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
As a License Professional Counselor, I believe in addressing a client's needs by first accepting that their individual journey is the key in understanding them. The similarities of most people with mental health diagnosis is a common thread of trauma. Each person has experienced events in their life that has caused them distress. Every person decides what the concern has cost their mental healt...
If you can change your thoughts you can change your world. I believe that our day to day thoughts directly dictate our emotions and ultimately our decisions and actions. Whether it is childhood trauma, adult anxiety or postpartum depression, we can take captive every self-defeating thought and turn that negative narrative into a powerful and hopeful future. Regaining control over our thoughts a...
At some point in our lives we will experience emotional and psychological distress. Most people will try to avoid or go through their distress without seeking help. People choose to do this because they are not sure how therapy will help them. I view psychotherapy as a collaborative, co-creative process between the client and therapist. If you or your family have been experiencing symptoms of...
I am open to those who are both willing and apprehensive about therapy. I have treated children and adolescents with extensive traumatic backgrounds, maladaptive behaviors, and other mental health needs including depression, anxiety, self-harm, and attention/impulsivity difficulties. I have also provided therapeutic services to adults within a family setting. While I believe our past experience...
Are you struggling with how to make your relationship(s) work? Do you find yourself slipping into unhealthy patterns and behaviors when it comes to your relationship(s)? Have you tried to work things out on your own with little or no success? Change takes energy and is hard to achieve on our own. We tend to maintain a familiar way of handling our problems. As an unbiased observer, I help...
Life happens. Let’s talk. As a licensed professional clinical counselor (and supervisor) and certified anger management specialist, I am here to work with you on navigating the challenges that life presents. Together we will find solutions to problems and develop your unique personal skills and abilities that will allow for growth, healing and reaching your full potential. My goals are to provi...
I have over 30 years of experience in working with individuals of varied ages from adolescents through adulthood including 27 years of working in a local school district along with 10 years of private practice. My bilingual/bicultural (Spanish) skills have allowed me the privilege of guiding a diverse group of clients with varied life challenges. Life requires a delicate balance which can have...
Hello, I look forward to meeting with you. We are not meant to be perfect; we are meant to be whole. My goal is to help you create the life experience that makes you happy. I will provide a safe, supportive, confidential, and nonjudgmental environment for you. I offer therapy that is empowering, collaborative, and client-centered to adolescents, individuals, couples, and families. My areas of...
I recognize that you are an individual and tailor therapeutic process to your personality and needs. I believe we are a product of our environment and tend to focus on relationships between individuals (family-of-origin, couples, friendships, etc.) to gain understanding of thought processes, values, and triggers. I will do my best to meet you where you are, help you in gain insight into past...
Everyone has a story....and the chapters in it are determined by the choices we make. With the right tools, support, and encouragement, we can make the later chapters into a bestseller! Welcome to the Man-Up Counseling and Mentoring Centers, where we specialize in cultivating the formative, developmental years, of your child's story. Borrowing from the philosophy of the late Frederick Douglas; ...
Walking into wellness begins with a single step! Don't stay stuck! Let's take the step together! I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with a specialization in technology assisted counseling. I earned a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of Arkansas Little Rock and Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from Arkansas State University. I provided counseling in a variety of mental health...
Are you tired of answering the question "What's wrong?" One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't speak. Together, we can find your voice and explore whatever brings you to counseling in a collaborative, safe and supportive setting. Mental health is just as critical as your physical health and you don't need to suffer in silence. I work part-time in Behavior...
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC); My strengths include empathy, problem-solving and transference of skills to build personal strength. I provide tailored counseling services to individuals and couples with an expertise in treating those presenting with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues an anhedonia. I help clients increase emotional regulation, strengthen relationship...
After many years practicing, I continue to provide a safe space to explore concrete steps for life improvement. Through our collaboration, we will work to identify those obstacles creating distress. My approach is to mobilize our capacity for change as well as to understand our fears in doing this. We feel more hopeful as we are empowered to shift our understanding, attitude or behavior. Whethe...
Therapy can give you the opportunity to process things happening in your life with an unbiased person. How many of us have asked our friends or family for feedback on things happening in our lives (I'll raise my hand). The only problem with that is their solutions or feedback, can be biased or self-motivated. I offer you a safe space to process things happening in your life from an unbiased...
