Genesis Morales
COUN 5710
Dr. Baggerly
Fall 2016
Adlerian and Cognitive Theory Comparison Paper
Adlerian and Cognitive Theory Comparison Paper Individual Psychology (IP) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) are both popular approaches in counseling. Founded by Alfred Adler and Aaron T. Beck, these two approaches encompass fundamental elements from older theories, while also diverging to reflect their own perceptions of humans and best practices. IP and CT are two theories related in many aspects, but remain unique to their fundamental beliefs. This paper will compare and contrast individual psychology and cognitive therapy on human nature, maladjustment, treatment roles and goals, and treatment strategies in relation to Lucias, a 50-year-old …show more content…
Lucias’s cognitive distortions include all or nothing thinking because he thinks he must have the best job in order to be loved by everyone. He also has tunnel vision; he only sees the negative things occurring in his life and he takes for granted the wonderful things he’s done in the past and could do again. His IP counselor would say that he is safeguarding against feeling inferior. Lucias thinks his wife and sons are on a path of greater success than he is. Lucias is attempting to protect himself expressed by his inferiority complex, wanting his children and wife to care for him and continuously stating he cannot do anything more due to his …show more content…
For cognitive therapy, psychological dysfunction can be explained by the primal modes and their respective goals. For example, depression leads a person to have low self-concept and low constructive thinking skills, characteristics of a weak constructive mode (Murdock, 2013). In contrast, IP theory states that a client’s dysfunction is a product of his concern of inferiority (Murdock, 2013). The client who struggles with feelings of inferiority will find a way to protect himself with a demonstration of neurosis and inferiority complex.
A third major difference between CT and IP on mental health is the purpose behind distorted thinking. In CT, cognitive distortions explain the perceptive reality of the client. Cognitive distortions such as catastrophizing or overgeneralizing allow the client to believe he is protecting himself to survive. Opposite of it, IP counselors view neurosis as the way the client constructs reality. These neuroses and the four misbehavior goals cited in Stein (2005) attempt to gain success and
COUN 5710
Dr. Baggerly
Fall 2016
Adlerian and Cognitive Theory Comparison Paper
Adlerian and Cognitive Theory Comparison Paper Individual Psychology (IP) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) are both popular approaches in counseling. Founded by Alfred Adler and Aaron T. Beck, these two approaches encompass fundamental elements from older theories, while also diverging to reflect their own perceptions of humans and best practices. IP and CT are two theories related in many aspects, but remain unique to their fundamental beliefs. This paper will compare and contrast individual psychology and cognitive therapy on human nature, maladjustment, treatment roles and goals, and treatment strategies in relation to Lucias, a 50-year-old …show more content…
Lucias’s cognitive distortions include all or nothing thinking because he thinks he must have the best job in order to be loved by everyone. He also has tunnel vision; he only sees the negative things occurring in his life and he takes for granted the wonderful things he’s done in the past and could do again. His IP counselor would say that he is safeguarding against feeling inferior. Lucias thinks his wife and sons are on a path of greater success than he is. Lucias is attempting to protect himself expressed by his inferiority complex, wanting his children and wife to care for him and continuously stating he cannot do anything more due to his …show more content…
For cognitive therapy, psychological dysfunction can be explained by the primal modes and their respective goals. For example, depression leads a person to have low self-concept and low constructive thinking skills, characteristics of a weak constructive mode (Murdock, 2013). In contrast, IP theory states that a client’s dysfunction is a product of his concern of inferiority (Murdock, 2013). The client who struggles with feelings of inferiority will find a way to protect himself with a demonstration of neurosis and inferiority complex.
A third major difference between CT and IP on mental health is the purpose behind distorted thinking. In CT, cognitive distortions explain the perceptive reality of the client. Cognitive distortions such as catastrophizing or overgeneralizing allow the client to believe he is protecting himself to survive. Opposite of it, IP counselors view neurosis as the way the client constructs reality. These neuroses and the four misbehavior goals cited in Stein (2005) attempt to gain success and