Reality Therapy states that individuals, not mental health issues, are responsible for their actions and behavior. People make choices that help them get their needs met, but some of these choices are unhelpful, leading to poor relationships skills and ways of relating to others. The therapist’s goal is to motivate individuals to take responsibility for their choices and behavior.
Counselors traditionally use Reality Therapy in prisons and schools. They can use it for individuals, couples, or groups.
Some mental health professionals claim Reality Therapy doesn’t validate mental health diagnoses.
Motivation, behavior, choices, and action are core components in Reality Therapy. Your therapist might help you understand each of these concepts and how they apply to your life. Therapists often spend time asking clients what their needs are. These can range from small things, such as desiring to rid yourself of a bad habit, to larger-scale issues, such as wanting to get your needs more fully met by your partner. Your therapist will help you decide what behaviors can more efficiently get your needs met.
Much of Reality Therapy involves identifying how your behavior, thus far, hasn’t been helpful. Once you gain this understanding, you will be more likely to make choices that align with getting your needs met in healthy, positive ways.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Reality Therapy
Change is a journey, not a destination. Often the journey can be difficult to navigate alone. As a Counselor I utilize a holistic approach to help you to acquire various tools to navigate through the journey and cope with changes. Your commitment to improve your life and my knowledge on how to properly apply integrative technique will allow you to live the life you deserve. Our goal will be to ...
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Hi, I am a licensed Clinical Counselor and Family Therapist. I have over 35 years of experience working with children, teens, adults' couples and families. I continue to expand my learning and increase the skills that I bring to each session. I listen to what each client brings to the therapy and, in collaboration with them, I tailor the interventions to what seems best for that person, couple ...
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As a Spanish and English speaking therapist, I offer psychotherapy to clients of all ages who are struggling with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, relationship issues, and other life challenges. Through a warm, sensitive and genuine therapeutic relationship, my clients and I will talk and explore the most difficult moments of their lives and together, through cognitive behavioral therapy,...
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Welcome to Ellis Counseling Agency! I am a behavioral specialist, trained to assist with a variety issues you and your family may be facing. My focus is on personal wellness for the individual and the family. My goal is to develop an individual plan of care to help you walk in your destiny. I have over 20 years of experience working in the fields of behavioral health, substance abuse, case...
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, it is my goal in partnering with clients in navigating through life's twists and turns, being a guide towards a middle path of acceptance and change. My focus is to empower clients to transform coping strategies into skills of daily living, identify and release themselves from self-destructive patterns that led them to treatment, doing so in an environment...
Have you been having a tough year?! If you are a woman dealing with all the stressors we deal with, I can help. If you are in a relationship and are having communication and disconnection issues, I can help. I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and have advanced training in affair recovery. See my website for everything you need to know! www.pamlitchfordcounseling.com - Email is th...
Selecting a therapist who you feel comfortable with contributes significantly to treatment success. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Alcohol Drug Counselor (LCADC) with over 15 years of extensive clinical experience working with a broad spectrum of clients with mental health and/or addiction disorders. I utilize a holistic approach to counseling that is...
I am an experienced therapist who has assisted many clients in overcoming mental, emotional, and relational distress. My specialties include assessment and treatment of compulsive behaviors, addiction, abuse and trauma, couples therapy, and related mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. I hold a Masters of Social Work from Barry University. I began working wit...
**Accepting new clients**As a Marriage & Family Therapist I have over 15 years of experience working with individuals from children to adults. The cornerstone of my treatment style focuses on a strength based approach to support you as you examine the factors that have contribute to life stressors. I work to support you, & your loved ones to develop healthy coping skills to implement.If you are...
I now accept Kaiser referrals through West Side Behavioral Care. Are you looking for a therapist who works well with adults suffering from mental health issues that has a good understanding of these illnesses and is caring and thoughtful? If you are suffering the effects of a mood disorder and have difficulty getting motivated, have poor sleep and feel depressed or agitated, I may be able to he...
I am a licensed independent clinical social worker and earned my masters degree in social work from Boston College. I provide individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and adults. Development of a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation from which good clinical work begins. I believe that each individual represents a unique set of abilities and strengths; and that the...
