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Adlerian Brief Therapy |
Intervention that is concise, deliberate, direct, efficient, focused, short-term, and purposeful |
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Birth Order |
Five psychological positions from which children tend to view life: oldest, second of only two, middle, youngest, and only. Actual birth order itself is less important than a person's interpretations of his/her place in the family. |
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Individual Psychology |
Adler's original name for his theory. Chosen to stress understanding the whole person, how all dimensions of a person are interconnected, and how all these dimensions are unified by the person's movement towards a life goal. |
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Holism |
Understanding the whole person, how all dimensions of a person are interconnected, and how all these dimensions are unified by the person's movement towards a life goal. |
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Lifestyle |
Core beliefs and assumptions through which a person organizes his/her reality and finds meaning in life events. Perceptions of self, others and the world. Our characteristic way of thinking, acting, feeling, living, and striving toward long-term goals. |
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Social interest |
A sense of identification with humanity, a feeling of belonging, an interest in the common good |
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Community Feeling |
An individuals awareness of being part of the human community. Embodies the sense of being connected to all humanity and to being committed to making the world a better place. |
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Inferiority feelings/superiority |
Everybody has inferiority feelings that make them want to strive for superiority over their current selves. |
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Fictional finalism/guiding self-ideal |
An ultimate goal in life that gives direction to behaviour and unity to the behaviour. Image of perfection. Name changed to guiding self-ideal to incorporate striving for superiority. |
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Subjective Reality/Phenomological Approach |
SR: View of their own reality - thoughts, feelings, values, perceptions, beliefs, convictions, and conclusions PA: Expert of their own lives |
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Life Tasks (3+2) |
-Building friendships -Establishing intimacy -Contribute to society ADDED -Self acceptance -Spiritual identity |
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Goals of Therapy |
-Foster concern for others (social interest)
-Overcome inferiority/discouragement -Modify views and goals -Change faulty motivations -Encourage equality -Encourage to be contributing members of society |
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Phase 1 |
Establish the relationship -listen -pay attention to subjective experiences -identify and clarify goals |
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Phase 2 |
Explore psychoogical dynamics -Subjective/objective interviews (tells their perspective) -Family constellation -Early recollections -Integration and summary -Personality priorities -5 Basic Mistakes - overgeneralization, false/impossible goals, misperceptions of life, minimization or denial of worth, faulty values |
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PP- Superiority |
Work really hard - become burnt out Avoid situations where they are deemed meaningless |
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PP- control |
Only get involved in situations where they know they will succeed - fear embarrassment, distance from others, stickler for rules |
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PP - Comfort |
-Delay dealing with problems bc they are comfortable, avoid stress and pain, price = low productivity |
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PP - Pleasing |
Want to please everyone because of fear of rejection will go to great length for approval -Don't know who they are because they are constantly trying to please everyone else |
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Phase 3
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Encourage self understanding and insight -counselor interprets findings of p3 assessments and allows the client a chance to develop self-understanding and insight and to challenge the counsellor -presented as a hunch to allow of critique |
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Phase 4 |
Reorientation and reeducation -Discover a new and more functional perspective -Reinforcement, praise -Hope and encouragement so we can plan for change in the future -May need to push/spit in soup |
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Areas of Application |
-Education = fostering self worth competence and social interest -Parent education = identify mistaken goals and use logical and natural consequences to change -Couples = effective ways to reach relational goals -Family = view holistically |
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