Reality Therapy
Reality therapy, established by William Glasser, entails both psychotherapy and counseling. It seeks to give insights on the origins of mental unhealthiness among humans (Wubbolding, 2017). Often, the therapy focuses on individual choices on that impact on their lives and diverse needs. Thus, with choice/reality therapy, approximately all behaviors portrayed by different entities are chosen. According to Buck (2017), the application of the therapy in group work focuses on both met and unmet needs. They are necessary for their survival of different individuals and thus attainment of the deficits in such requirements.
As for the strengths, William Glasser instituted that the therapy is fundamental in replacing detrimental habits evident with external psychological control. The deadly patterns that are replaced that make the approach more effective entails blaming, complaining, criticizing, nagging, bribing, among others (Jones-Smith, 2019). Thus, the therapy focuses on individuals’ autonomy through the replacement of negative behaviors with positive ones. The practices gained out of the replacement includes encouraging, trust, respect, negotiations, support, among others. Also, the therapy focuses on the selection of behaviors that meet individual needs. When the behaviors are acquired, both personal connections and relationships improve, which creates happiness among the entities.
Besides, there are a couple of limitations with the use of reality therapy. According to Jones-Smith (2019), choice theory discounts, chemical or biological causes for mental issues. Therefore, the effectiveness of the theory remains narrow in scope owing to limited scientific and clinical documentation. Also, the approach emphasizes individual harness and responsibility for their behavior. Therefore, the therapy opts for sole change in behavior as it aids in recovery from psychological issues (Jones-Smith, 2019). Hence, its effectiveness in the replacement of pharmacological management of patients with severe mental ailments with choice therapy remains questionable.