; Three kinds of therapist self-disclosure; Revealing the therapist's personal life: use caution; Full interpretation of a dream? Forget it!; Freud was not always wrong. This is an entertaining, informative and insightful read for both beginner (and experienced) therapists, patients, students and everyone with an interest in the subject.