ABSTRACT
One foundation of all successful psychotherapy is an accurate diagnosis. Another is the setting of vivid, attainable goals. Setting goals makes clear the target. It helps in selecting the precise strategies to make the goals a reality. It provides the patient hope and can motivate him or her to make the effort needed to get better. Setting goals can also make clear to the therapist and the patient when mid-course corrections are needed, as well as to when the therapy process has been successfully completed. Connecting with people seemed impossible. A myth that pervades many artistic circles is that a person needs to live a life of suffering and misery in order to create something of universal beauty. Put on the pedestal as a role model is the hard-drinking writer, the brooding actor, the painter, or the sculptor who can only exorcise his or her demons through work.
