William Glasser

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William Glasser

• Becky Beckett
• Sam Graber
• Stephanie Hortsman
• Oisin Kenny

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Who is Dr. William Glasser?

• Born in 1925
• Raised in Cleveland, OH
• Medical school _at_ Case Western Reserve
  University
• Psychiatric training _at_ Veterans Administration
  Hospital in LA and _at_ UCLA
• Initially intended to be chemical engineer
• Board Certified in Psychiatry in 1961
• Private projects 1957-1986 (Reality Thearpy)

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What did he do?

• Choice Theory
• Lead Management
• Quality Schools
• Reality Therapy

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Ten Axioms of Choice Theory

• The only person whose behavior we can control is
  our own.
• All we can give another person is information.
• All long-lasting psychological problems are
  relationship problems.
• The problem relationship is always part of our
  present life.
• What happened in the past has everything to do
  with what we are today, but we can only satisfy
  our basic needs right now and plan to continue
  satisfying them in the future.
• We can only satisfy our needs by sat