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Resume
Marshall’s ResumeHANDOUT ON THE REALITY THERAPY THEORY
Underlying elements of the theory:
This is a non-psychoanalysis theory. This was created by William Grasser in the 1960s because he grew frustrated with psychoanalysis because it doesn’t address the client taking responsibility and ownership of their behavior, but rather they blame someone or something from the past. The choice theory is the general conceptualization that you take control of your behavior and make choices. The presentation will outline the reality car model to describe thinking, doing, emotions, and physiology. The next phase goes over the WDEP model. Exploring wants, direction and doing, exploring evaluation, what are the plans. After that, I will discuss attitude and techniques. Don’t accept excuses, don’t punish or criticize, and don’t give up. The techniques used are questionings, staying positive, using humor, confrontation, and using metaphors.
My client is a 21 year old white male college student. He has several problems he wants to address, including the example I used in the presentation about him disliking his new boss at the coffee shop. The reality therapy worked in this case because his depression was minor and very recent. Using this theory is strictly focused on making decisions for change. In this particular case, he made the decision that transferring to another location further from home was a better option than staying at the same location with the new manager. The change automatically caused his mild depression to subside. This theory isn’t for everyone, but has proven to work well in educational, correctional, and institutions, etc.
Techniques used for intervention. The example has part one and part two. In part one, I use the WDEP model to find out what my client wanted, understanding what’s he currently thinking and doing, help him evaluate his choices, and make a plan for action. Part two, he failed to follow through and gave excuses. The techniques here is don’t accept excuses, and don’t punish or criticize for not following through. Use confrontation empathetically and redirect the conversation back to his job and reevaluate the importance of his wants and needs.