The Role of Reality Therapy in Addressing Various Counseling Problems

Abstract

Counseling is considered one of the applied disciplines that has a direct impact on both the individual and society. It is concerned with human happiness, the proper use of one’s abilities, the discovery of talents, and achieving satisfaction with oneself and one’s reality, which ensures psychological well-being and social adjustment.

Counseling, in carrying out this process and striving to achieve its goals, does not emerge from a vacuum. Rather, it is based on theoretical orientations and diverse foundations that guarantee specialized intervention and professional procedures that ensure success, while providing the counselee with comfort and reassurance throughout the counseling process.

These theories vary widely: some focus on the counselor and his responsibility in directing the counseling process, others place trust in the counselee and give him the lead, while still others rely on reality to guide the individual and lead him to safety -- a method known as Reality Therapy.

This raises several key questions :

What are the foundations of Reality Therapy ? How can it help the individual ? And what counseling problems can it effectively address and resolve ?