Jorge Bucay is a gestalt psychotherapist

Gestalt psychology

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, psychodramatist, and writer

Writer

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 from Argentina

Argentina

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. His books have sold more than 2 million copies around the world, and have been translated into more than seventeen languages.

He was born in the Floresta neighborhood of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 in 1949 to a modest family. He started working at the age of thirteen. In the course of his life, he has worked as a traveling salesman

Vendor (supply chain)

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 selling socks, books and sports clothing, as well as an insurance agent, taxi driver, clown, warehouseman, educator, actor, doctor

Physician

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 on duty, host of children's parties, psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...

, group coordinator, radio collaborator, and television host.

In 1973, he graduated as a doctor from the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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, and specialized in mental illnesses at the Buenos Aires Pirovano Hospital and at the Santa Mónica clinic.

He currently defines his job as professional helper. He divides his attention between attending therapeutic teaching conferences, which have taken him around the world, and the writing of his books, which he considers therapeutic tools.

Works

His published works include:

• "Cartas para Claudia" (Letters for Claudia) (1986, 2nd ed. 2007)
• "Recuentos para Demián" (Stories for Demián) (1994)
• "Cuentos para pensar" (Stories for Thought) (1997)
• "De la autoestima al egoísmo" (From Self-Esteem to Egotism) (1999)
• "Amarse con los ojos abiertos" (Loving Oneself With Open Eyes) (with Silvia Salinas) (2000)
• "Déjame que te cuente" (Let Me Tell You) (2002)
• "Todo (No) Terminó" (It's (Not) All Over) (with Silvia Salinas) (2004)
• "El Juego de los Cuentos" (The Game of Stories) (2004)
• "Cuenta Conmigo" (Count on Me) (2005)
• "El Mito de le Diosa Fortuna" (The Myth of the Goddess of Fortune) (2006)
• "20 pasos hacia adelante" (Twenty Steps Forward) (2007)
• "El candidato" (The Candidate) (Winner of Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
  Premio de Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja
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   in 2006).

Four books constitute his series, "Hojas de Ruta" (Roadmaps):

• "El camino de la auto-dependencia" (The Road of Self-Dependence)
• "El camino del encuentro" (The Road of Encounter)
• "El camino de las lágrimas" (The Road of Tears)
• "El camino de la felicidad" (The Road of Happiness)

His works have become bestsellers in Mexico

Mexico

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, Uruguay

Uruguay

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, Chile

Chile

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, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

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, Venezuela

Venezuela

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, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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, Spain

Spain

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 and Greece

Greece

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In 2005, he was accused of copying the fifth part of his book, Shimriti, from a text by Mónica Cavallé, though he later declared that it was "an absolutely involuntary error" while citing sources.

External links

• (Spanish:) Healthy Mind, Jorge Bucay's magazine
• (Spanish:) Amarse con los ojos abiertos Forum
• (Spanish:) Famous Quotes of Jorge Bucay
• (Spanish:) Biography