Over the past quarter century Irvin Yalom has established himself as the world's leading group psychotherapist. In STARING AT THE SUN, he explores how the knowledge of our own mortality affects the unconscious mind of every human being. Tackling the effect of mankind's fear of death - both conscious and unconscious - on life and how we might live it, Yalom explains how we find ourselves in need of the comfort of therapy. At age 70 and facing his own...

At once startlingly profound and irresistibly practical, Yalom's insights will help enrich the therapeutic process for a new generation of patients and counselors.

A story of obsession, a drama of love, fate, and will. Sigmund Freud, Dr. Josef Breuer, Louise Von Salome, and Anna O. cross paths when Breuer and Freud agree to treat Nietzsche, a sick, poor, and unknown philosopher.