Ben Yalom (Benjamin Yalom, PhD, AMFT) is a San Diego-based psychotherapist, creative coach, and author. His therapeutic work blends narrative, existential and emotion-focused approaches, helping individuals, couples, and families align their values with how they live and deepen relationship connection. He is a longtime collaborator with his father, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom, and co-author of Hour of the Heart. Before his clinical career, Ben was the founder and artistic director of foolsFURY Theater Company, an influential ensemble theatre group in San Francisco. Ben holds a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and is pursuing doctoral studies in Marriage and Family Therapy.