“[Reality Therapy] is based on choice theory and focuses on improving present relationships, almost always disregards past relationships, and depends for its success on creating a good relationship between the client and the counselor.”

Source: Choice Theory (1997), p. 62

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American psychiatrist 1925–2013

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