REALITY THERAPY

KEY CONCEPTS

• Main focus is on what clients are doing and how to get them to evaluate whether their present actions are working for them. 
• People are mainly motivated to satisfy their needs, especially the need for significant relationships.
• Rejects the medical model, the notion of transference, the unconscious, and dwelling one's past. (Corey,2009)

GOALS OF THERAPY

• To help people become more effective in meeting all of their psychological needs.
• To enable clients to get reconnected with the people they have chosen to put into their quality worlds and teach clients choice theory. (Corey,2009)

TECHNIQUES

• This is an active, directive, and didactic therapy.
•  Skillful questioning is a central technique used for the duration of the therapy process.
• Various techniques may be used to get clients to evaluate what they are presently doing to see if they are willing to change.
• If clients decide that their present behavior is not effective, they develop a specific plan for change and make a commitment to follow through. (Corey,2009)

FOUNDERS

• William Glasser (1952)
• Robert Wubbolding (1936) (Corey,2009)

 

Corey, G. (2009). Theory and practice of counseling and psycotherapy. Fullerton: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.