[Solved] topic 5 dq 2 peer

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Tameka Pete

Reality therapy, based on Choice Theory, assists in practice by helping clients focus on present behavior, take responsibility for choices, and make action-oriented plans to satisfy needs. It is highly practical for career development and decision-making by encouraging clients to identify goals (wants), evaluate their effectiveness, and take direct, controllable action to change their circumstances. (Reality Therapy, n.d.)

Aspects of Reality Therapy in Practice is the WDEP Model for decision making
(Ackerman, 2025)

Wants (W): Exploring what the client truly wants in their career or life (e.g., freedom, fun, power, belonging).

Doing (D): Identifying current behaviors and actions, focusing on what the client is doing right now.

Evaluation (E): Encouraging clients to ask: "Is what I am doing helping me get what I want?"

Planning (P): Developing actionable, realistic, and positive plans to change behaviors for better results.

Instead of focusing on past trauma or unconscious motivations, reality therapy focuses on what the client can control, their thoughts and actions. Career Counseling Applications
helps clients take responsibility for their career choices rather than blaming external circumstances. Assists in identifying if a current job fulfills basic needs. Provides tools for making effective, present-oriented choices to improve work-life balance. Building a "Quality World": Clients are guided to define their "quality world", a personal picture album of specific wants, and align their career and life decisions to achieve this vision.  Reality therapy discourages criticizing, complaining, or blaming, instead encouraging a "here and now" approach to empower clients to take control of their lives through better choices.

Ackerman, C. E. (2025, December 12). Reality Therapy: Techniques, Choice Theory & WDEP Model.
[PositivePsychology.com](http://positivepsychology.com/).
[https://positivepsychology.com/reality-therapy/](https://positivepsychology.com/reality-therapy/)

Reality therapy. (n.d.). Psychology Today.
[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/reality-therapy#:~:text=Reality%20therapy%20is%20a%20client,learning%20to%20make%20better%20choices](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/reality-therapy).

**## Topic5DQ2RespTamekaPeteInst.docx**

Tameka Pete

Reality therapy, based on Choice Theory, assists in practice by helping clients focus on present behavior, take responsibility for choices, and make action-oriented plans to satisfy needs. It is highly practical for career development and decision-making by encouraging clients to identify goals (wants), evaluate their effectiveness, and take direct, controllable action to change their circumstances. (Reality Therapy, n.d.)

Aspects of Reality Therapy in Practice is the WDEP Model for decision making
(Ackerman, 2025)

Wants (W): Exploring what the client truly wants in their career or life (e.g., freedom, fun, power, belonging).

Doing (D): Identifying current behaviors and actions, focusing on what the client is doing right now.

Evaluation (E): Encouraging clients to ask: "Is what I am doing helping me get what I want?"

Planning (P): Developing actionable, realistic, and positive plans to change behaviors for better results.

Instead of focusing on past trauma or unconscious motivations, reality therapy focuses on what the client can control, their thoughts and actions. Career Counseling Applications
helps clients take responsibility for their career choices rather than blaming external circumstances. Assists in identifying if a current job fulfills basic needs. Provides tools for making effective, present-oriented choices to improve work-life balance. Building a "Quality World": Clients are guided to define their "quality world", a personal picture album of specific wants, and align their career and life decisions to achieve this vision.  Reality therapy discourages criticizing, complaining, or blaming, instead encouraging a "here and now" approach to empower clients to take control of their lives through better choices.

Ackerman, C. E. (2025, December 12). Reality Therapy: Techniques, Choice Theory & WDEP Model.
[PositivePsychology.com](http://positivepsychology.com/).
[https://positivepsychology.com/reality-therapy/](https://positivepsychology.com/reality-therapy/)

Reality therapy. (n.d.). Psychology Today.
[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/reality-therapy#:~:text=Reality%20therapy%20is%20a%20client,learning%20to%20make%20better%20choices](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/reality-therapy).