The collection of ten absorbing tales by master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. In recounting his patients' dilemmas, Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse into their personal desires and motivations but also tells us his own story as he struggles to reconcile his all-too human responses with his sensibility as a psychiatrist. Not since Freud has an author done so much to clarify what goes on between a psychotherapist and a patient.


欧文·亚龙，美国当代精神医学界大师级人物，也是存在主义心理治疗和团体治疗的当代权威。目前是斯坦福大学荣誉退职教授。

亚龙不仅在心理治疗领域成就卓著，他写的心理治疗读物也因其既具有专业性又有很强的文学性而蜚声世界上很多国家。

曾出版数本心理治疗的经典作品：《叔本华的治疗》、《诊疗椅上的谎言》、《当尼采哭泣》、《给心理治疗师的礼物》、《日益亲近》等，《爱情刽子手》是他的最畅销的作品。