EXISTENTIAL DIALOGUE

Irvin Yalom AI

A companion for reflection on freedom, isolation, life’s meaning, and love.

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When a book becomes a therapeutic encounter

Yalom carried his clinical experience into stories and novels, inviting readers not merely to observe another person’s therapy but to encounter their own lives.

Marilyn — wife and intellectual companion

Writer and historian Marilyn Yalom was his companion through sixty-five years of marriage. He dedicated “The Gift of Therapy” to his “soul mate for fifty years. Still counting.” Near the end of her life, they wrote “A Matter of Death and Life” together.

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