Middle East Summit - Bahrain
4:00-4:45 PM
الافتتاح – النشيد الملكي البحريني
4:00-4:45 PM
الشيخ هشام بن عبدالرحمن آل خليفة
الخطاب الافتتاحي
4:00-4:45 PM
كلمة الشيخة فجر بنت علي آل خليفة.
الرئيس ، قمة مؤتمر وليام جلاسر العالمي
كلمة ترحيب
4:45-5:15 PM
21 Oct. 2021
المتحدث الرئيسي
د. روبرت ويبيلدنج
شغل منصب مدير التدريب في معهد ويليام غلاسر لمدة 23 عامًا. كما قام بتدريس نظرية الاختيار / العلاج الواقعي في أوروبا والشرق الأوسط وآسيا وأمريكا الشمالية
نشر 18 كتابًا والعديد من المقالات والفصول في نصوص الكتب المدرسية. تقاعد
من جامعة كزافييه
تشمل مساهماته ما يلي: مرشح ثالث ، وتوسع كبير في العلاج الواقعي بروح ويليام غلاسر ، والعديد من التوسعات الأخرى في العلاج الواقعي
عنوان الكلمة
القطار ومسار القطار ، The Fork in the Road ، WDEP ، وغيرها من القضايا الحرجة مثل “أين سيكون المعهد في غضون 10 سنوات؟”
Ibrahim Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Khulaifi
Date: 21 Oct. 2021
Time: 5:15 – 6:00 PM
Counsellor and author of several publications in Arabic and English (childhood, family, personality, and education). Expertise in stages of growth and its educational applications, parental leadership, self-reformulation, Reality therapy, educational psychology
Abstract: DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE IN CHILDREN TIMING
This lecture presents the mechanisms of training children and the young population to generate alternative behaviors, evaluate them, and then choose the best one for decision-making.
It also includes recommendations to acquaint the youth to understand the responsibilities of their decision making and the consequences thereto.
Sunny Mahdi
Date: 21 Oct. 2021
Time: 6:30 – 7:15 PM
The Abstract: New Hope for Fibromyalgia Patients from a Different Perspective
I was overwhelmed by the suffering of fibromyalgia patients and that there is no medical evidence to explain this pain. The question here is that with so many people in so much pain, how can fibromyalgia not be a disease? Dr. Glasser offers the answer to this question in a way that you can use to help yourself as well as your doctors, to better understand.
Most importantly due to lack of specific examinations, analysis or pathology, there is no recognized treatment. Physicians can offer sympathy to patients, administer non-specific medications, and acknowledge their suffering and unanimously agree that nothing specifically helps. However, there is a great need to continue to see their patients. They are at the forefront of research and nothing I share can interfere with anything they are doing to treat their patients (Glasser).
Teacher, Ministry of Education
Amal Farouq Alawadhi
Date: 21 Oct. 2021
Time: 7:15 – 8:15 PM
Panel Discussion
Title: Research in Reality Therapy – Middle East
Abstract: Implementation of a Reality Therapy Counseling Program to Develop Internal Locus of Control among High School students
The sample consisted of (39) students (males and females) from the 10th grade, randomly selected and divided into four groups, two experimental groups consisting of (9) males (10) females, and control groups consisting of (10) males and (10) females, using the quasi-experimental method. Before starting the guidance sessions, the researcher implemented the Locus of Control scale by Julian Rotter; after the sessions were completed, the scale was applied to the experimental and control groups to determine the impact of the program on the development of the Locus of Control, then it was re-implemented (follow-up measurement) on the experimental group. The results indicated the effectiveness of the guidance program in the development of the internal locus of control, and the absence of statistically significant differences between the post-measurement and the follow-up measurement of the experimental group, indicating the group’s retention of the concepts of selection theory and reality therapy which they acquired in the program. The researcher suggested re-conducting the study on teachers with external control to know the effectiveness of the method of reality therapy in the development of internal controls and the impact on their relationship with students and activating the role of psychologists in boys’ and girls’ schools to make group guidance programs to prevent the expected problems.
delegated - Department of Psychology College of Basic Education - Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.
Dr. Maryam Al Marzouki
Date: 21 Oct. 2021
Time: 7:15 – 8:15 PM
Panel Discussion
Title: Research in Reality Therapy in the Middle East
Muneera Rashed Ghablan
Date: 21 Oct. 2021
Time: 7:15 – 8:15 PM
Panel Discussion
Title: Research in Reality Therapy in the Middle East
Abstract: Satisfying Basic Needs According to Choice Theory (CT) in Creating Personality, Self-esteem, and Happiness of University Students.
This study examined the varying functions of basic needs satisfaction in predicting happiness, self-esteem, and creative personality among university students using a CT-based perspective.
A sample of 1100 university students completed the self-report measures of happiness, self-esteem, creating personality, and the Basic Needs Scale. Path analysis model (Structure Equation Modeling: SEM) was performed to analyze the predictive relationships between research variables. Findings provided supportive evidence for the major hypothesis of CT as the basic needs satisfaction increases, the happiness increases.
The results indicated that satisfying the need for survival, freedom, fun or entertainment, love and belonging contribute to self-esteem and happiness among university students.
ABDULAZIZ A. AL-DABIBY
Date: 21 Oct. 2021
Time: 8:15 – 9:00 PM
About: Has a Masters’s degree, Basic Week Instructor. Delivered several courses on Reality therapy, Lead Management, Planning, and preparing training programs
Abstract: Perceptions of love and belonging based on choice theory and reality therapy from a sample group in the Gulf Council countries (GCC)
The study aimed at identifying the perceptions of love and belonging among adults and children, and to find the influential element of overall behavior (action- thinking- feelings- physiological symptoms) and degree of satisfaction among the sample members, based on Choice Theory.
To achieve the objectives of the study, a field survey was conducted on a random sample selected from the Gulf community including young and old, using the questionnaire as a research tool.
The questionnaire included all the axes of the study, and its validity and reliability were confirmed by following the accepted methodological procedures in the field of social sciences.
KIM OLVER
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 4:00 – 4:30 PM
Kim Olver is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a National Certified Coach, senior faculty and the current Executive Director of WGI since 2013. Kim first learned CT/RT in 1987 and has been dissecting its many layers ever since. During COVID, she created the Mental Freedom Process as a way of assisting others to integrate CT on the fast track. Kim is the author of four books, Leveraging Diversity at Work, Secrets of Happy Couples, Choosing Me Now, and A Choice Theory Psychology Guide to Relationships.
Dr. Mustafa Abu Saad
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 4:30 – 5:15 PM
Ph.D. in Psychology Specializes in self-development and educational and family counseling Author of books on family education and author of a number of educational articles
Abstract: My Husband Has Suspicious Relationships. What Should I Do?
Family counseling stems from gaining insight into the existing problems of the counselee, and then working to address them. Gaining an insight into the available options and negotiating the possible outcomes or consequences of each partner’s choices, to achieve a balance and resulting happiness.
Women who discover a husband’s relationship with other women, experience four psychological crises; unfortunately, neither she nor most of the non-specialists she consults realize that the focus is on on the problem that often does not concern the other women (nor her responsibilities and choices).
The objectives of the presentation are:
1- Women’s awareness of the origin of the problem;
2- Actuate awareness about who is responsible for the problem;
3- Provide an awareness to women about their choices and resulting consequences.
4- Guiding the counselee to understand their needs and how to satisfy them in a responsible way.
Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Bozabar
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 5:15 – 6:00 PM
A former leader in several government organizations, he stood with the Choice Theory in his book: “They deceived you and said.”
Abstract: LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
The presentation will demonstrate in what ways challenges need to be met by an effective leader, highlighting:
How to view leadership as a “choice”, not a “position?
How to describe yourself as a (4WD) leader?
How to see yourself as a four-perspective type of leader?
How to be a good leader by being an effective follower?
Dr. SYED MOSTAFA ALAKRA
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 5:15 – 6:00 PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: MODERATOR
Dialogue Between Coach and a Psychologist
Director of the Family Center for Consultation and Training
Kuwait.
Othman Abdul Rahman Al-Mahtab
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 5:15 – 6:00 PM
PANELIST
DR. HIBAH ALGHAREB
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 5:15 – 6:00 PM
Professional Coach from the International Federation of Coaching Certified Coach, Life Coach and Licensed Professional from Edexcel Education, Licensed Practitioner in a Number of International Standards in Coaching, Counseling, and Consulting Styles, Coach in Coaching and Leadership for Strategy, Over 19 years of experience in institutional development and strategic leadership Academic disciplines (mass communication – psychology – business administration – strategic leaders.
Abstract: The lecture aims to shed light on both the concept of coaching or personal guidance and Choice Theory through:
1)The similarities between them
2)The models used in them
3)Practices
4)Objectives
5)The similarity between the steps of Reality Therapy, and the models of individual, family, and professional guidance
6)The extent to which it is possible to benefit from Choice Theory and Reality Therapy as an introduction to the practice of coaching
7)The possibility of providing relevant guidance in coaching techniques
8)Practical models for the coaching session and its steps
Shatha Saif Al-Shamsi
Date: 22 Oct. 2021
Time: 7:30 – 8:15 PM
FACULTY, WGI; Family and Marriage counselor, Training Manager at Landmark Dubai, Representative of the International Self-Esteem Association in the UAE Personal Coach in Self Management.
Abstract: The Human Dimension in Leading Management
Lead Management is the application of Choice Theory to any situation where one’s responsibility is to manage others. This would include managing workers, students, our own children, members of social/civil groups, etc. The practice of Choice Theory in businesses and organizations has positive results and leads to greater success in the workplace. The human component in Lead management requires the in-depth practice of Choice Theory resulting in subsequent Quality management. This presentation provides information on:
1- Quality concept
2-Leadership management environment
3-The values that leadership management adopts in its practices
4-Relationships between team members and the lead manager
5-The concept and practices of the individual in organizations displaying responsibility, commitment, and quality.
Senior Faculty William Glaser International.
Dr. Bashir Saleh Al Rashidi
Date: 23 Oct. 2021
Time: 4:00 – 4:30 PM
Title: KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Basheer Al-Rashidi holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Ohio State University in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Management and Leadership from Dundee University
Founder and chairman of psychological & educational consultancy office, 1982- 1989, the first of its kind in the Arab world.
The first Kuwaiti certified in Reality Therapy and the first Arab author who has published several books on CT and RT in the Arabic language.
Mentor and Supervisor to several Masters students who researched and wrote about choice theory and its application in academia and the work
Dr. Syed Mostafa Alakra
Date: 23 Oct. 2021
Time: 4:30 – 5:15 PM
Abstract: Choice theory & Reality therapy and its Relationship to the Third Wave of Cognitive therapies
The paper aims to present some understandings between the principles and strategies of choice theory and reality therapy and the third trend of psychological treatments, specifically dialectical behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, Schema therapy. In addition, a statement of compatibility in the concepts of psychological needs, values, emotional responsibility, reality, and effective behavior. In addition, compatibility in the use of many techniques and strategies such as strategies for emotions regulation, using metaphors, dealing with the inner critic, dealing with behavioral patterns. Moreover, trying to demonstrate theoretically that reality therapy is one of the most appropriate cognitive therapies to improve psychological well-being and modify behavior patterns.
Nadeen Abbas
Date: 23 Oct. 2021
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Trainer and faculty member at WGI with 15 years of experience in university teaching, corporate training, and consulting. The first to study choice theory as part of the Australian university curriculum in the past six years, the subject is taught to approximately 250 students annually.
She holds a degree in Architectural Engineering from the University of Jordan and a Master of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from RMIT University in Australia.
Abstract: Understanding of Choice Theory: Students of The Australian College of Kuwait.
Lecturer at the Business and Economics Department at the Australian University of Kuwait taught Choice Theory (CT) for a period of six hours and invited presentations on what students learnt and how they were using it in their lives.
This Panel discussion will allow students to make individual presentations of their understanding of CT and the benefits of learning it.
Panel Moderator also wishes to demonstrate that CT can be introduced, even for 6 hours, within the University curriculum as an introduction to CT.
Ahmed Alsaqaf Zaianb Maqseed Najia Sultan
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ROBERT WUBBOLDING
Date: 23 Oct. 2021
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 PM
ROLE PLAY DEMONSTRATION
VOTE OF THANKS
CLOSING
MEET AND GREET