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Dr Glasser gave his first talk in Ireland on 1st June 1985, forty years ago this year. He had been invited by Arthur Dunne and, two years later, he returned to be present at the very first certification course in Ireland. With his full approval, the “William Glasser Institute Ireland” was set up in 1987 […]

On Saturday 23rd August, the William Glasser Institute Ireland conferred the honour of Fellowship on one of our founding members, Eileen Hearne. Arthur Dunne did the honours of awarding the Fellowship Certificate to Eileen who was accompanied by her daughter Stacey and son-in-law Peter. Friends and colleagues travelled from practically the four corners of Ireland […]

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On Tuesday 24th September, the great Al Katz passed away unexpectedly. Al was one of the very first Reality Therapy practitioners and instructors and was always a very close friend of Dr. Glasser. The depth of Al’s knowledge of RT/CT was matched by the strength of his passion for these ideas. Those of us who […]

Dr. Glasser always spoke warmly about Dr. George Harrington, whom he considered to be his mentor in UCLA and, in 1965, Dr, Glasser dedicated his book “Reality Therapy”     “To G.L. Harrington, M.D.” It was in fact Dr. Harrington who convinced Glasser about the role of choice in so-called “mental illness”. Read more about this amazing […]

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A Basic Intensive Course finished in Cork on Sunday 19th February 2023. This had been organised by the Cork Branch of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors and had four participants: Carol, Eileen, Joy and Louise. All participants and the instructor, Brian Lennon, welcomed the opportunity to return to face-to-face training. The venue was the Rochestown […]

We are delighted to see that RT/CT is thriving in the UK and this newly designed website pays ample tribute to that. You can see it for yourself at wgi-uk.co.uk Congratulations to all involved.

EART has just announced a new website www.realitytherapy.eu. This will include a registry of those members who have qualified as psychotherapists within the European Association of Psychotherapy.

Have you ever just stopped and asked yourself, “what do I really want?” Our days are full of wants. We want this or that for breakfast, want to catch the bus, want to buy new shoes, want to watch the TV and so on. All proof of normality! Still, there are bigger wants that we […]

An astonishingly creative and accurate way of presenting Dr. Glasser’s ideas! That is what Dr. James Overholser has achieved in his three-part simulated interview with Dr. Glasser. This material was originally published in the Irish Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy and we are able to present it here by kind permission of the author and […]

Eleven more Guidance Counsellors finished Basic RT/CT training with Instructor Jimmie Woods. This online version of the standard Basic Training for Reality Therapy/Choice Theory started on the 9th of November and finished on the 11th December. The participants were mainly from the Midlands branch and the Dublin branch and, to judge by their expressions, they […]