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This 5 page paper explains and discusses Reality Therapy, including Glasser's subsequent modification from Control to Choice Theory. The writer also comments on how this approach can be used by the school counselor with actual examples. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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own lives (William Glasser Institute-Ireland, 2004). The approach has evolved since Glasser first presented it and is now based firmly on Choice Therapy (The William Glasser Institute, 2006; William Glasser
Institute-Ireland, 2004). Today, Reality Therapists begin by teaching their clients Choice Theory (The William Glasser Institute, 2006; William Glasser Institute-Ireland, 2004). In fact, The William Glasser Institute (2006) wrote that:
"It [reality therapy] is now firmly based on Choice Theory and its successful application is dependent on the counselors familiarity with, and knowledge of, that theory." It should be noted
that Glasser thinks all school students should be taught Choice Theory (Lennon, 2000). Reality Therapy is founded on the premise that all human problems are the result of "unsatisfactory
or non-existent connections with people we need" (The William Glasser Institute, 2006). Another major tenet in this approach is that it does not matter what a person has done in
the past or what happened to the person in his life, he or she can begin making better decisions, making more effective choices in the future (William Glasser Institute-Ireland, 2004).
The goal of the approach is to help people reconnect with other people and that process begins by developing a relationship between the counselor and the client (The William Glasser
Institute, 2006). No progress can be made until this relationship is developed (The William Glasser Institute, 2006). Effective practicing of this therapy requires the counselor to establish a "trusting environment"
and to use techniques that will "help a person discover what they really want" (William Glasser Institute-Ireland, 2004). The counselor must also help their clients to "create a new plan
for fulfilling that want more effectively" (William Glasser Institute-Ireland, 2004). Glassers theory was originally based on Control Theory, a theory that "explains both the psychological and physiological behavior of
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