REALITY THERAPY|CHOICE THEORY Flashcards

1
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A psychiatrist known for establishing choice theory and reality therapy which was applied not only to counseling situations.

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William Glasser

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Explains that human behavior is guided by the five basic human needs

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Love and belongingness
Fun
Power
Survival
Freedom

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The need to love, to share and to cooperate with others

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Love and Belongingness

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  • empowerment
  • the need to achieve
  • to be recognize for achievement and skills
  • to have a sense of self worth
  • contribute
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Power

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Included are hobbies, and things we do for amusement such as sports, reading, collecting, laughing and joking.

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Fun

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Physiological
The need for food, shelter, safety
Safe from bullying

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Survival

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How we wish to live our lives, express ourselves and worship

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Freedom

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Included are also choices about who we associate with, what we wish to read or write and how we wish to create or behave

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Freedom

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9
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What are your basic needs?

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Basic needs differ from one person to another.

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10
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Main Aspects of Choice Theory

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  • People have control over their own lives.
  • Empower individuals to make choices, to improve their lives and assume responsibility
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11
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When an individual has all the five basic needs met then he/she is living

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Quality World

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12
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A person’s ____ is compromised of acting, thinking, feeling and one’s own physiology

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Total Behavior

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A person develops a ____ when he/she has a positive self concept and is doing well academically , behaviorally and socially

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Success identity

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14
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Based on a concept called choice therapy

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Reality Therapy

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15
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Satisfying one’s needs without disregarding that of others

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Developing responsibilities

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16
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Considering alternative actions and their consequences

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Decision making

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17
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The therapeutic process

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  • client’s role
  • counselor’s role
  • stages and techniques
  • contribution and limitations
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18
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Client must be willing to focus on and change total behavior.

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Client’s role

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19
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Clients must be willing to accept the ____ focus and be
open to being educated about choice therapy.

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here-and-now

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20
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Clients in the reality therapy must be open to building a
relationship with the therapist and have the strength to maintain
the relationship and persist in the process even when they
experience the counselor challenging them.

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Client’s role

21
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The rope of reality ks not to make evaluation for clients but to challenge clients to examine and evaluation their own behavior and then to make plans for change

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Counselor’s role

22
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Reality therapy emphasizes an understanding and supportive relationship, therapeutic alliance which is the foundation for effective outcome

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Relationship between counselor and client

23
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4 characteristics of good therapist

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  1. Practicing the ABCDEFG Approach
  2. Focusing of the present
  3. Using humor
  4. Using empathic confrontation
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ABCDEFG Approach

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Always
Be
Courteous
Determined
Enthusiastic
Firm
Genuine

25
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• Glasser has contended that the road to change lies within the client making new choices
in the HERE and NOW.

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Focusing on the Present

26
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• Counselor should model the use of responsible humor as a relationship-enhancing
agent.

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Using Humor

27
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• The effective counselor is able and willing to connect with and confront client.

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Using Empathic Confrontation

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The Don’ts of Effective Counselor

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Don’t accept excuses
Don’t argue or criticize
Don’t give up quickly

29
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▪ Reality Therapist posit that all behavior is a choice that represents the client’s best attempt to satisfy needs at the present time.

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Don’t Accept Excuses

30
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Arguing with clients or criticizing them represents an unhealthy need-fulfilling behavior –
probably for power – on the part of the counselor.

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Don’t Argue or Criticize

31
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▪ The task of the counselor is to never give up on the client’s ability to choose more
responsible and effective behavior.

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Don’t Give Up Quickly

32
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STAGES AND TECHNIQUES

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Wants
Direction and doing
Evaluation
Plan

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➢ Counselor assesses the client’s wants, needs, and perceptions with regard to self, other (spouse, children, boss, the counselor, etc.), and the environment.

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WANTS

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“What Are You Doing”

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DIRECTION AND DOING

35
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directs the client to be specific.

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“WHAT”

36
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is a verb that signifies present tense.

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“ARE”

37
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puts the focus on the client and not on the others

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“YOU”

38
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puts the focus on the behavior.

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“DOING”

39
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Facilitate the client’s assessment of the effectiveness of any chosen behavior.

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EVALUATION

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S-A-M-I2-C3 SYSTEM

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PLAN

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– The plan needs to be straight forward and easy for all parties to
understand

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SIMPLE

42
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– The plan needs to be within the client’s grasp.

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ATTAINABLE

43
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– The specifics of the plan need to be as detailed and concrete as possible.

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MEASURABLE

44
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– The execution of the plan needs to be as soon as possible, preferably the day of or day after the counseling session.

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IMMEDIATE

45
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– By including the counselor, the client provides for oneself
both support and objective feedback

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INVOLVES COUNSELOR

46
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– The client takes responsibility for forming and
executing the plan

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CONTROLLED BY THE CLIENT

47
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– The client must decide to dosomething different and then choose to
enact this decision behaviorally.

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COMMITMENT

48
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– True change involves the client making the new behavior a regular part of
one’s life.

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CONSISTENT

49
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The reality therapist functions as a _____,_____,and ,_____ confronting clients in ways that help them evaluate what they are doing and whether their behavior is fulfilling their basic needs without harming themselves and others.

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teacher mentor, and a model,