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A Comprehensive Behavioral-cognitive Treatment of Writer's Block

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Harold Rosenberg  and
Michael I. Lah
Harold Rosenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.
Michael I. Lah
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A.
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A behavioral-cognitive intervention, including the use of a schedule, overt and covert reinforcers, and therapist monitoring of progress, was used to treat a graduate student with writer's block. Daily self-recording was used to assess baseline and intervention phases, and indicated that the intervention yielded an immediate and consistent increase in the number of hours of writing, the use of weekdays for writing, and self-rated effectiveness. Clinical considerations involved in the use of the procedure and generalization of the method to other work projects and clients are discussed.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , October 1982 , pp. 356 - 363
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1982

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