Reality Therapy

In today�s podcast we will look at Reality Therapy, developed by Dr. William Glasser. We briefly review the assumptions of choice theory and how those assumptions are translated into Reality Therapy. The majority of today�s short podcast comes from the Gerald Corey text, Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.


Download MP3 [18:19]

References
Corey, G. (2005). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (7th ed). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson.

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