A Conversation with Irvin Yalom and Yael Hedaya: In Treatment, Therapy on the Screen and on the Page

Taube Center for Jewish Studies, April 4, 2013
A lively conversation with world-renowned psychotherapy authors on therapeutic ventures on the screen and on the page.
In this conversation, the two esteemed guests cover many topics, including: the perks of writing about therapy, why most therapists would not make good writers, how realistic "In Treatment" is, a comparison of the Israeli and American versions of "In Treatment", their favorite moments of the show, the difference between the solitude of writing a novel and the joint production involved in writing for the screen, the widespread effects of "In Treatment", group therapy, and how a writer knows when to finish his or her novel.
Yael Hedaya, screenwriter for the critical acclaimed TV series "In Treatment", and author of "Wednesday Evenings", and "Eden: a novel".
Irvin Yalom, world-renowned psychiatrist and author. Stanford Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, and author of "When Nietzsche Wept", "Lying on the Couch", "The Schopenhauer Cure", "Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy".
Introductions by Vered Shemtov, Eva Chernov Lokey Senior Lecturer in Hebrew and Comparative Literature, & Marie-Pierre Ulloa, Associate Director, Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Lecturer in French, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, Stanford University.
Event co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center.