Event

Irvin Yalom with Lee Daniel Kravetz

Presented by Kepler's Literary Foundation

Thursday, October 19, 2017
7:30pm - Seating Area opens at 6:30pm
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025

What happens when a therapist turns his eye in on himself?

Irvin Yalom is a world-renowned therapist, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, and author of numerous international bestsellers including his iconic work, Loves Executioner. After years of practicing therapy and teaching some of the best minds in psychiatry today, Yalom turns to himself, analyzing the life experiences, dreams, and intermittent anxieties that have followed him from childhood to his stature today as one of the worlds most insightful thinkers.

Centered around a recurring nightmare that he credits as the source of his empathy, Yalom tells of seeing himself riding his bike past the home of an acne-scarred girl. Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, "Hello Measles!" But in his dream, the girl's father makes Yalom understand that his daily greeting had hurt her. This becomes the launching pad for Becoming Myself, Yalom's bold and exciting debut memoir.

Irvin Yalom is joined onstage by bestselling author Lee Daniel Kravetz for a special conversation.

Ticket Information:

$50.00 -- Premier: Premier seating area, includes copy of "Becoming Myself" and priority in the signing line.

$25.00 -- General: General seating area, no book.

$15.00 -- Student: General seating area, no book; must show student ID.

Note: If you wish to sit together, please purchase tickets in the same seating area.

The book will be available for pickup, and for sale, at the event.

Kepler's Literary Foundation is a non-profit project of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation dedicated to enriching the community through literary and cultural programs featuring notable writers, artists and original thinkers.