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Appendix

Sample Therapy Script for a

Procrastination Scenario

ed was 40, married, and the father of two preteen daughters.
T He worked as a sales manager for a small manufacturing
company. The company atmosphere was friendly and cooperative.
His presenting problem was procrastinating on completing per-
formance reviews.
For the third year, Ted was three months behind on completing
his performance reviews. In the previous two years, his manager
had completed them and gone over the results with each member
of the sales force. This year was different. Ted could either finish
the reviews or look for a new job. His manager gave him six ad-
ditional weeks to finish, provided that he worked with an expert
on overcoming procrastination. Both Ted and his boss simultane-
ously conferred with me over the phone about the seriousness of
this matter.
Ted loved many aspects of his job, but not the performance
reviews. His wife and daughters loved their home and their neigh-
borhood. They preferred that he keep his current job. They had no