Reality Therapy
Founder: William Glasser (1925)
What is Reality Therapy?
Reality Therapy aims to help define and assess basic values within the framework of a
current situation and to evaluate the person's present behavior and future plans
in relation to those values.
Choice Theory
Five genetically encoded
needs which serve as the theoretical basis for reality therapy
Goals
The goal of Reality Therapy is to help clients get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their lives.
Characteristics
- Excuses are not accepted
- The unconscious is avoided
- Avoiding a focus on symptoms
- Therapy is concerned primarily with the here and now
Techniques
The cycle of counceling
- Creation of a supportive and challenging environment to allow clients to begin making life changes
- Implementation of specific procedures that will lead to changes in behavior
The "WDEP" System
Robert E. Wubbolding (1936)
The WDEP system is used to assist people in satisfy their basic needs.
- W - wants, needs, and perceptions
- D - direction and doing
- E - self-evaluation
- P - planning
Links:
References:
Corey, Gerald (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. 9th ed.
Belmont,California: Brooks/Cole.
Corey, Gerald (2012). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. 9th ed.
Belmont,California: Brooks/Cole.
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