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choice theory
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the view that humans are internally motivated and behave to control the world around them according to some purpose within them. We are basically self-determining and create our own destiny.
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commitment
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the act of sticking to a realistic plan aimed at change.
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cycle of counseling
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Specific ways of creating a positive climate in which counseling can occur. The proper environment is based on personal involvement and specific procedures aimed at change.
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involvement
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Therapist interest in and caring for the client.
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paining behaviors
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choosing misery by developing symptoms (such as headaching, depressing, and anxietying) because these seem like the best behaviors available at the time.
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perceived world
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The reality that we experience and interpret subjectively.
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picture album
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An image of our specific wants as well as precise ways to satisfy these wants.
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psychological needs
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The needs for power, belonging, freedom and fun; these are the forces that drive humans and explain behavior.
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quality world
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The perceptions and images we have have of how we can fulfill our basic psychological needs; another phrase for picture album.
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reality therapy
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Based on choice theory, this approach provides a way of implementing therapeutic procedures for helping individuals take more effective control of their lives.
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responsibility
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Satisfying one's needs in ways that to not interfere with other's fulfilling their needs.
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SAMIC cubed
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An acronym pertaining to the essence of a good action plan; simple, attainable, measurable, immediate, controlled by the planner, committed to, and continuously done.
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self-evaluation
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Client's assessment of current behavior to decide whether it is working and if what they are doing is meeting their needs.
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total behavior
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The integrated components of doing, thinking, feeling, and physiology. Choice theory assumes that all elements of behavior are interrelated.
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WDEP system
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The key procedures applied to the practice of reality therapy groups. The strategy helps clients to identify their wants, determine the direction their behavior is taking them, make self-evaluations, and design plans for change.
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