Adlerian Flashcards
For Adler, the key to psychotherapy, psychological health, and well-being,
is “encouragement”. In contrast, psychological ill-health is paved with
“discouragement.”
Adlerian Therapy
Adlerians define psychopathology as “”.
discouragement
Proponent: Alfred Adler
ADLERIAN THERAPY
Key Concepts of Adlerian Therapy
- Subjective Perception of Reality (Phenomenological)
- Tasks of Life
- Style of Life or Lifestyle
- Fictional Finalism (Life goal)
- Striving for significance and superiority
(vs. inferiority and compensation) - Social interest and Community Feeling
- Birth Order and Siblings Relationships
A Quick Review: Tasks of Life
- Work or Occupation
- Social relationships
- Love and marriage
- Self
- Spirituality
- Parenting and family
The goal of therapy is to help clients adjust their _________ in ways that help them more effectively
complete their life tasks.
style of life
Style of life is usually formed by age _______ definitely before age
_________
5 or 6
8 or 9.
is the individual’s core beliefs and assumptions through
which the person organizes his/her reality and finds meaning in
life events.
Life style
For an Adlerian, the future is _______
now
Adlerian Counseling rests on a collaborative arrangement between the client and the counselor.
Adlerians do not see clients as ________ and in need of _________ Instead they view
clients as discouraged. Symptoms are attempted solutions.
“being sick”
“being cured”.
The main aim of therapy is to develop the client’s sense of belonging and to assist in the adoption
of behaviors and processes characterized by _______ and
community feeling
social interest.
Through the process of providing clients with a new “________’, a fundamental
understanding of the purpose of their behavior, counselors assist them in changing their
perceptions.
cognitive map
The counselor also uses ________ as a diagnostic tool. These
recollections are of single incidents from childhood that we are able to
re-experience. They reflect our current convictions, evaluations,
attitudes, and biases.
early recollection
are summarized and interpreted, the therapist
identifies some of the major successes and mistakes in the client’s life.
Early recollections
The aim is to provide a point of departure for the therapeutic venture.
This process is called a
lifestyle assessment.
Adlerians assume a ________ and thus do not label
clients by diagnoses.
non-pathological perspective
Instead of using a medical model to understand their clients, Adlerians
assume a broader perspective based on a
growth model.
Adlerian consider a good client-therapist relationship to be one between
________ based on cooperation, mutual trust, respect, confidence and
alignment of goals.
equals
The relationship is a ________, characterized by two persons
working equally toward specific, agreed-upon goals.
collaborative one
Four Stages of Therapy:
- Forming the therapeutic relationship
- Lifestyle assessment and analysis
- Interpretation and insight
- Reorientation
The relationship between the Adlerian therapists and their clients is
______.
egalitarian
Five Examples of Basic Mistakes:
The Earliest Recollections: Lifestyle Assessment & Analysis
Overgeneralization:
False or Impossible Goals
Misperceptions of life and life’s demands
Denial of one’s basic worth
Faulty values
: There is no fairness in the world. I am always the
one who has to take care of everything.
Overgeneralization
I have to be the boss to be acceptable.
Others should always take care of my needs.
False or Impossible Goals:
