Adler's Treatment Plan

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Developing A treatment Plan

Alfred Adler born in Australia in the year 1870, Was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. I have develop a treatment plan for a child that has come into my office due to acting out in the home. The child is disobeying his parents, having temper tantrums, and hitting his siblings. Based on Adler’s personality theory I have incorporate Adler’s birth chart and the stages of Adler’s personality development into my treatment plan. According to Adler theory, (Adler 1933) the order of birth was an important determiner of personality. Position

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