Adlerian Psychotherapy

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Three Constraints of Life

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1. Resources and restrictions of Earth.
2. Our individual limitations necessitate cooperation with others.
3. Human beings are made up of two sexes.

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The three Tasks of Life

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1. Occupational, social and sexual.
2. Effectiveness in solving these tasks leads to mental health.
3. Neurosis, psychosis and criminal behavior are retreats from these tasks.

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Holism

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1. Humans are indivisible.
2. Humans live in contexts.

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Inferiority/Superiority

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1. Inferiority
2. Superiority

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Teleology

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1. all behavior is purposeful
2. all behavior is directed toward the goal
3. Dreikurs proposed that all goals relate to belonging

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Style of Living

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1. Personality is unified toward the goal.
2. Personality is a way of being, not a collection of traits. (way person USES traits)

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Community feeling and social interest

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1.Suggest what is possible in life
2. forms the basis for a moral and ethical code.
3. calls us to the goal of being more fully human

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Family Constellation

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1. System that includes parents, children and extended family.
2. focus on birth order positions.

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Early Recollections

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1. Reflect the individual's life style.
2. Reflect life style changes.

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Adler's Holistic Perspective

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1.Individual and society
2.Mind and Body
3.Conscious and unconscious
4.Internal conflicts

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What is the Problem with Persons? (Adler)

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1. Not hereditary
2. Striving
3. Childhood roots- realize limitations
4. When teleology becomes pathology.

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What is the solution for person? (Adler)

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1.Gemeinschaftsgefuhl or social interest
2.the loftiness of Adler's concept
3.Does the conflict btw social interest and striving for superiority violate the unity of personality?

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define= Gemeinschaftsgefuhl

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Social interest

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Religion and Adler's Theory of Personality (pt.1)

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1. Psychic error and sin
2. Self-transformation and self-salvation
3. Observations on "religiosity"

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Religion and Adler's Theory of Personality (pt.2)

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4. Appreciation for religion
5. The idea of God
6 Individual Psychology and religion

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Foundational Theories of Adlerian Therapy

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1.All behavior has social meaning
2.human personality has unity and definite patterns
3. behavior hsa

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individual+experience
+environment+demands of life= neurosis

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equation for neurosis

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(individual+experience
+environment+demands of life)beliefs= neurosis

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alterations by student presenter.

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adlerian therapy theory

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1.striving for significant explains motivation
2....

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Principles of Adlerian Counseling

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1. Seeing the purposive nature of all behavior- emphasis on understanding motives
2. people are creative, decision-making beings- Individuals have control over their lives No such thing as "i can't...," only "I will not..."

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Goals of Adlerian Therapy

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1. Fostering social interest
2. Helping clients overcome discouragement and inferiority
3. modify view of goals-changing lifestyle
4. changing faulty motivations
5. getting sense of equality with others
6. become contributing members of society.

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Role of Therapist

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1.Care for and encourage client
2. Assessment
3. Expose errors in thinking or purpose of behaviors
4. Teach client how to correct thinking and behavior

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Process of Psychotherpy

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1.Establishing Relationship
2. Exploring Individuals' Dynamics
3. Self-Understanding and insight
4. Reorientation

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Overview of Change:

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Therapist as Model-> Change-> Catching Oneself-> The "Aha" Experience-> Post-therapy.

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Conflict Resolution

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1. Empty Chair
2. Double Unbind
3. Role Playing
4. The Midas Technique

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Assuming Another's Perspective

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1.Higher Standards than God
2.Social Consequences- putting a person's private logic into social context.
3.Alternative Explanations

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Confrontation Tactics

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1.Immediate Behavior and Movement- pointing out nverbal beh. and having it addressed.
2. "When?"- client will state that change is needed, therapist asks for a timeline.

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Paradoxical Tactics

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1.Anti-suggestion
2.Spitting in the Soup (showing symptom- and encouraging the client to be confronted with symptoms)

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Encouragement Tactics

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1. Lessons from the Past
2. Minus to Plus (reframing negative sitatution to something more positive)

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Change Tactics

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1.Acting "As If"
2.Task Setting/Homework (sometimes belief comes after change)

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Cautious- fear what might
Anxious- fear what will happen
Depression- fear what has happened.

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kinds of clients and their fears

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Humor in Adlerian Therapy

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Jokes
Twisted adages

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Imagery Tactics

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1. Pushbutton Tactic
2. Restructured Early Recollections
3. Creating Images

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Motivational Tactics in Adlerian Therapy

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1. Selling what they need
2. The "Stick and Carrot"

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Anxiety-Reducing Tactics

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1.Naming the Demon
2.Taking Over

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Application to:

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1.Education
2.Marriage Counseling
3.Family Counseling
4.Group Work