ABSTRACT
Reality Therapy was developed in two settings: a psychiatric hospital and a correctional institution, both in Los Angeles, California, USA. Reality Therapy was established as a method before it had an underlying theory, despite the fact that Glasser was emphasising the importance of psychiatry concerning itself with the needs for human involvement, love and self-worth, as well as physiological survival needs. Glasser broadly conceptualised the essentials of both Reality Therapy and Lead Management as environment and procedures, allowing therapists and practitioners to exercise their creativity in helping clients evaluate their choices, meet their needs more effectively, replace external control with Choice Theory and so enhance their relationships. Glasser believes that Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, if adapted and taught properly, can enhance the quality of performance in schools. As a method, Reality Therapy focuses on skills for dealing with people of any age, ethnic group, social status, culture or gender who present with a wide variety of situations and diagnoses.
