Book description
'I was born in Washington, DC, June 13, 1931, of parents who immigrated from Russia shortly after the first world war. Home was the inner city of Washington - a small apartment atop my parents' grocery store on First and Seaton Street. During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Becoming Myself as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a wise and engaging memoir.
Irvin Yalom (1931-), still alive aged 94, is an “existential psychiatrist” best known for his work on group psychotherapy and also as the author of many fiction and non-fiction books. He tells his life story through a series of short chapters, often drawing parallels between his patients’ problems and his own experience growing up as the son of poor Jewish immigrants to America.
In his later career, he introduced ideas from both Western and Eastern philosophy into his practice.
From Jennifer's list on historical psychiatric biographies.
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