Behavioral, Cognitive, or Reality Theory Counseling (Essay Sample)

Behavioral, Cognitive, or Reality Theory Counseling
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Behavioral, Cognitive, or Reality Theory Counseling
The scenario:
Jeremy is a student at a local university. He has been using drugs for a long time, and it has increasingly become difficult for him to stop doing them. Jeremy believes that as much as people feel that taking drugs is wrong he ironically sees the drugs as beneficial to him. He says that his involvement in bhang provides him with energy that enables him to stay active all day. He argues that it is every individual’s concern to be active and not dull. He explains how his involvement in drugs helped him in doing his school assignments, and adds that after smoking a roll of bhang, he can stay all night doing beneficial stuff like washing and other chores. He goes ahead to foolishly support his involvement in drugs by saying that if he and others did not take drugs then where would the weed that provides the drug do and why is it on earth in the first place. He believes that bhang is a unique species of a drug; he points out that some doctors and big hospitals use bhang to treat cancer.
Another argument that Jeremy gives to support his involvement in drugs is that they prevent him from catching diseases like colds, flu, and fever. He explains that since he started taking the drugs, cases of him being sick have drastically reduced. To him, drugs are a stress reliever. The argument is supported by an example he provides that if a kid lost both of his parents or a student failed his exams, then such an instant might have drastic effects on the victim that may trigger them to commit suicide. He says that if the individual took a dose of bhang, cocaine, or any other drug the thoughts are erased from the brain and the victim sees the world in a positive way again.
Reality Theory Counseling
Jeremy's case is one that needs much help, given that he can justify his drugs intake and not regret it. Firstly, in the use of reality theory or therapy, it relies on the concept of choice. Reality therapy indicates to a client that their actions are wrong and unfitting. The theory argues that people do not need help to find a defense for their actions but instead require recognizing that their behavior is inappropriate (Glasser, 2010). Analyzing Jeremy’s case above, his arguments are wrong and lack logical reasoning. Jeremy is in a fantasy world where he does not want to acknowledge what is real. His arguments show that he is trying to avoid reality. For example, he believes that taking drugs will give him energy otherwise without them he feels helpless. It is logically wrong to take drugs thinking that they will give you power. This way of reasoning outside the scope of logical thinking instead, he should do reasonable things like concentrating on his studies. As stated by Wubbolding, (2011) drugs will never prevent a person from catching diseases and may bring forth various infections instead. The only way to prevent diseases is by maintaining a healthy lifestyle that is contrast from the way of life. The belief that drugs can help him stay awake and do his assignments is a lame excuse, which reflects on how careless he is with his life.
Taking drugs to stop him from depression is wrong. Ilardi, (2009) illustrates healthy things that someone can do t...