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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Yalom, Irvin D., 1931-author.
Title: Becoming myself : a psychiatrist’s memoir / Irvin D. Yalom.
Description: New York : Basic Books, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017016637 | ISBN 9780465098897 (hardback) | ISBN 9780465098903 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Yalom, Irvin D., 1931---Mental health. | Psychiatrists--United States--Biography. | Psychotherapy--Biography. |
BISAC: PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General. |BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging.
Classification: LCC RC339.52.Y35 A3 2017 | DDC 616.89/14092--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017016637
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