treatment that focuses on an individual’s ineffective or maladaptive behavior and the development of the ability to cope with the stresses of reality and take greater responsibility for the fulfillment of his or her needs (i.e., discover what he or she really wants and the optimal way of achieving it). To these ends, the therapist plays an active role in examining the client’s daily activities, suggesting healthier, more adaptive ways for the client to behave. Reality therapy tends to be of shorter duration than traditional psychotherapies. [developed by U.S. psychiatrist William Glasser (1925–2013)]