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Reality Therapy
PCC-HR-2D-Reality Therapy
| Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| Personality Theory - Founder | Glasser |
| Personality Theory | Regards the need for identity as a universal psychological need which is present throughout the life-span and is composed of two interrelated needs - a need for love and a need to feel one is worthwhile. |
| Success Identify | See themselves as competent, capable, worthwhile, and loved. |
| Failure Identity | Feel Helpless, hopeless, unworthy, and unloved |
| View of Maladaptive Behavior | Responsibility is a central concept in reality therapy. |
| Responsibility | Is defined as "the ability to fulfill one's needs, and to do so in a way which does not deprive others of the ability to fulfill their needs" |
| Therapeutic Goals | The primary goal is to help the client become responsible and thereby develop a success identity. |
| Therapeutic Techniques | Is a verbally active, intellectual, and confrontive form of therapy. It 1) rejects the concept of mental illness; 2) focuses on present behaviors; |
| Therapeutic Techniques (cont) | 3) views transference as detrimental to therapy progress and encourages clients to relate realistically to the therapist; 4) stressed conscious rather than unconscious processes; |
| Therapeutic Techniques (cont) | 5) emphasizes value judgments, especially the client's ability to judge what is right or wrong in his or her daily life; & 6) seeks to teach clients specific behaviors that will enable them to fulfill their basic needs. |