REALITY THERAPY|CHOICE THEORY Flashcards
A psychiatrist known for establishing choice theory and reality therapy which was applied not only to counseling situations.
William Glasser
Explains that human behavior is guided by the five basic human needs
Love and belongingness
Fun
Power
Survival
Freedom
The need to love, to share and to cooperate with others
Love and Belongingness
- empowerment
- the need to achieve
- to be recognize for achievement and skills
- to have a sense of self worth
- contribute
Power
Included are hobbies, and things we do for amusement such as sports, reading, collecting, laughing and joking.
Fun
Physiological
The need for food, shelter, safety
Safe from bullying
Survival
How we wish to live our lives, express ourselves and worship
Freedom
Included are also choices about who we associate with, what we wish to read or write and how we wish to create or behave
Freedom
What are your basic needs?
Basic needs differ from one person to another.
Main Aspects of Choice Theory
- People have control over their own lives.
- Empower individuals to make choices, to improve their lives and assume responsibility
When an individual has all the five basic needs met then he/she is living
Quality World
A person’s ____ is compromised of acting, thinking, feeling and one’s own physiology
Total Behavior
A person develops a ____ when he/she has a positive self concept and is doing well academically , behaviorally and socially
Success identity
Based on a concept called choice therapy
Reality Therapy
Satisfying one’s needs without disregarding that of others
Developing responsibilities
Considering alternative actions and their consequences
Decision making
The therapeutic process
- client’s role
- counselor’s role
- stages and techniques
- contribution and limitations
Client must be willing to focus on and change total behavior.
Client’s role
Clients must be willing to accept the ____ focus and be
open to being educated about choice therapy.
here-and-now
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.
Client’s role
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
Counselor’s role
Reality therapy emphasizes an understanding and supportive relationship, therapeutic alliance which is the foundation for effective outcome
Relationship between counselor and client
4 characteristics of good therapist
- Practicing the ABCDEFG Approach
- Focusing of the present
- Using humor
- Using empathic confrontation
ABCDEFG Approach
Always
Be
Courteous
Determined
Enthusiastic
Firm
Genuine
• Glasser has contended that the road to change lies within the client making new choices
in the HERE and NOW.
Focusing on the Present
• Counselor should model the use of responsible humor as a relationship-enhancing
agent.
Using Humor
• The effective counselor is able and willing to connect with and confront client.
Using Empathic Confrontation
The Don’ts of Effective Counselor
Don’t accept excuses
Don’t argue or criticize
Don’t give up quickly
▪ Reality Therapist posit that all behavior is a choice that represents the client’s best attempt to satisfy needs at the present time.
Don’t Accept Excuses
Arguing with clients or criticizing them represents an unhealthy need-fulfilling behavior –
probably for power – on the part of the counselor.
Don’t Argue or Criticize
▪ The task of the counselor is to never give up on the client’s ability to choose more
responsible and effective behavior.
Don’t Give Up Quickly
STAGES AND TECHNIQUES
Wants
Direction and doing
Evaluation
Plan
➢ Counselor assesses the client’s wants, needs, and perceptions with regard to self, other (spouse, children, boss, the counselor, etc.), and the environment.
WANTS
“What Are You Doing”
DIRECTION AND DOING
directs the client to be specific.
“WHAT”
is a verb that signifies present tense.
“ARE”
puts the focus on the client and not on the others
“YOU”
puts the focus on the behavior.
“DOING”
Facilitate the client’s assessment of the effectiveness of any chosen behavior.
EVALUATION
S-A-M-I2-C3 SYSTEM
PLAN
– The plan needs to be straight forward and easy for all parties to
understand
SIMPLE
– The plan needs to be within the client’s grasp.
ATTAINABLE
– The specifics of the plan need to be as detailed and concrete as possible.
MEASURABLE
– The execution of the plan needs to be as soon as possible, preferably the day of or day after the counseling session.
IMMEDIATE
– By including the counselor, the client provides for oneself
both support and objective feedback
INVOLVES COUNSELOR
– The client takes responsibility for forming and
executing the plan
CONTROLLED BY THE CLIENT
▪
– The client must decide to dosomething different and then choose to
enact this decision behaviorally.
COMMITMENT
– True change involves the client making the new behavior a regular part of
one’s life.
CONSISTENT
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.
teacher mentor, and a model,
