Creatures of a Day, and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

By: Irvin D. Yalom

Narrated by: Traber Burns

In his long career, eminent psychotherapist and author Irvin Yalom has pressed his patients and readers to grapple with life's two greatest challenges: that we all must die, and that each of us is responsible for leading a life worth living. In Creatures of a Day, he and his patients confront the difficulty of these challenges. Although these people have come to Yalom seeking relief, recognition, or meaning, they discover that such things are rarely found in the places where we think to look.

Like Love's Executioner and Yalom's other writings, Creatures of a Day lays bare the necessary task we each face every day: to make our own lives meaningful.

©2015 Irvin D. Yalom (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Philosophy in psychotherapy

I absolutely love Dr. Yalom's writings and the many experiences he shared here. The mention of how existentialism plagues us more than we often say was a key factor in these pages.

The best book, the best narrative

Irvin Yalom is the best author, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and writer. His ability to put scientific, clinical observations in a thrilling, detective-like story is beyond imagination. It’s a textbook and bestseller at once. The narration is amazing too. It’s like audio theater.

Love love love

Soooo nice like his other books. It's amazing all of it, the story, the writing and how it's read.

An illuminating look at psychoanalysis

Worth the credit if for no other reason than to understand how a truly psychoanalytical psychiatrist does his or her's work. I enjoyed it.

Awesome!

Refreshing insightful illuminating energizing piercing truthful read and reread insatiable well narrated couldn't have enough of it.

A book of rich experience, wonderfully narrated

If you could sum up Creatures of a Day, and Other Tales of Psychotherapy in three words, what would they be?

Irvin Yalom is a well-respected psychiatrist and psychotherapist who is well on in years. In this book, he shares some of his most moving therapy encounters, bringing us right into the room. He is warm, human, and without arrogance in these sessions and shows considerable respect and professional affection. Traber Burns is a wonderful narrator for Irvin Yalom. He does a superb job of capturing Yalom's voice, inflection and emotions -- from calm empathy to surprise. Being an account of therapy sessions the book consists largely of conversations, and Traber captures the different personalities or moods of each of the speakers -- therapist and the different patients -- so that you're never wondering who is talking, even if you've just restarted the recording.

fantastic

I really found this audio book to be quite an enjoyable and insightful adventure into various lessons to be drawn from in the therapeutic relationship. Thanks Irv!

Wonderful

This is one of the best audio books I have had so far. For anyone that is dreading getting older, this will help put all your fears in perspective. Thank you Dr Yalom for helping me feel at peace.

very good

I loved hearing the thoughts behind each persons perspective of life. it gave me an insight on the minds of individuals I greatly enjoyed.

Wisdom for counselors & anyone else

As usual, Irvin Yalom has a fantastic book on counseling, which gave me stories and teachings which I can use personally in my life.
I read the book years ago and now listened to it again.
I enjoyed engaging with the people in the book.
Yalom is the counselor that I wish all couselors would model after.
All his books are 5 of 5 stars (except one-Inpatient Group Psychotherapy-which is too specific to this type of group therapy to be just a book to read for fun. However, his book on regular group therapy book is a fantastic read - 5 of 5 stars!)
I highly recommend his books!