One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues … - Irvin D. Yalom

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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

Irvin D. Yalom

One doesn't do existential therapy as a freestanding separate theory; rather it informs your approach to such issues as death, which many therapists tend to shy away from.

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To the extent that one is responsible for one's life, one is alone.

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He had learned long ago that, in general, the easier it was for anxious patients to reach him, the less likely they were to call. (107)

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If I had to pick out a therapist in a movie that I'd like to go see as a personal therapist, it would be Robin Williams in Goodwill Hunting.

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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.

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If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living!

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When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

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Miguel de Cervantes

All of that is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but we cannot all be friars, and God brings His children to heaven by many paths: chivalry is a religion, and there are sainted knights in Glory. ’ Yes,’ responded Sancho, ‘but I’ve heard that there are more friars in heaven than knights errant. ’ That is true,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘because the number of religious is greater than the number of knights. ’ There are many who are errant,’ said Sancho. Many,’ responded Don Quixote, ‘but few who deserve to be called knights.

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Were a language ever completely "grammatical" it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak.

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I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.

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