Irvin Yalom pe scurt

Profesor Emerit de Psihiatrie la Universitatea Standford.

Autor al mai multor carti dedicate psihoterapiei:
- Evey Day gets a Little Closer - A Twice-Told Therapy (1974)
- Existential Psychoterapy (Psihoterapie existentiala) (1980)
- Inpatient Group Psychotherapy (Psihoterapie de grup cu pacientii internati) (1983)
- Love’s Executioner (Calaul dragostei) (1989);
- Momma and the Meaning of Life - Tales of psychotherapy (Momma si sensul vietii - povestiri din psihoterapii);
- When Nietzsche Wept (Plansul lui Nietzsche) – singura carte publicata in Romania
- Theory and Practice of Group Therapy (Teoria si practica terapiei de grup)
- Lying on the Couch (Intins pe canapea) (1996);
- The Yalom Reader (1998);
- The Gift of Therapy (Darul psihoterapiei) (2002);
- The Schopenhauer Cure (Tratamentul lui Schopenhauer) (2005);

Are 76 de ani si traieste in Palo Alto, California.