William Glasser Robert Wubbolding
(1925-) (1936-)
Founders:
William Glasser was initially a chemical engineer who turned into a psychologist. After that he turned towards psychiatry attending medical school and received MD in 1953. He had intentions on becoming a psychiatrist. In 1961 he became board certified in psychiatry. Very early on Glasser rejected the Freudian model. Glasser thought it was best to talk to the sane part of the client, rather than the disturbed part. In 1962 Glasser began to host public lectures on reality psychiatry. However very few psychiatrist were in the audience. The audience consisted mainly of educational & social workers as well as some counselors and correctional workers. since the 1960's reality therapy has been applied to educational and human relationships. Glasser believed that it was pertinent that clients accept personal responsibility for their behavior. The essence of reality therapy is now taught all over the world. We as humans are responsible for what we do, we are internally motivated by our needs and wants.
Robert Wubbolding received his doctorate in counseling from the University of Cincinnati. He is licensed as a counselor and a psychologist.. He is currently the director for the Center for Reality Therapy in Cincinnati and a professor at Xavier University. He has taught there for over 32 years. He found that reality therapy suits him best of the counseling approaches. He attended many workshops provided by Glasser. He has become internationally know for teaching, an author and practitioner of reality therapy. He has written 11 books and more that 145 articles/essays.
Goals of Therapy:
The main goal with reality therapy is to help clients to get connected with the people they have chosen to have relationships with in their world. Another goal seen with this therapy is to help clients learn better way of fulfilling all of their needs. This includes basic human needs as well as other needs such as power, control, freedom, and fun. Basic needs however serve as focus points for planning treatment goals, both long term and short term. It is essential for the therapist to do whatever they can to get involved or connected with clients that may seem involuntary. if the counselor is unable to make a connection there is no possibility for providing significant help.
Techniques:
The practice of reality therapy can be best described a cycle of counseling, and this consists of two major components. The fist of which is to create a counseling environment. And secondly implement procedures that will lead to a change in behavior. The therapist will weave these components together in ways that lead the clients in effective directions. The cycle will begin when the relationship between the counselor and the client is established. Clients will then explore their own behavior and make evaluations. If a client decides they want a new behavior they will make plans to lead the change. The counselor will follow up and offer further consultation as seen needed. These principles are applied in a progressive manner. It is important to keep in mind, that while these concepts may seem simple, it is important to be able to translate them into actual therapeutic practices. This takes skill and creativity. This counseling is not a simple model that can be applied to every client the same way. The counselor will tailor the counseling to what each client presents. Wubbolding implies the WDEP system. This acronym is used to describe key procedures in the practice of reality therapy. This can be broken down simply as W- wants/needs/perceptions, D-direction/doing, E-self-evaluation, P-planning. This practice has been described as effective, practical, and usable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FckebmElMa8
Key Concepts:
- View of Human Nature: we are not born as blank slates and we are waiting on external forces to motivate us. We have 5 genetically encoded needs that drive us. Those drives are survival, love, power, freedom, and fun. Glasser believes that the need for love is the primary need because we need someone else to satisfy the need for us.
- Choice Theory Explanation of Behavior: all we ever do our whole lives is behave. everything we do is chosen. Total behavior is our attempt to get what we want to satisfy our needs. Our behaviors come from the inside ans therefore we choose our own destiny.
- Characteristics of reality Therapy: focuses on the unsatisfying relationship or the lack of relationship that causes the client's problem. Meaningful relationships promote health. If we choose what we do we must be responsible for those choices.
http://newcounselor.blogspot.com/2012/04/reality-therapy.htmlRole play of reality therapy
Information courtesy of Gereld Corey: Theroy and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 9th E.D.
Photos courtesy of:
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~csrce/pages/summer2002.html
http://www.ait.net/workshops/wubbolding/
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