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
( English | español ) Hello! Please call me Yaro. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and I have a doctorate in Psychology. I am also a professor and speaker for trauma and clinical topics. It is a difficult decision to seek therapy. My role as a therapist is to participate in healing wounds, restoring hope, and creating comfortable meaning from stress or painful experiences. If you are...
I am offering both virtual sessions and onsite sessions in Debary Florida. I focus on individual counseling with adolescents, young adults, adults, and senior citizens. I work with a wide range of clients including helping individuals through grief, trauma, anxiety disorders and depression. I also enjoy helping clients with improvements in self-confidence, self-worth and self-image, as well as...
Do you feel stuck and overwhelmed? Do you feel like life has no meaning or purpose? Life can be difficult when walking through the valley of challenges. Be encouraged, there is hope! While there are many ways to overcome obstacles and live a fulfilled life, therapy is one way. As your therapist, my goal is to partner with you in a therapeutic alliance and tackle life's challenges as a team. My...
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I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor in Plymouth. I provide a professional environment that will help soothe any anxiety one may have over starting the counseling experience. I graduated from the University of Arkansas, Alpha Epsilon Lambda, and received my Masters in counseling while earning a certification in rehabilitation counseling. I received my...
( English | español ) IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE DUE TO COVID19. Hello! I am Cecilia Herrera-Leggett. As a professional counselor I know that life is not easy, and sometimes it may seem impossible. I have empathy for the one to whom life has given difficult and painful experiences. For this reason I am passionate about helping those who are already ready to take control of their lives, us...
I graduated with an MSW from St Louis University and am certified in Advanced Hypnotherapy. I also work in energy therapy and Chakra work to provide my consumers with a variety of practices that may work best for them. Currently I teach and train hypnotist and hypnotherapist allowing them to offer their clients with an expanded therapy area. My clients come first and I am willing to work with y...
At Deanna Sindt Counseling, my goal is to empower you to improve your well-being and happiness. We will work together to set and accomplish your goals, so that you can start living a life you enjoy! I enjoy working with clients who are motivated and want to make changes to work towards mental wellness and being their best selves. I will assist you with identifying and changing unhealthy pattern...
I believe that the key to raising healthy well balanced children is to lead by example. Setting and some times re-establishing rules, boundaries and expectations for your children and family is vital for a happy home. My goals as a therapist are to help individuals and families discover balance and peace in their lives and to find a more hopeful perspective of life. I have over 7 years of...
Welcome to Healing Waters Counseling Services! My name is Kelly McGhee, and I am the owner of a practice that began as a dream in April of 2016. My practice incorporates evidence-based practices such as positive psychology, motivational interviewing and elements of CBT Through a culturally sensitive counseling process, I will work with you to learn, grow, and discover yourself in a safe, secure...
I enjoy working with adults, adolescents, and children over age 5. Depression, anxiety, trauma and loss issues, ADHD are all areas of concern of clients that we can focus on together. Solution focused therapy, brief therapy, cognitive therapy, family systems therapy are all important as therapy approaches, with the best being truly listening to my clients to determine what they believe is possi...
I work with individuals and couples experiencing anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. Anxiety and stress are also often the underlying issues of depression and physical ailments such as Headaches, Back Pain, IBS and Fibromyalgia. My approach is mindfulness based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Reality Therapy. Through this work, clients evaluate and assess what they really want in th...
I believe our lives are a result of the choices we've made or choices made on our behalf. I believe we choose our feelings and therefore can choose to feel differently and live differently. I believe we have a well of resources and strengths available but may need a little help recognizing, identifying, and using them in our lives. I focus primarily on life transitions and change, women's issue...
I am a mature senior clinician with many years of face to face experience with people facing simple and complex issues that cause them to be stuck in a rut of one kind or other. I am best suited at working with either mature, experienced people ready to make a significant shift in their life or someone who has had limited life experience and is in the midst of a life altering crisis. I am ideal...
