A pilot study of the effect of emotive-reconstructive therapy on 10 artists' problem behaviors and self-constructs indicated that after an average of 15 sessions of therapy, artists reported a significant reduction of problem behaviors, e.g., depression, sleep disturbances, and negative self-constructs.
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