ABSTRACT
William Glasser created Reality Therapy on the basis of his experience with clients. As the concepts of Reality Therapy emerged, Glasser rebelled against his formal training, noticing that many of his teachers did not practise what they taught. Reality Therapy began when Glasser became dissatisfied with psychoanalytic psychiatry as taught at the Veterans Administration, Brentwood Hospital and at the University of California at Los Angeles. Much of the work of practitioners of Reality Therapy extends beyond the world of psychotherapy. In 1968, Glasser wrote Schools Without Failure, in which he asserted that, when children are unable to control their world successfully, it hurts so much that they often stop trying to learn. Glasser believes that Choice Theory and Reality Therapy, if taught properly, can enhance the quality of performance in schools. Glasser has reconceptualized the essentials of Reality Therapy under two general categories: environment and procedures.
