Irvin Yalom is a celebrated therapist and author, who utilises existential therapy as the basis
for his counselling interventions. In his most well-known book, he presents ten cases (one to
a chapter), often with startling insight into both his clients, and himself.
In this assignment, you will be reading and discussing the case entitled “Two Smiles”. You
should also read the prologue of the book. You only need to focus on the first section of the
reading and not the second which focuses on separate case studies.
For the case in Yalom’s book, write 600 words covering two tasks described below. While
these two aspects can be addressed separately or in an integrated fashion, both must be
discussed with relation to the case (see rubric).
The first intent of this assignment is to give you an excuse to do some reflection on the
material, particularly in terms of how it contrasts with your view of therapy and how it
changes (or doesn’t change) your understanding of the therapeutic process (e.g., why and
how is it surprising, how does it contrast with views of therapy you have from your
psychology study to date including this unit, and from other sources of knowledge that you
have regarding therapy). As such, you should also take care to relate the material back to your
more general knowledge and understanding regarding psychotherapy. Note that this is about
your reflections – don’t spend too long just describing what happens in the case except to
illustrate this

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