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
Notice: Due to COVID19 restrictions, I am currently offering tele-therapy until further notice. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in treating the whole person. My services include individual therapy for adults 20 and older, psychiatric diagnostic evaluations, and supervision for conditionally licensed social workers. Healing Tree Therapy is a part-time practice in downtown...
I believe that all of life’s journeys come with challenges- and sometimes knowing how to respond is more difficult than we anticipate. Although we may have navigated over countless barriers in the past, life sometimes has a way of getting us stuck. I am happy to offer a comfortable and safe space without judgement to explore client’s concerns and goals, and use your own experiences, strengths, ...
Maybe you are experiencing a deep depression that you are too embarrassed to talk about with others for fear that you will be judged as having “weak character.” Maybe anxiety is immobilizing you and you don’t think you can do anything about it, so you do nothing and hope it passes, and it never does. Maybe your problem with anger has damaged relationships with people that you love deeply. Your...
I enjoy working with a variety of clients; families, individuals, adults, and teens. Nothing is more fulfilling to me than being a witness to someone's healing from their pain and moving on to live their life! I get excited when I work with families who come in at their wits' end about how they will ever get along, and, magically, after working together, they all learn how to communicate...
Hey there, thank you for taking the time to check out my profile and learning more about how I can help you. I know seeking therapy is not always easy. I try to make you feel as comfortable and at ease right from the start. My work, life experiences, and training has led me to become a trauma based therapist. My goal for you is to reduce/eliminate your depression, anxiety, PTSD symptoms, and/or...
Gaming Approaches Towards Education, LLC are mental health providers that promote individual and social wellness in our homes and communities. Over the last 10 years we have seen games as more than just a rapport building tool. We are currently running Individual and Social Skills Groups, were we hand pick games that promote positive social relationships, builds our ability to communicate,...
I have worked with children, adolescents and families for nearly 15 years. I bring a trusting, unique, personal approach to focus on individuals, families, couples, school-based, community-based needs. I look forward to working with you through your journey to wellness. I use an attachment focus to help resolve trauma histories, behavioral / relationship concerns. I have experience using many...
Get the help you need to live a happy, and fulfilling life. If you are willing to do the work, you will be very pleased with what you can do for yourself, with my help. I have worked in child guidance, community mental Health, Hospitals and have been in my office for over 25 years. I have been on the faculty of UTA School of Social Work, as Adjunct Professor, Supervising students....
Life can be challenging, and with the challenges we face it is important to make sure we are attentive to mental health. Sometimes though, we face challenges that require emotional skills and tools that we feel we do not have, and that is where the role of the counselor begins. Through empathy, active listening, and client collaboration, my goal as a counselor is to help clients develop the ski...
Have recent traumatic events in your life affected the way you cope? Those events can trigger emotions that can result in our everyday activities becoming more difficult. More often in today's complex world, people of all ages are experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression that has negatively impacted our functioning at school, at home, or at work. Family and Peer relationships can be straine...
My practice is dedicated to working with children, adolescents and adults who are Deaf, Hard-of Hearing, Late deafened and/or users of Cochlear Implants. I am fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). I have a general Psychology Private Practice addressing such issues as anxiety, depression, relationships, careers and overall well being. My specialty is Deafness Rehabilitation. As a hard of heari...
We thrive from emotional connections and sometimes those connections become strained by misunderstandings or disconnected through loss and we are left feeling distraught. Learn to develop effective communication skills, embrace grief, identify ways to cope, build trusting relationships with your significant other and those you care about. After a painful relationship sometimes we become unsure ...
My goal is to provide a comfortable, non-judgmental therapeutic environment where clients can explore their issues, needs, and goals. I am a CSAT CANDIDATE. I specialize in addictions, trauma, adolescent issues, dual diagnosis, open/non-traditional relationships, and substance abuse....
I believe seeking therapy can be a very strategic move in assisting a person in making healthy life changes. Selecting a therapist should be done with great care and thoughtfulness. I would like to collaborate with you while working through some of your unwanted behaviors, issues, struggles, traumas, and relationship conflicts. I enjoy working with individuals, couples and families in mastering...
