Fourteen-year-old Candy, her father, and her mother are sitting with you in your office for an initial counseling session. Her father begins:

"I'm just at the end of my rope with my daughter! I'm sick and tired of what I see her doing to disrupt our family life. I'm constantly wondering what she'll pull next in her long line of antics. She's gone to the Colorado River with some guys who are older than she is, in outright defiance of my order not to go. She's done any number of things she knows I disapprove of, and the result is that she's suspended from school for three weeks or until she gets some counseling. This was the last straw that broke my back. Her getting kicked out of school was just too much. It moved me to call you, so we can get to the bottom of Candy's problem and get her straightened out. God only knows she needs some straightening out. She's into drugs and dating older men, and I strongly suspect that she's been messing around. Candy knows what my values are, and she knows that what she's doing is wrong. I just don't know how to convince her that if she doesn't change, she'll come to a bad end."

Candy's mother is rather quiet and does not list complaints against Candy. She generally agrees that Candy does seem defiant and says she does not know how to handle her. She says she becomes very upset at seeing her husband get angry and worried over the situation, and she hopes that counseling will help Candy see some of what they see.

As for Candy she initially says very little other than "I guess I've got a problem." She appears very withdrawn, sullen, and not too eager to open up in this situation with her parents. She is in your office mainly because she was brought in by her parents.

Main goals as a reality therapist is to guide Candy toward making an honest assessment of her current behavior and to help her evaluate the results of her behavior. Describe how you will attempt to .