Adlerian

Introspectively pairing a family therapy model in conjunction with my family of origin has brought about insight regarding how therapy may have been a benefiting factor within my childhood family. A family of origin can be conceived as the ”living unit in which a person has his or her beginnings physiologically, psychologically, and emotionally” (Rover, 2004, p.44). Upon examination of my family of origin, it is evident that I was fortunate enough to find safety and security within a…

Pretty Little Liars is a television show based on a popular book series about group of five friends named Alison, Hanna, Aria, Emily, and Spencer. The girls began to separate after the leader of the group, Alison, went missing one summer.. They began to get threatening messages from an anonymous source a year after her disappearance. The person sending the messages went by the alias “A”. “A” threatened to expose their secrets and blackmailed them to get what she wanted. Some of the secrets were…

There are no given rules on how you should live your life, the relationships you should build, or the way you should carry yourself. Oftentimes, people experience confusion in their life as they try and determine their spot in the world. Trying to find one's spot can bring up the realization of the inferiority and superiority roles within society. In In the novel The Catcher In The Rye by J.D Salinger, the main character, Holden Caulfield, faces this exact confusion. Some scholarly critics…

The psychology of personality is a roadmap to the development of one’s personality. Helping develop these theories have been many great minds whose contributions to this field psychology have given us great insight to the formation of personality, ways we think, behave, and develop from youth. Of these great theorists four stand apart from the pack. These Theorists would be Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Karen Horney, and Erik Erickson. In this paper we will come to a better understanding of each…

Humanity has strived, even survived off of progress. It is what drives our evolution and continues to ameliorate ourselves. In Adlerian psychology, it is theorized that the main strife in any given individual is to progress and improve themselves, as well as the society in which they reside. Considering this, we may have taken progression to a damaging level. Innovation is a delicate and ambivalent matter that must be taken cautiously. It is both beautiful and terrible, and the outcome is solely…

The diagnostic criteria for cyclothymic disorder fits the case study of Rachel a fifteen year old girl. From the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013 ), cyclothymic disorder can be described as: “The essential feature of cyclothymic disorder is a chronic, fluctuating mood disturbance involving numerous periods of hypomanic symptoms and periods of depressive symptoms that are distinct from each other.” Cyclothymic disorder is…

Many counselors and therapists rely on counseling theory throughout the process of assisting their clients with coping with life’s issues, understanding their circumstances, and making informed decisions. Counseling has proven to be an effective tool used by psychologists since it gained recognition in the 1950s (Strong, Welsh, Corcoran, & Hoyt, 1992). Counseling is considered to be beneficial because it “works through a safe and trusting relationship” (Redekop, Luke, & Malone, 2017, p. 106).…

responsiveness and management, intellectual stimulation, problem solving and creativity, sense of humor, expertise, nutrition, self-care, stress management, gender identity, and cultural identity. Those twelve spots assist to regulate one’s elf to the Adlerian life tasks of work and leisure, friendship, and love. The research concludes, the 5F-WEL and the WEL have been used in studies to primary measure variables, and have been used to study wellness in relation to diverse psychological and…

Theoretical Framework View of Human Nature Key Theorists Key Terminology Key Concepts Strengths/Weakness Therapeutic Techniques Psychodynamic 1. Psychoanalysis Instincts /Drive an innate psychic energy known as id. Sigmund Freud Catharsis or Abreaction drives Conscious and unconscious mental state activity The strengths are having the Western values being effective. The weaknesses are modified by measure of awareness. Interpretation of the transference relationship. Individuals are…

2.5 Knowledge of human development theories and developmental issues affecting student success As a counselor, it will be my responsibility to support students who perform poorly and find interventions that will sustain them and that will assist the student and encourage him or her to be successful. Dr. Dixon’s Developmental Counseling class, Counseling I and II and group Counseling has given me the tools to help my students and resources to find out more when I need it. I…