Reality_Therapy

Reality Therapy Reality Therapy Abstract: Reality Therapy is the method of counseling that Dr. Glasser has been teaching since 1962. He published a book named Reality Therapy the same year. Reality Therapy, though catchy, is easily misunderstood to do with giving people “a dose of reality.” In fact, the approach is far more people- friendly and people- centered than that. Reality therapy is a very powerful tool for personal growth, accomplishing goals, and measuring progress. Almost all approaches to psychology assume that people have certain basic needs and, indeed, there is broad agreement on what these needs are. In Reality therapy, they are classified under five headings: Power, Love & Belonging, Freedom, Fun, and Survival. The goal of Reality Therapy is to help people reconnect. To create the relationship vital to Reality Therapy, the counselor will focus on the present and avoid discussing the past because all human problems are caused by unsatifasfying present relationships. Avoid criticizing, blaming and complaining and help counselees to do the same. By doing this, they will learn to avoid the extremely harmful external control behaviors that destroy relationships. If the choice of behaviors is not getting people closer, reality, therapy, people, control, help, theory, choice, goal, doing, needs, counselees, behaviors, very, time, avoid, reconnect, make, find, counselor, through, think, teaching, relationships, questions, psychology, progress, plan, personal, out, new, need, focus, workable, two, same