The Liar on the Couch

An intriguing plot, stunning discoveries, a perceptive and impartial view of therapeutic work.

Yalom exposes the inner workings of the therapeutic process, allowing the reader to taste the forbidden fruit and learn what psychotherapists really think during sessions.

Yalom's book is a... wonderful observation platform from which it is clear to see what passions grip the participants of the psychotherapeutic process.

Irvin D. Yalom's novel "The Liar on the Couch" is an amazing combination of psychological insight and wonderfully vivid imagination, clothed in bright and elegant prose. Changing his long-standing habit of telling the reader about the inner world and intimate experiences of his patients, Dr. Yalom turns to other participants in the psychotherapeutic relationship - to the therapists themselves. Their stories are told with remarkable warmth and ruthless honesty. In engaging with Dr. Yalom's work, the reader will, as always, find an intriguing plot, stunning discoveries, a perceptive and impartial view of therapeutic work. Yalom shows the inner workings of the therapeutic process, allowing the reader to taste the forbidden fruit and learn what psychotherapists really think during sessions. Yalom's book is a wonderful observation platform from which it is clear to see what passions grip the participants of the psychotherapeutic process.