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Understanding Writer's Block
A Therapist's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Understanding Writer's Block
A Therapist's Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
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This innovative book explains writer's block (and other creative blocks) as a symptom of a larger disorder. These disorders can affect all creative and would-be creative people. This book is the first to treat writer's block from a classic, DSM-IV diagnostic perspective. Kantor identifies 10 kinds of writer's block, classified according to the underlying disorder that causes that block. Included in the text is a discussion of the general characteristics of blockage and how the therapist can distinguish between acute and chronic forms of block, as well as an exploration into the causes of block. With this book, Kantor has laid the foundation for the development of a successful treatment approach. Throughout the text, case studies drawn from historical sources and the author's patients illustrate the various kinds of block.
Table of Contents
An Overview
Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorder Block
Affective Spectrum Disorder Block
Anxiety/Phobic Block
Conversion Disorder Block
Obsessive-Compulsive Block
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Block
Paraphiliac Block
Personality Disorder Block
Addiction Block
Physical Block
Chronic Block
Missed Block
Positive Aspects of Block
False Block
Cause
External Causes
Internal Causes
Treatment
Toward a New Therapeutic Approach
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Dec 30 1995 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 208 |
| ISBN | 9780275949051 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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