Alfred Adler

thoughts of sex and aggression. Jung believed people had repressed memories based on there ancestral past. • Alfred Adler addressed the need for being a perfect as a predictor of illness and problem. He felt that all people wanted to be perfect and from this came a feeling of being above others. • The conscious mind was the least important to Freud because it is the part of…

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…

Adler Alfred Adler’s theory of personality largely revolved around birth order, style of life, and inferiority. Adler believed that infants are born into feeling inferior which in turn leads to overcompensation in order to turn our weaknesses into strengths. His idea of superiority striving, striving to improve oneself and achieve your own personal best, has been a characteristic of my personality since I can remember (Cloninger, p. 72). I have always had goals and dreams that have the same…

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…

Adler proposed, rather than separate the individual is an indivisible whole. “As holistic thinker, Individual psychologists know that Life-Style is revealed in any movement of the person…a physical symptom is behavior…part of the person’s striving toward a subjectively conceived goal of mastery” (ibid, p. 439). Adler referred to somatic symptoms as organ inferiority. As such he stated, “Sometimes the mouth…

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…

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 aspects, but remain…

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 theory, and how it applies to our case study. Sigmund Freud is the first theorist we will discuss. He is known as the father of psychology. His…

facilitates healing of past wounds and relieves developmental blocks, people will continue to repeat dysfunctional patterns. Treatment then focuses on healing those wounds. The theory’s founder, Alfred Adler emphasized a positive view of human nature and that we are in control of our own fate. Adlerian…

4. Existential Therapy Unlike Adlerian Therapy, or Psychoanalysis, Existentialism was not founded by any person or group. Instead, the concept is a cornucopia of different ideas which contribute to a universal theory of existence (Corey, 2013, p. 140). World War II devastated Europe and left those that participated, or that were victims of the war, struggling with isolation and meaninglessness. The search for understanding and freedom within the confines of the Nazi oppression lead…