Essay On Early Recollection

Early Recollection technique is an assessments procedure that is used by Adlerian counselors. During the early recollection technique individuals are asked to recall specific stories of events that occurred before the age of ten years old. The Client is asked to recall as many events as they can, however, between three to six events will be used for the assessment. The individual is also asked to recall any emotion or thought that accompanied the specific event. Once the event is recalled the clients are asked to provide a one liner or what is known as a “news headline” for each event. Once the assessment is complete and the early recollections are collected they are summarized and interpreted. The therapist will identify key success and mistakes in the client’s life. This assessment can help a therapist better understand their client. This assessment can …show more content…
Adlerian theories states that we develop an approach to life by the age of six years old. So with that in mind I can see how it would be beneficial to examine life events before the age of ten years old to gain a better understanding of what could have occurred for a client to make them behavior in the manner that they do. However, that being said I do believe that there are many significant success and failures after the age of ten years old that would also be important to examine. Therefore I do not believe that this technique would give you a full representation of the client. I also believe that it would be very difficult to ask someone to recall specific childhood events and thoughts or emotions we had at that time. I believe that over time events could get distorted and therefore causing the individual not to recall them as they were. I do think though that it would be something I would use in practice as a mental health counselor just to attempt to gain a better understanding of my