chapter 11 Flashcards

The function of the reality therapist is to:

The core of choice theory/reality therapy consists of:

_____________ provides a delivery system for helping individuals take more effective control of their lives.

Reality therapy tends to be a long-term approach.

All of the following are procedures that are commonly used in reality therapy except:
A. exploring wants, needs, and perceptions
B. exploring early recollections
C. focusing on the present
D. planning and commitment

The practice of reality therapy can best be conceptualized as the:

Glasser believes the need to love and to belong are secondary needs.

Reality therapists see clients as being responsible for their own choices as they have more control of their behavior than they often believe.

What is the theoretical basis for reality therapy?

Choice theory emphasizes thinking and acting, which makes this a general form of:

Reality therapy is popular in all of the following areas, except:
A. Schools
B. Medical facilities
C. State mental hospitals
D. Halfway houses

Reality therapy is best described as:

The client's quality world consists of all of the following except:
A. Specific activities that fulfill our needs
B. Images of people who enrich our lives
C. beliefs
D. insight

WDEP stands for:

Which of the following is not a component of total behavior?
A. wanting
B. doing
C. feeling
D. thinking

Wubbolding extended the theory and practice of reality therapy with his conceptualization of the:

Wubbolding believes all of the following encourage the client's involvement in therapy except for:
A. appropriate use of humor
B. attending behavior
C. facilitative self-disclosure
D. allowing the client to focus on symptoms

In reality therapy, the counseling environment is:

_________ posits that we are not born blank slates waiting to be externally motivated by forces in the world around us.

Wubbolding emphasizes that reality therapy is a mental health system rather than a:

Which of the following procedures would a reality therapist be least likely to employ?
A. Skillful questioning
B. Encouraging clients to look at what they are doing
C. Making action plans
D. Reliving an early childhood event

If choice theory is the highway, reality therapy is the:

All of the following are true about planning and commitment in reality therapy, except:
A. Clients make a commitment to carry out their plans
B. Commitment is not an all-or-nothing matter
C. A great deal of time is spent on this step of reality therapy
D. It is up to clients to determine how to take their plans from therapy into their everyday world

In our quality world we develop an inner:

What do reality therapists believe about the use of questions?

_________ teaches that all behavior is made up of four inseparable but distinct components - acting, thinking, feeling, and physiology.

A reality therapist will primarily focus on:

When reality therapists explore a client's past, they tend to focus on:

In reality therapy, the purpose of developing an action plan is to:

The role of meaningful relationships in fostering emotional health is receiving increased attention in:

Which of the following is (are) a contribution of choice theory/reality therapy?
A. It helps clients deal emotionally with unfinished business from their past.
B. It provides insight into the causes of one's problems
C. It is relatively short-term focused on dealing with conscious behavioral problems
D. Most of its concepts have been subjected to empirical testing

Reality therapy rests on the central idea that:

Glasser challenges the traditionally accepted views of mental illness and treatment by the use of medication, especially:

A limitation of this approach as it applies to multicultural counseling is:

Choice theory changes the focus of responsibility to:

In a reality therapy group, the leader:

All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:
A. There is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy
B. Emphasis is on choice and responsibility
C. There is a rejection of the notion of transference
D. Keep the therapy in the present

In working with Japanese clients, a reality therapist might do what when asking clients to make plans and commit to them?

According to Glasser, many of the problems of clients are caused by:

Glasser contends that ________ is a way that both therapist and client avoid being who they are and owning what they are doing right now.

Focusing on the ______ protects clients from facing the reality of unsatisfying present relationships, and focusing on symptoms does the same thing.

A primary goal of contemporary reality therapy is to:

Reality therapy is often considered as a

Reality therapists believe in a generational basis for mental illness.

Reality therapy is not well suited to group counseling.

Reality therapy cautions against the therapist mentoring the client.

Most recently, reality therapy has been applied to management and supervision, coaching, family therapy, and parenting. It is now taught and embedded in every continent except Antartica.

One of the procedures of reality therapy is to work through unfinished business from the past.

Reality therapists see therapeutic value in working with a client's dreams.

Glasser took the position that schools needed to be structured in ways to help students achieve a success identity as opposed to a failure identity.

Reality therapists ask clients to take a hard look at whether their current actions are working for them.

Reality therapy sees transference as a way for the therapist to avoid getting personally involved in the clients' lives.

The core of reality therapy is developing a plan for change as a way of translating talk into action.

The first step in the process of reality therapy consists of a comprehensive assessment leading to a specific diagnosis.

Reality therapists refuse to accept excuses.

Reality therapists use punishment as a way to help clients follow through with their plans and commitments.

Reality therapy is a popular approach in correctional work.

It is essential for the therapist to establish a satisfying relationship with clients as a prerequisite for effective therapy. Once this relationship is developed, the skill of the therapist as listener and teacher assumes a central role.

Choice theory is based on the assumption that people are in charge of their own destiny.

Reality therapists maintain that clients will not change unless they assume a self-critical attitude.

Clients are expected to focus on their feelings and attitudes, and then their behavior will change.

Glasser recommends that therapists look back for the causes of a client's present failures.

A main function of the reality therapist is to encourage clients to assess their behavior to determine how well it is working for them.

Reality therapy is often used in treating drug and alcohol abusers.

It is the job of the reality therapist to convey the idea that no matter how bad things are there is hope.

The SAMIC3 plan is an essential part of the evaluation phase of the WDEP system.

Robert Wubbolding stresses the importance of a supportive and challenging therapeutic environment.

Addressing what clients are presently doing and asking clients to evaluate what they want to change fits well in various settings.

Reality therapy is an open system that allows flexibility in application based on the needs of culturally diverse individuals.