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。

<p align="left">Anyone interested in psychotherapy or personal growth will rejoice at the publication of The Gift of Therapy, a masterwork from one of today's most accomplished psychological thinkers.</p><p align="left">From his thirty-five years as a practicing psychiatrist and as an award-winning author of nonfiction and fiction, Irvin D. Yalom imparts his unique wisdom in The Gift of Therapy. This remarkable guidebook for successful therapy is, as Yalom remarks, "an idiosyncratic mélange of ideas and techniques that I have found useful in my work. These ideas are so personal, opinionated, and occasionally original that the reader is unlikely to encounter them elsewhere. I selected the eighty-five categories in this volume randomly guided by my passion for the task rather than any particular order or system."</p><p align="left">At once startlingly profound and irresistibly practical, Yalom's insights will help enrich the therapeutic process for a new generation of patients and counselors.</p>