{"product_id":"hour-of-the-heart-connecting-in-the-here-and-now-isbn-9780063321465","title":"Hour of the Heart: Connecting in the Here and Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deeply moving and revealing chronicle of the challenges and breakthroughs that come from a wholly new practice of one-hour, one-time-only sessions, from one of the most prominent psychotherapists of our time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFacing memory loss at age ninety-three as well as the fallout from a global pandemic that moved much of daily life online, legendary psychotherapist and bestselling author Irvin D. Yalom was forced to vastly reconsider the shape of his sessions with patients. Rather than throw in the towel in the face of change, Dr. Yalom considered head-on the limitations imposed by these new realities and revolutionized his practice. Turning his focus to what might be achieved in a one-hour, one-time-only meeting between patient and practitioner, Dr. Yalom employed an even more concerted use of his “here and now” approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHour of the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e, Yalom recounts some of these intense, life-changing sessions, exploring an array of human predicaments and his own late-career development as a therapist. In recounting these consultations, he shows how a therapist’s willingness to be open helps patients let down their own guards, leading to a deeper and more immediate connection—one necessary to achieving profound realizations in just sixty minutes. This vulnerability led Yalom to disclose details about his personal life that he might previously have kept hidden from patients, including his traumatic childhood in Washington, DC, the evolution of his thinking about philosophy and psychotherapy, and the recent death of his wife. Throughout, he pushes the boundaries of self-revelation as a therapeutic tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is precious and our time together short. Written in collaboration with his son, \u003cem\u003eHour of the Heart\u003c\/em\u003e shows us how to relate to each other better in the moment, with more honesty and vulnerability. That hour of connection, occurring during a time of isolation and grief for so many, helped to sustain both patient and therapist, and enriched Yalom’s vision of what psychotherapy can do.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Yalom’s success as a therapist comes from his fierce self-examination and fine attunement to his emotions. He has spent his life charting the depths of his own soul so that he may understand others better. \u003cem\u003eHour of the Heart \u003c\/em\u003edemystifies the psychiatrist as some preternatural telepathist to a person who is fallibly human but has turned a metaphysical x-ray on themselves. The book has an interesting effect on the reader, inducing a kind of mindfulness a real-life therapy session may provide.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArts Hub (AU)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588008358117,"sku":"NP9780063321465","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063321465.jpg?v=1773960365","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hour-of-the-heart-connecting-in-the-here-and-now-isbn-9780063321465","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}