Adler Flashcards
adlerian view of human nature
focused on the persons past as perceived in the present and how an individuals interpretations of early events continued to influence that persons present behavior, we are both the creators and the creations of our lives. We have the capacity to interpret and create events. Inferiority feelings
inferiority feelings are
the motivation for creativity, make us strive for success, driven to overcome sense of inferiority
perception of reality
phenomenological orientation (view the world from the clients frame of view), paying attention to everyone’s subjective reality, holistic (understood in parts)
individual psychology
unity and indivisibility of the person and stressed understanding the whole person in the context of his or her life. All human behavior has a purpose
techniques
lifestyle assessment, birth order and siblings, early recollection, family constellation
lifestyle assessment
learning to understand the goals and motivations of the client, discovering the targets for therapy
early childhood recollection
stories of events that a person says occurred before they were 10, specific incidence recalled along with the feeling and thoughts that accompany the incident, identify successes and mistakes in ones life
private logic
our convictions and beliefs that get in the way of social interest and that do not facilitate useful or constructive belonging
phases of adlerian therapy
- establish relationship:
