Talk:William Glasser

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Please REVERT the name change made today in this article by an unknown user: 68.236.117.195. Dr. Glasser is William NOT Williams. Nor, does he EVER use a middle S initial as author in any of his many books, or his copyrights, or in any of his personal or business correspondence. I have known Dr. Glasser as a personal friend and Founder of the William Glasser Institute, for over 30 years, so I speak on this matter with some authority. frankatca 21:36, 6 October, 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe that MDs are granted in psychiatry (at least in the US)...MDs are granted without qualification, and after that the physican specializes. --Dpr 03:58, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree. He is either a psychologist with a PhD or similar, or he would have to do furhter training after medical school to become a legitmate psychiatrist. --Expo512 (name added by Dpr)

William Glasser started out to be a chemical engineer, switched to pre-med and was trained as a physician, hence the "MD" designation. He then went on to further graduate studies in psychiatry, passed the "board" exam and was certified as a psychiatrist and practiced as such for several years. During those early years, as a psychiatrist, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Los Angeles area, he met Dr. G. H. Harrington, an older psychiatrist who Glasser credits as his "mentor." The two of them, working together, developed the treatment strategies that came to be called "Reality Therapy" which was the title of the second book written by Dr. Glasser. frankatca Oct. 25, 2005

The only point we were trying to make is that there is not technically any such thing as a "MD in psychiatry." Schools grant MDs, and the doctors then specialize in a certain field. It was just a question of phraseology in the text, which has since be changed, in any case. --Dpr 01:58, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

I nominate this artilce for featured statusTmothyh 04:34, 25 March 2006 (UTC)