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A 5 page research paper that gives an overview to the psychoanalytic therapy devised by Dr. William Glasser, Reality Therapy. The writer describes this therapy, and also discusses how Glasser has updated his ideas with Choice Theory. The basic tenets of this therapy approach are described. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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psychiatric intervention evolves from individuals being unable to fulfill their basic needs. Furthermore, the severity of symptoms reflects the "degree to which the individual is unable to fulfill" their needs
(Glasser, 1975, p. 5). Associated with this realization is the corollary that no matter how irrational or bizarre behavior may seem to others, this behavior has "meaning and validity" to
the individual (Glasser, 1975, p. 6). The principal tenet of reality therapy holds that a common factor underlying all psychotic behavior is that "they all deny the reality of the
world around them" (Glasser, 1975, p. 6). Furthermore, the success of therapy is contingent on helping the patient to give up the survival stratagem of "denying the world and recognize
that reality not only exists but that they must fulfill their needs within its framework" (Glasser, 1975, p. 6). Glasser (1975) classifies basic human needs under five fundamental categories:
power; love and belonging; freedom; fun and survival. Reality Therapy posits that human beings are consistently acting to fulfill these needs, regardless of whether individuals are consciously aware of the
process. At its most basic level, Reality Therapy consists of asking four questions: "What do you want? What are you doing? Is what you doing getting you want you want?
(and) Do you want to figure out a better way?" (Passaro, et al, 2004, p. 503). Dr. Glasser has continued to evolve Reality Therapy over the last four decades
and, in its current form, he refers to it as "Choice Theory" (Clark, 2003, p. 11). The central theory of Choice Theory (Reality Therapys latest incarnation) is that people choose
their behavior. Unless there are extreme environmental circumstances, such as war or poverty, Glasser believes the most common problem that psychiatrists encounter is unhappiness caused by problems in personal relationships
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