Die Liebe und ihr Henker

Touching gifts of a special kind - Printed linen with a ribbon bookmark. Gift edition in a small format, printed linen with a ribbon bookmark. When Thelma, a woman over seventy, comes to the therapist and confesses that she is hopelessly in love, he initially believes it to be a rather harmless quirk. However, it quickly becomes clear that Thelma is extremely suicidal, her despair is real and should be taken seriously. She loves her former therapist to the point of obsession. The dramatic course of Thelma's illness is the focus of the first of ten stories. In his only slightly encrypted case studies, Yalom describes how he manages to overcome psychological barriers and reach the core of his patients' emotional conflicts. An exciting, empathetic, yet also enjoyable book.