Ch 11 Reality/Choice Therapy Corey – Flashcards
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Founders
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William Glasser, Robert Wubbolding
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Choice Theory
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how and why we function, foundation for reality therapy
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Reality Therapy
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delivery system for helping individuals take more effective control of their lives; focuses on the unsatisfying relationship or lack thereof
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5 Genetically Encoded Needs that Drive Us All Our Lives
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1. survival 2. love and belonging 3.power 4. freedom 5. fun
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Survival
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self-preservation
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Power
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inner control
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Freedom
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interdependence
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Fun
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enjoyment
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Love and Belonging
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as it sounds; Glasser believes this is the primary need because we need people to satisfy other needs
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Quality World
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at the core of our life, information we store inside our minds and build a file of wants
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Picture Album
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specific wants as well as precise ways to satisfy these wants, some pictures may be blurred and the therapist's role is to help the client clarify them; developed within our quality world
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Total Behavior
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all behavior is made up of 4 inseparable but distinct components: acting, thinking, feeling, and physiology that necessarily accompany all of our actions, thoughts, and feelings
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Characteristic of Reality Therapy
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1. emphasize choice and responsibility 2. reject transference 3. keep therapy in present 4. avoid focusing on symptoms 5. challenge traditional views of mental illness
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WDEP System
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created by Robert Wubbolding, helps clients explore their Wants, possible things they can Do, opportunities for self-Evaluation, and design Plans for improvement
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Wants (Exploring Wants, Needs, and Perceptions)
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assisting clients in discovering their wants and hopes. key question "what do you want", explore every facet of their life, including what they want from family, friends, etc.
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Direction and Doing
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key quesiton "what are you doing", focus on where their behavior is directing them and what it is directing them to do
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Self-Evaluation
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involves the client examining behavioral direction, specific actions, wants, perceptions, new directions, and plans, "is what you are doing now helping or hurting you"
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Planning and Action
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once clients determine what they want to change, they are generally ready to explore other possible behaviors and formulate and action plan, key question "what is your plan"
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Limitations
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doesn't focus on insight, doesn't take into account repressed conflicts or the power of the unconscious
