This
paper looks at Yalom's book, "Existential
Psychotherapy", and how he responds to criticisms aimed at the field of psychotherapy.
It discusses the merits and qualities of the book and argues that book successfully dismisses the complaints against
psychotherapy. The
paper contends that Yalom's use of analogies, clinical studies, research, and his own hypotheses and conclusions, convincingly ties psychotherapy and existentialism together.