Reality therapy

Reality Therapy Presented by Rita Richards and Jenifer Andrews

History: Reality Therapy introduced by Dr William Glasser... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Five Basic Needs 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: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Core Principle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Question Are you meeting your own basic psychological needs? Whether we are aware of it or not, we are always acting to meet those needs.

In this society the survival need is normally being met - it is in how we meet the other four “psychological” needs that we run into trouble. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Needs Vs. Wants

What really drives us as social beings is our wants, not our needs as much. We behave in ways to get what we want, fantasize about what we want and so on. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Wants Motivate

Doing is placed at the heart of Reality Therapy. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Doing!! Not Thinking! What we do is the key to changing how we feel and to getting what we want.

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We are sometimes so caught up in anger, depression or resentment that even changing how we think seems an impossible task - in such situations a positive change in what we do may be the best we can manage. The issue of control is also of great importance in Reality Therapy. The theory underpinning Reality Therapy was, until recently, called Control Theory: it is now called Choice Theory. At the very heart of Glasser's Choice Theory is the idea that the only person I can really control is myself. Recognizing Self Power

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Key Issues of Control Replace it with a fair chance of getting what we want from life! Our lives are out of control when we are drunk or drugged.

You are responsible for your reactions and feelings. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Action creates Reaction! How you react to the situation is in your control.

The past is the source of our wants and ways of behaving. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The solution is in the present and the future!

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