Mohammad Ahmadpour

“The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, The Gift of Therapy

“I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy—I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection. I hate to be love’s executioner.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, Love's Executioner

“انسان باید بیاموزد با دیگری ارتباط برقرار کند بی‌آنکه با بدل شدن به بخشی از او، به آرزوی فرار از تنهایی پروبال دهد، از سوی دیگر، باید بیاموزد با دیگری ارتباط برقرار کند بی‌آنکه او را تا سطح ابزاری برای دفاع در برابر تنهایی پایین بیاورد.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy

“Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he’d spend several of these hours sharpening his ax.”
― Irvin D. Yalom, The Gift of Therapy