Adler

Question 1

Dynamics of Adlerian Counseling

Answer 1

1. Taps individual, developmental and social psychology.
2. A person is viewed as a unified organism.
3. Counseling moves along with the individual’s life line: infancy, adulthood, old age.
4. Lifestyle is fixed at an early stage (4-5 years old) and remains relatively constant and unchanging through the rest of one’s life.
   • Counseling interventions can take places as he goes through insignificant changes in his life.
   • Counseling approach: encouragement of overcoming feelings of inadequacy or weakness; clients must believe in their worth and dignity to appreciate their being.

Question 2

Four components of counseling according to adler

Answer 2

Four Components of Counseling:

1. Establishment and continuous enhancement of rapport through encouragement.
2. Assessment of client’s life style through the study of family constellation, birth order, family environment and childhood recollections.
3. Insights into the client’s philosophy of life, goals and behavior patterns.
4. Motivating the client toward changes of behavior that benefit him and society.

Question 3

What is the focus of adlers theory?

Answer 3

Focus: human wellness, individual growth and expansion and social interest. It realigns individual interest with that of the society to become socially useful.

Question 4

What is the main goal of the adlerian counseling

Answer 4

Main goal: aid client to realize his priorities and decide whether or not it is worth paying the price behaviorally to change his present lifestyle.

Question 5

Aim of adler

Answer 5

help clients lead a socially useful life by encouraging them to realign their interest with that of the society.

Question 6

This ______ plays an important role:

Answer 6

family constellation, family dynamics, family social interest but difficult and strenuous – causing resistance.

Question 7

The core of Adlerian Counseling:

Answer 7

The core of Adlerian Counseling:
Psychology of use – the process aggressively fosters autonomy for self identity in society while holding on to the belief in the possible perfectibility of human kind.

Question 8

Birth order

Answer 8

BIRTH ORDER

• The idea that place in the family constellation (such as being the youngest child) can have an impact on one’s later personality and functioning.
• Birth order and the interpretation of one’s position in the family have a great deal to do with how adults interact in the world.
• Although it is important to avoid stereotyping individuals, it does help to see how certain personality trends that began in childhood as a result of sibling rivalry influence individuals throughout life.