William Glasser

William Glasser, M.D. is a American Psychiatre born with Cleveland, Ohio in 1925, and the author of the Thérapie of reality and Theorie of the choice. Its notoriety holds owing to the fact that it knew to develop a theory of cause for purpose to explain the human behavior. Its ideas which concentrate on the personal choice, personal liabilities and the personal transformation are considered discussed by the traditional psychiatrists, who concentrate rather on the classification of the psychiatric syndromes, and which often prescribe psychotropic drugs like treatment of the Mental disease. Dr. Glasser is also famous to have used his theories in order to influence a bigger part of our social spheres like education, management, the marriage, and recently for the promotion of the mental health like public health issues, to name some of them. Lastly, but not the least, it was notable to have informed the public in general in connection with its profession and of the dangers inherent in this one.

William Glasser studied with Université Puts Western Reserve (Ohio, U.S.), where it received a B.S in 1945 and a M.A. in Clinic psychology in 1948. It received its doctorate M.D. in 1953 and supplements a Stage in Psychiatrie of 1954 with 1957 With the University of California to Los Angeles and the Hôpital of the Administration of the veterans of Los Angeles. It is received member about the psychiatrists in 1961. The University off San Francisco honoured Dr. Glasser with a honorary Diplôme in 1990. In 2003 it received the price of American Counseling Association' S Professional Development; In 2004, the ACA' S the price " In Legend in Counseling Award; " In 2005 the nomination of Master therapeutist by American Psychotherapy Association and the price Life Achievement Award by International Center for the Study off Psychiatry and Psychology.

On the basis of a psychiatric practice, it also published and Co-published many books on Mental health, the Consultation, and the improvement of the school, teaching, and several publications making the promotion of a public approach of the mental health in opposition to the model " médical" existing.

During its first years as psychiatrist with the Veterans Hospital Administration with the, it met Dr. G.L. Harrington, an old psychiatrist that Glasser had taken for its " mentor." Glasser founded the institute of the Thérapie of reality in 1967, which was famous the Institute for the theory of Control, the therapy of reality and the Management of quality in 1994 and later institutes It William Glasser in 1996. The institute is localized with Chatsworth, California, and has several affiliated institutes throughout the world are attached to him.

In the years 1970s Dr. Glasser worked on the body of the theory of control. In 1996, the theoretical structure evolved to a body of famous complete work Théorie of the choice , mainly because of confusion with the Théorie of control perceptuel by William T. Powers, developed in the Années 1950.

Therapy of Reality in the U.K. website

“The institute for the therapy of reality the U.K.” (ITR the U.K.), with its own administrative executive, coordinates the workshop of faculty and the practice in England in the name of the WGI. It also establishes a certification in Therapy of reality (CTR). The ITR the U.K. tries to promote and develop the theory of the choice, the therapy of reality and to deal with its administration in the U.K., by offering a guidance and support to its made up members individuals having the same interests and which are engaged in their personal and professional advance. A support their is offered by a team of formation and supervisors of practice TR. The members of Institue adheres to the étique' theory of the choice and therapy of reality and support their efforts just as they maintain the relations based as much a base personnel as professional, and than the therapy of reality must be taught with integrity and with the adérence with the fundamental conceptes describes by Dr. William Glasser as well as the others which write it, teach it and which is associated with WGI.

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