Existential psychiatry and psychotherapyAmericanb. 1931
"To change, we must confront what we are, not what we wish to be."
Irvin Daniel Yalom is an American psychiatrist, Stanford University professor, and prominent writer known as one of the founders of existential psychotherapy. By focusing on fundamental human concerns such as death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness, he created a bridge between existential philosophy and clinical psychology.