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EP00 Invited Address 7b - Reality Therapy in Action - William Glasser, MD


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Topic Areas:
Invited Addresses |  Reality Therapy |  Psychotherapy
Categories:
Evolution of Psychotherapy |  Evolution of Psychotherapy 2000
Faculty:
William Glasser, MD |  Irvin Yalom, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 28 Minutes
Format:
Audio Only
Original Program Date:
May 28, 2000
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Description:

After 35 years of experience, Dr. Glasser has now updated his original Reality Therapy. It now is based on his new theory of how people function, called Choice Theory. Because this theory eliminates what Dr. Glasser believes is a hindrance to therapy, talking about the past or focusing on the symptom, it is effective from the first session and can be completed in ten sessions or less with most clients.

Educational Objectives:

  1. To list three ways that Choice Theory gives the therapist information about the client.
  2. To list three ways Choice Theory allows the therapist to get to the core of a problem. 

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*

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William Glasser, MD's Profile

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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.


Irvin Yalom, PhD's Profile

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Dr. Yalom is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His major areas of interest are Group Psychotherapy and an existentially - inter-personally based individual therapy. In recent years, he has taught via narrative using short stories and novels to teach the art of psychotherapy.

Dr. Yalom was the recipient of the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award presented by The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) at the 75th meeting on March 6, 2017 in New York City.


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