Irvin D. Yalom

Irvin D. Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist, born in 1931, and an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. He writes both nonfiction and fiction. His nonfiction includes Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy, a collection of therapy stories, and The Gift of Therapy, an open letter to a new generation of therapists. His historical fiction includes When Nietzsche Wept.