This comparative paper explores the similarities and differences between individual psychology and cognitive behavioural therapy. First, I will present a brief overview of two theories. An examination of the similarities and differences between the two theories as followed.
Individual Psychology (IP) According to the Adler (1992), humans are social by nature and he believes that individual’s personality is developed early in life. Adlerian theory holds a positive view of the human nature and believes that people are in control, and not victims of their fate. Adler’s theory focuses on inferiority feeling which he sees it as a normal condition and a source of striving motivation of all humans in their lifestyle. In Adlerian psychotherapy, …show more content…
Individual’s assumptions about self and the world govern motivation, behaviour and attitudes, and are formed early in life; although individual’s may not be aware of these underlying beliefs. Adlerian psychotherapy refers to early recollections as creating these assumptions, and CBT refers to first perceptual processes that integrate emotions and needs, to form these beliefs and schemas. Cognitive structures are therefore the common element in creating the life style in IP and the schema in CBT. Both lifestyles and schemas are developed early in life. These similarities of examining the rules of life create a common conceptual framework between IP and …show more content…
Theoretically, both CBT and IP differ in the inherent strivings of an individual, in which IP claims that strivings are intended to lead to superiority, and CBT adheres to the belief that humans begin their lives with a genuine blank slate. Naturally, they both prescribe the notion of a personal life style or schema, to which ones behaviors revert when “activated” by environmental, social and heuristic
Individual Psychology (IP) According to the Adler (1992), humans are social by nature and he believes that individual’s personality is developed early in life. Adlerian theory holds a positive view of the human nature and believes that people are in control, and not victims of their fate. Adler’s theory focuses on inferiority feeling which he sees it as a normal condition and a source of striving motivation of all humans in their lifestyle. In Adlerian psychotherapy, …show more content…
Individual’s assumptions about self and the world govern motivation, behaviour and attitudes, and are formed early in life; although individual’s may not be aware of these underlying beliefs. Adlerian psychotherapy refers to early recollections as creating these assumptions, and CBT refers to first perceptual processes that integrate emotions and needs, to form these beliefs and schemas. Cognitive structures are therefore the common element in creating the life style in IP and the schema in CBT. Both lifestyles and schemas are developed early in life. These similarities of examining the rules of life create a common conceptual framework between IP and …show more content…
Theoretically, both CBT and IP differ in the inherent strivings of an individual, in which IP claims that strivings are intended to lead to superiority, and CBT adheres to the belief that humans begin their lives with a genuine blank slate. Naturally, they both prescribe the notion of a personal life style or schema, to which ones behaviors revert when “activated” by environmental, social and heuristic