The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

Group Psychotherapy Book - Irvin D. Yalom

I wanted this book for awhile and, yes, those are my coffee stains on the cover. I first began reading Yalom when I was a counselling student and read, “Love’s Executioner”. Yalom doesn’t disappoint.

I have long been interested in group therapy and Yalom was a pioneer in working with the dying in groups. I read once that people wondered why he would “waste” his time on the dying. While that is a shocking notion, it testifies to a relatively common perception at the time that resources could be “better spent” than on the dying.

I am reviewing this important book about group therapy and might have more to say on it, here.