Irvin Yalom, MD
Class Year 1956
Specialties
Psychiatry
Current practice/Appointments
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University
Favorite Professors at BUSM:
Isaac Asimov (biochemist and science fiction writer), Stanley Robbins (Pathology), and Dr. Malamud (Psychiatry)
Accomplishments:
Received lifetime contributions awards from American Group Psychotherapy Association; Psychotherapy Networker, American Psychological Association; Strecker Prize from American Psychiatry Association
Recent Publications:
I have a relatively new book out, “Becoming Myself – A Psychiatrist’s Memoir” (Basic Books, 2017). I’ve written several others, including:
- Becoming Myself
- Creatures of a Day
- The Spinoza Problem
- Existential Psychotherapy
- When Nietzsche Wept
- The Schopenhauer Cure
- Staring at the Sun
- Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy
Other thoughts:
I’m now working on the 6th edition of my textbook, Theory and Practice of Group Therapy.