Adlerian

Genesis Morales COUN 5710 Dr. Baggerly Fall 2016 Adlerian and Cognitive Theory Comparison Paper Adlerian and Cognitive Theory Comparison Paper Individual Psychology (IP) and Cognitive Therapy (CT) are both popular approaches in counseling. Founded by Alfred Adler and Aaron T. Beck, these two approaches encompass fundamental elements from older theories, while also diverging to reflect their own perceptions of humans and best practices. IP and CT are two theories related in many…

The Superiority Complex causes one to see others are inferior due to their lack of self-esteem. According to the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology, where there is a superiority complex, there is usually an inferiority complex. Because of this inner feeling of inferiority, the individual projects an attitude of superiority/arrogance so that it can cover up their true sense of inferiority…

I am very fond of many of the theories, but I have chosen to compare Person Centered Theory and Adlerian Theory. These two theories I identify with on various levels and I attribute this to the fact that people are normally attracted to the familiar or the commonalities we identify with in each other and as a group. Person Centered Theory and Adlerian theory have different concepts as to how they should be used with clients, but ultimately they exert quite a few similarities as well as…

W8: Final Application Paper Addison’s situation as a 23 year old with relationship issues, insecurities, and desire to change careers is not uncommon and many personality theories can be applied to her situation. Addison displays many personality traits and behaviors that are causing issues in her life, but proper application of personality theories could improve her quality of life. Three theories of psychology that could be applied to Addison’s life are Adler’s individual psychology,…

Theory: Adlerian Therapy Related Theories: Psychodynamic therapy, Individual psychology, Rudolf Dreikurs, Phenomenology, Time-limited therapy Major Contributors: Alfred Adler, Sigmund Freud, Socrates/ Socratic thinking, Social interest theories Key Concepts: Inferiority, social context, relationships, birth order, perception, (comm)unity, personality, values, future/ goal oriented, lifestyle, alliance, education, holism Underlying Philosophical Assumptions: •Individuals aren’t…

important to understand individuals within their social context. “Adler believed that we all have one basic desire and goal: to belong and to feel significant (Adler Graduate School,2014)”. I am choosing Queen Elizabeth the second to examine through an Adlerian framework of superiority striving and style of life. Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926; she is the first born daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. She is currently the Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms.…

Adlerian psychological counseling theory is grounded in the idea that life is holistic: that thinking, feeling, behaving, and physiological functioning are an integrated system that works toward an individual’s life goals (Murdock, 2013, pp.11). Alder believed that there was a contrast between what he termed private logic (a persons own idiosyncratic interpretations due to immaturity) and common sense (that which would be seen as normal reasoning). He also believed that an individuals life…

According to Sommers-Flanagan and Sommers-Flanagan (2012), Adlerian theory stressed on individual psychology where individual keenly shape themselves and their surroundings. The concept birth order is one of the components in this theory. Basically, birth order is used to define and describe one’s personality and to predict human behaviour. The reason I choose Adlerian birth order theory is that it has impact me in developing certain…

I was born a solid 90’s baby, at Antelope Valley Hospital. At the time it was my mother and my father and my two older sisters. However, we didn’t stay there long, we moved to Sylmar, California. My parents worked in Santa Clarita, California and my grandmother had a house out there so I was registered to go to school in her neighborhood. This was the most beneficial route for my parents to maintain in their daily routine. Nonetheless there wasn’t regularly any fair trade between the two, so…

Alfred Adler was born in Rudolfsheim, near Vienna, Austria. His father was a grain merchant, and his mother was a stay at home mom. Alfred was born into a religiously nonobservant family, but they were ethnically Jewish, and they were lower middle class. Adler was profoundly affected by the death of a close younger brother, his own near death experience, and from the rickets he suffered from as a child. (Edwards. 2010) He was constantly trying to outdo his older brother even though he was…