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Robert E. Wubbolding, Ed.D, LPCC, BCC,


Robert E. Wubbolding, Ed.D, LPCC, BCC, is a professional presenter whose workshops always include practical demonstrations of how to provide psychotherapy and counseling for a wide variety of clients. He is the director of the Center for Reality Therapy in Cincinnati, Ohio, a professor emeritus at Xavier University, and was the director of training for the William Glasser Institute from 1987&ndash2011. He has taught Reality Therapy in North America, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Morocco, Germany, United Kingdom, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, and Malta. Dr. Wubbolding has over 35 years of experience as a licensed psychologist and counselor. He has been a high school counselor, an elementary school counselor, and a halfway house counselor for ex–offenders, and a consultant to the drug and alcohol abuse programs of the U.S. Army and Air Force. He has authored over 150 articles and essays, 34 chapters in text books and 14 books, including the most comprehensive reality therapy book, Reality Therapy for the 21st Century as well as Reality Therapy: Theories of Psychotherapy Series, published in 2011 by the American Psychological Association, as well as authoring Counselling with Reality Therapy (2nd Edition 2015) published in the United Kingdom. In 2014, Dr. Wubbolding was honored as a "Legend of Counseling" at the American Counseling Association Conference in Hawaii. William Glasser, MD, the founder of reality therapy, described him as, "One of my closest and most trusted associates. I cannot recommend anyone more highly."