The ________ model is the procedure applied in the practice of reality-therapy.

• A. ABC Model
• B. WDEP
• C. REBT Model
• D. Motivational Interviewing

Answer: (B)

In reality therapy, the procedure used is the WDEP model. WDEP stands for Wants, Doing, Evaluation, and Plan. The approach centers on helping clients take responsibility for their choices and align their actions with what they genuinely want in life. First, Wants focuses on identifying what the client truly desires and values. Then Doing looks at the client’s current behaviors and how they spend their time. Evaluation asks whether these actions are helping achieve the client’s wants and what the consequences have been. Finally, Plan guides the client to create specific, doable steps to change behavior and follow through.

This model is distinct from other approaches because it provides a structured, action-focused framework that keeps the emphasis on deliberate choices and personal responsibility, which is central to reality therapy. The ABC model, for example, is associated with identifying activating events, beliefs, and consequences in a different therapeutic tradition. REBT centers on disputing irrational beliefs, and Motivational Interviewing concentrates on resolving ambivalence about change. WDEP is the concrete procedure that reality therapists use to facilitate change.