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EP09 Clinical Demonstration 08 – Reality Therapy/Choice Theory – William Glasser, MD
Original Program Date :
Length: 51:13
Description:
Educational Objectives:
- To describe the use of reality therapy in counseling.
- To describe Choice Theory.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
William Glasser, MD
William Glasser, MD, who received his MD degress in 1953 from Case Western Reserve University was an American psychiatrist. William was awarded an honorary doctorate in human letters by the University of San Francisco. Founder and Director of the Institute for Reality Therapy, he was authoer and editor of ten books on the topics of reality therapy and education. He was also the developer of Choice Theory. His ideas, which focus on personal choice, personal responsibility and personal transformation, are considered controversial by mainstream psychiatrists, who focus instead on classifying psychiatric syndromes as "illnesses", and who often prescribe psychotropic medications to treat mental disorders.
