The Institute For Reality Therapy UK

Reality Therapy Practioner Listing

The updated practioner list has now been added to the website.

If you would like to be added to this list you can find the request form on the front page in the ‘Members Shortcuts’ section or via the link below.

Practioners are Reality Therapy Certified, full members of IRT UK and use Reality Therapy as part of their practice.

Listing Request Form

The IRT UK website has had a makeover

I have re-done the Institute website using a content management system (Joomla). This will make it easier for me to administer and update, and will not require a great knowledge of html or css coding should anyone take it on in the future.

No Changes to Members Access

The website now incudes a subscribing system for newsletters – and I have subscribed everyone who is currently registered as a member of the Institute to this system.  So you should continue to log into your account as normal.

Better Browsing ?

I have found that using a different web browser has speeded up the internet for me in general and so will be using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer from here on.  I would recommend that you take a look at it.  You can download it from here – http://www.mozilla.org/

Stay safe in the snow.

We are finally able to give you details about the William Glasser Association International Conference scheduled for 6th to 9th June 2012 in Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

1. This is the First International Conference organised by the new William Glasser Association International
2. The location is Dr. Glasser’s home town.
3. As Dr. Glasser is no longer able to travel beyond Los Angeles, this gives us a special way to honour him and his work.
4. We have made a special effort to keep the registration fee and the accommodation fees at the lowest levels ever.

Join us in celebrating Choice Theory around the world!

1. To allow us to finalise our deposits with LMU it is vital to the success of this conference that we get as many early bookings as possible.
2. We are asking you to pay your conference fee now.
3. The early registration fee is $300 (ending 31st Jan 2012).
4. The conference fee includes registration, all presentations and keynotes, breakfast, lunch and dinner Thursday to Saturday inclusive and including the Saturday banquet.
5. If we do not achieve our target deposits by the end of January we will need to reconsider our options.
6. If, for any reason, the conference is not held your fees will be returned to you.
7. Important: Do not pay for any flights until you receive a receipt from the conference committee and a clear go ahead from us to book flights.

For all information about this conference
including payment links
visit

www.wgai.net

On April 13 and 14, 2012, The William Glasser Institute will be sponsoring along with Albemarle County Schools and Blackboard.com a free online Quality School Conference.

The object of the conference is to provide a free online environment where people can share their best ideas with each other. The conference will include panel discussions involving members from Glasser Quality School communities, so participants can meet and talk with one another about best practices. There will be breakout sessions where teachers, students, and families share what they are accomplishing. Administrators will also create some breakout sessions so that other administrators can see what is being done in schools to successfully create a Glasser Quality Schools environment.

The keynote speakers are two remarkable women, Dr. Margo Figgins, an education professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and Ashby Kindler, the cur rent principal of Murray High School and a Practicum Supervisor for the William Glasser Institute. The conference is for progressive educators all over the world, though it is primarily directed to Glasser Quality Schools.

If you are interested in presenting please go to http://bit.ly/BreakingTradition2012 and fill out the Call for Proposals form at the website. Proposals are due by Monday, February. 20, 2012. All you will need is a microphone and camera, so we can see your face (and your panel, if you are pulling together members of your community to participate in the breakout sessions/panel discussions.) As we approach the date of the conference, you will receive more information about how to test your equipment to be sure you are ready to participate, including a very short training session in how to present using blackboard.com‘s Colla borate online conference software.

This conference can be a great opportunity to share what we are doing not only with one another, but with educators worldwide.

I hope you choose to participate.

Kim Olver
Executive Director USA
The William Glasser Institute

Choive Theory and Reality Therapy Forum New Address

The Internatioanl Forum has moved over to it’s own domain. The new address is:

www.ctrtforum.net

It is easy to register on the forum, where you can post and respond to messages relating to Choice Theory and Reality Therapy.

Open Workshops for 2012

Below are the dates and locations of the Basic Intensive Workshops in the UK in the first 3 months of 2012.  If you are interested in attending one of these workshops you can get more informatiuon by contacting us here.

19th – 23rd January: Basic Intensive Workshop
Venue: St Edwards School, Romsey, Hampshire
Open to anyone

1st – 3rd February: Basic Intensive Workshop
Sponsored by Creative Alliance, Birmingham
Open to anyone

20th – 23rd March: Basic Intensive Workshop
Sponsored by Castle Craige, Peebles, Scotland
Open to anyone

First International Convention under the auspices of the newly created International Board

In June 2012 we will have the very first International Convention under the auspices of the newly created International Board. For our Board in its infancy and with an already overloaded agenda the decision to run this has not been easy but not to go ahead would have been unthinkable! To celebrate our great International gathering in Dr. Glasser’s home town carries so much significance for us all.

VENUE: Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA
DATES: 6th to 9th June 2012

Los Angeles is the perfect location for this year’s event. It gives us a special chance to initiate a world-wide march to the home of Choice Theory; it gives us a special way of celebrating and saying thanks to Dr. Glasser. It will be a unique gathering. Carleen has written a powerful invitation to us all to be in Los Angeles this summer. It is an invitation that comes straight from the heart and reaches all of ours (below).

A LETTER TO YOU FROM CARLEEN GLASSER

Dear Friends and Members of The WGI Family Worldwide,

I am writing this letter on behalf of my beloved husband Bill Glasser. He was very happy to hear that there is going to be an International Convention of The William Glasser Institute this June, at Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles, California.

The reason I am writing this letter is to share with you what he said. Bill asked me to tell you, he is no longer able to travel anywhere and he wanted you to know that, because he cannot come to you, the LA Convention would probably be his last opportunity to see you in person. He said he wants to spend some time with you, shake your hands and thank you for all you have done to support his ideas over the years.

So I am asking if you could find a way to come here, where we live, to be with Bill at the conference. I know how much it would mean to him. He remembers how many times you came to hear him speak and to be with each other at past conventions. There are many new faces now and exciting directions the ideas are taking. Bill wants to be a part of all you are doing today and hear about your ideas for the future. He is forever a lifelong learner.

Please, join us in celebrating Bill, his life, his contributions and his legacy in Los Angeles, 2012. He said the time has come for us to be connected with one vision.

In Friendship and commitment,
Carleen Glasser

Discounts and Special Offers

Members of the Institute don’t forget to take advantage of the latest DVD special offer sent to you via members email.

Discounted Resources:

In the members bookshop you will always find discounted offers on books, DVD, audio CDs etc

2011 – 2012 Intensive Workshops

Workshops for November, Jan, Feb and March are now listed on the website (workshops page).  These include 4 Basic Intensive workshops in Scotland, Birmingham and Surrey.

If you are interested in attending one of these worksops and need more info please contact the Instructor direct here.

Happy Halloween – Stay safe !

A skeleton walks in to a bar. He goes to the bartender and says, “I’m going to
need a beer and a mop.”

The Local Power company is upgrading our electricity lines on Thursday 27th October and so power will be off from 08.30 till 18.00. This means that the database server will be off-line, as well as the telephone phone and email.

All services should be back to normal after Thursday evening

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Adrian

Next saturday 8th october-

Come and train for free*- (*£1 for refreshments)! 9.30 until 1230 at the carousel centre, bury st edmunds.

Brush-up on your reality therapy, choice theory and lead management.

For more details email Bill Mallion

The only prerequisite : You will  have completed the Basic Intensive Week

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar…and the beer.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a  unanimous “yes.”

The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

“Now,” said the professor, as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things–your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions–things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.  “The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else–the small stuff.

If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18 holes. There will always be time to clean the house, and fix the disposal. “Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented.

The professor smiled.

“I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a couple of beers.”

The first Elected International Board of the William Glasser Association is formed: 

We are very pleased to announce that our elections have gone off smoothly and that all vacancies on the International Board have now been filled. Nominations had closed on 4th July and voting continued util 22nd July. Where the number of nominees matched the quota of representatives for an area those nominees were deemed elected. Where the number of nominees exceeded the quota, those who headed the poll were appointed as representatives. In the event of a tie the number of second or third rankings awarded to each candidate was used to resolve the matter.
 
 
The International Board:

The seven areas have been created provisionally by the Interim Board as a way to ensure that everyone has representation on the Board that the Board is an efficient size The number of representatives is based on the number of certified people in each area. We are aware that this division is not final. It will be revised and updated by future Boards.
 

Representatives:

United States of America
Lucy Billings Robbins
Nancy Buck 
Bob Hoglund 

Canada
Ellen Gélinas 
Jim Montagnes

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland (Republic), Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales
John Brickell 
Mirjana Palcic Bubnic

Australia & New Zealand
Ivan Honey

China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand
Masaki Kakitani
Peter Ho

Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Brazil
Juan Pablo Aljure

Albania, Bahamas Is, Bahrain, Egypt, Grand Cayman Is, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine
Mitchell Messina

 
 In addition to the 12 elected representatives, the International Board has one representative of the Legal Board (non-voting) and the Chairperson. The current chairperson was appointed by Dr. Glasser for a period of 2 years ending in July 2012. From that date onwards the chair will be an elected position.
 
We extend a very special thanks to all those who allowed themselves to be nominated and to all those who voted in this election process.
 
The International Board has the full approval of Dr. and Mrs. Glasser

Congratulations to all of the representatives

Advansed Intensive Workshop

There is a 4 day Advanced Intensive Workshop scheduled for 8^th & 9^th August and then 31^st August and 1^st September. The venue will be the Wisdom Centre, in Romsey, Hampshire. Applicants who wish to attend this workshop must have completed the Basic Practicum Stage.

The Advanced Intensive Workshop is part of the Reality Therapy Certification (RTC) Programme

Members Special Offer

I have managed to get hold of 8 copies of Dibs and can offer them out to members at a cost of £2.00 each (free postage).  These paperbacks are used, but are still a great read and should be on the bookshelf of everyone who works in the childcare field.

Only 8 copies available

Overview:

Virginia Axline (1911-1988) was the main architect of non-directed play therapy and her account of her work in the early 1950s with an emotionally disturbed six year old, which had a profound effect on her, has become a classic text.

Dibs will not talk. He will not play. He has locked himself in a very special prison. And he is alone. This is the true story of how he learned to reach out for the sunshine, for life . . . how he came to the breathless discovery of himself that brought him back to the world of other children.

Available from the members Discount Bookshop in the members area of the website.

‘Using Reality Therapy’ – Robert E Wubbolding

Log in to your members page and checkout the members discounted bookshop. There are a number of special offers at the moment including the hard to get ‘Using Reality Therapy’ : £6.00 off the regular price for a limited time only.

First published in 1988 this book is a very readable treatment of the practice of Reality Therapy, discussing various techniques and client groups. This is a very practical book, as it helps students to understand the basic concepts using examples and counselling dialogue.

Reality Therapy Workshop THIS SATURDAY at the Carousel  9.30am
We have a guest, David Aufenaft, who’s on a 3 year counselling course and is researching RT  for the subject of his essay.
We will be happy to give him input on how and where we are using  RT/CT/LM.  We’ll also be doing some role play.
If you could phone me beforehand and tell me what you can contribute, I’d be grateful

Bill Mallion

The is a new open Basic Intensive workshop schedules for this May. If you are interested please contact the instructor direct (details below)

Dates: 11^th to 13^th May 2011

Venue: Open Minds, Wrexham
Instructor: John Brickell

John’s Contact Page

Congratulations to the new Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

To all persons who are CT/RT certified (Choice Theory/Reality Therapy certified) with the

William Glasser Institute

Exciting and important news!

In July 2010 at the International WGI Conference in Nashville (Tennessee, USA), a proposal to set up an International Board for the William Glasser Institute was approved. Since then an Interim Board has been working to put in place the procedures for electing members to the Board of Directors of William Glasser Association International.

We are initiating the process that will lead to elections to the founding board at this time.

The first step is to create an Electoral Register of all those who are CT/RT Certified. Registration will consist in filling in a simple online form.

If you wish to participate in these elections we invite you to register at the

ELECTORAL REGISTRATION FORM (< click here)

Our target date for registration is now 4th May 2011.

When you register you will be notified in due course about the actual election procedures.

Many thanks for your time.

Brian Lennon

Chairperson of the Interim International Board
William Glasser Association International