Reality Therapy
A New Approach to Psychiatry
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3.8 • 9 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
William Glasser's classic bestseller examines his alternative to Freudian psychoanalytic procedures, explains the procedure, contrasts it to conventional treatment, and describes different individual cases in which it was successful.
A landmark in psychotherapy, Reality Therapy outlines a positive approach to helping the emotionally distressed. Attacking the whole concept of "mental illness" and orthodox Freudian methods, Dr. Glasser contends that the "mentally ill" are unable to satisfy their needs realistically and behave irresponsibly because they "deny the reality of the world around them." As a therapeutic method, Reality Therapy emphasizes moral values. It does not concern itself with the patient's past, but with his present and future. The therapist, says Glasser, has the task of teaching his patients to "acquire the ability to fulfill their needs and to do so in a way that does not deprive others of the ability to fulfill their needs.
Customer Reviews
Reality Therapy
An excellent read by and large. A sufferer of Bipolar Illness for over 35 years, that time could have been considerably diminished had I been the patient of a Reality Therapist.
My only concern is that while the emphasis appears to deny mental Illness as a reality, I can state without fail that until certain medications made it possible for me to enter a zone of coherence where I began to appreciate the consequences of my actions, no amount of reality therapy would have worked. The mind must be cognitively capable of being teachable before any results can be reasonably expected.
Good book, bad job rendering
The pages of the book skip all over the place, and all 3 copies I have downloaded, ipad, iphone, and ipod touch have common rendering errors. I paid good money for 10 page chunks of the book to be missing. Really Apple? Does anyone check this garbage before they put it out for sale?