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William glasser continues his break with traditional psychology. It stresses that human behavior originates from five current sources of motivation or five human needs. Then schools without failure 1969, his first book on education, began a series of. A new psychology of personal freedom 9780060930141 by william glasser m. William glasser explained how choice theory can be applied in the counseling field as reality therapy. This book opened a door to personal freedom for me.
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