Maintaining Balance: Keeping a Sense of Humor

"Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage."  (Erma Bombeck)

Benefits of Humor

Humor is a rare topic in the literature. This article might be helpful to practitioners.
More psychologists are finding that discrete uses of humor promote healing in their patients  APA Monitor March 1999 (Volume 30, Number 3)

Links to Humor-Bearing Websites

Victor Yalom offers his psychotherapy cartoons and jokes on http://www.psychotherapy.net/humor. Enjoy the humor pages and also explore the serious parts of this valuable professional web site.

http://www.psychotherapy. net is a place to find good laughs and it's also rich in professional resources: interviews, articles, DVDs, CE credits, signed copies of Irvin Yalom's books about psychotherapy (e.g., Existential Psychotherapy, The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy) and signed copies of Irvin Yalom's psychological novels (e.g., When Neitzche Wept, Love's Executioner).
(Note: Victor Yalom is Irvin Yalom's son.)