Irvin Yalom in Session: Gareth

Watch master therapist Irvin Yalom work in live sessions with Gareth, a 69 year old man who has struggled with anxiety most of his life, and is now facing his upcoming retirement with a sense of existential dread.

Part of the 4-video series: Irvin Yalom and the Art of Psychotherapy

[SeekersofUnity]

Yalom as his finest. The amount of space that he holds for the other. Incredible

[ben]

I'm a therapist been working in an outpatient clinic I'm transitioning to private practice. I'm trying to get to his level, his expertise, his finesse. What is so impressive is his ability to get others to disclose with doing almost nothing more than a nod.

[martinratcliffe]

I'm not knocking Dr Yalom, but I'm really not sure about the way he changed to focus to himself and his own dreams, nor am I convrniced that gareths 'wow, interesting' was genuine.

[HIREDDAYS]

This looks like Yalom interviewing Yalom 😁 in the first interview...all kidding aside im reading his existential book and its really helping me get over my issues...

[mosescordovero]

G-d I would have loved to have Irvin Yalom be my therapist

[kerimalpaltuncu]

It is obvious Irvin does not see the therapy as a mechanism. That is why I interpreted his reaction to his son's explanation cold for he does not think it that way. For him I believe and for me aswell therapy is a whole.

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[Ronin]

Why does this whole thing plays out like an Oblivion NPC conversation?

[brother_of_bruh]

Yalom is a bad therapist, there I said it. It baffles me beyond belief why he is so popular. Why does the patient need therapist self disclosure? The patient does not need self-disclosure, no matter how certain therapists reiterate this belief. The patient needs a space where they can express themselves, be themselves with no regard for the needs of the therapist. And a patient needs transparency in every moment about the proceedings and interventions in therapy, as to how it serves the interest of the patient. That's it. When Yalom tells the patient a dream, what he implicitly saying is "I want you to listen to my dream, because I want you to listen to me." Why? Is it in the interest of the patient? A patient can experience the therapist as a real person without the therapist taking space for themselves. When patients have to take over functions FOR the therapist in the therapeutic setting, such as the interested listener or the "good, cooperative, receptive" patient, that's when therapy is over and it's not much more than a sharade. It's called transference baby, and if you can't handle it, you're not made for that job.