* 1977։ ''Fellowship Award'' by Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California
* 1987։ ''Fellowship Award'' by the Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy<ref>[http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/uploads/files/f514b4c5-6297-4611-bc9a-f946b46a0fea.pdf Rockefeller Foundation ''The Mix: Residents'']</ref>
* 1992։ ''Commonwealth Club Gold Award for fiction best novel ([[When Nietzsche Wept (novel)|When Nietzsche Wept]])''<ref>[http://www.commonwealthclub.org/sites/default/files/u123/Official%20Complete%20California%20Book%20Awards%20Winners.pdf The Commonwealth Club of California: ''The California Book Awards Winners 1931 - 2012'']</ref>
* 2001։ ''[[Oskar Pfister Award]] for important contributions to religion and psychiatry'' by the American Psychiatric Foundation/[[American Psychiatric Association]]<ref>[http://www.americanpsychiatricfoundation.org/what-we-do/awards/oskar-pfister-award''Oskar Pfister Award: Past Winners'']</ref><ref>[http://www.fundacion-salto.org/documentos/Religion%20and%20Psychiatry.pdf Irvin d. Yalom, M.D.: ''Religion and Psychiatry'']</ref>
* 2009։ ''International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy of the city of Vienna, Austria by the [[World Council for Psychotherapy]]''<ref>[http://www.worldpsyche.org/cms-tag/122/sigmund-freud-award Sigmund Freud Award: ''Award Winners'']</ref>
