Robert Adler

and his Moscow Art Theatre. In 1925 she joined the American Laboratory School, where former Moscow Arts actors Richard Boleslavski and Maria Ouspenskaya imparted what they'd learned of the Stanislavski method. In 1931, Adler became one of the founding members of The Group Theater, along with Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. During this time she was able to go study with Stanislavski. There she learned Stanislavski’s methods: to be disciplined and analytical, learning not just lines and accompanying stage movements, but coming to understand their character's psyche through exercises, close reading of the text, extensive research and calling on their own emotional memories. Upon arriving back to America, she decided to leave The Group Theater. She left because she believed that Lee Strasberg overemphasized emotional memory, they did not cast enough female roles, and some of the members were suspiciously communistic. In 1949 founded the Stella Adler Theatre Studio, It wasn't long until the school lured its most famous student, a young actor named Marlon Brando. Along with Brando, Judy Garland and Dolores Del Rio were notable among her early students. Later students included Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen, Harvey Keitel, Candice Bergen. In 1985 Adler would open a second school in Los Angeles, where she tutored Nick Nolte,…

Phases of Adlerian Play Therapy In Adlerian Play Therapy (AdPT), there are a total of four phases or procedures in the play therapy session. The four phases of AdPT are establishing relationship, investigate the lifestyle of the child, gain insight and administer reorientation and reeducation (Kottman, 2001). In the Adlerian Play Therapy, the therapists will include parent consultation because they believed that parent contributes greatly to the development of the child. They served as place…

person died, only the fact that he didn’t solve the case in time. Despite of Sherlock’s inferiority and psychotic nature, it can be perceived that he is self-actualized. Sherlock can actually say he is self-actualized and Maslow would agree. Physiologically, he meets his needs. He eats well, sleeps fine, and drinks clean enough water to survival. He stays fairly healthy more or less, has enough clothes to keep him safe from the elements, and has a place to live. Safety, he meets because he is a…

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…

Audre Lorde said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Although they do share some similarities, Alfred Adler and Sigmund Freud’s differences were substantial. Adler and Freud had once paved the way for modern day psychology together, but were inevitably torn apart by their differences in psychological theory. Adler had a very positive, somewhat appreciative point of view on religion, believing it bettered people.…

The three theories are Adlerian, Cognitive Behavioral, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. In this paper the key concepts, therapeutic process, and application of these three theories will be addressed. Adlerian Theory Key Concepts The Adlerian Theory falls under background of the BETA model. The emphasis is on understanding and working through unresolved problems and issues in the client’s past. Counselors who function from a background focus believe that unless treatment facilitates…

Orientation is pertinent to Alfred Adler because it enables individuals to reach for short term goals of superiority and success. For example, I am a graduate student and my goal is to successfully complete the program and obtain a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling in addition, to pursuing licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor. Adler suggested, we must accomplish three things in life, building friendship, establishing intimacy and contributing to society. Self-determination…

An Existentialist Pretending to be an Adlerian While I believe Adlerian therapy is the best practice for me working with clients, existentialism has played a primary role in my personal development over the past ten years. The concept that “The existentialist does not view death negatively but holds that awareness of death as a basic human condition gives significance to living” became crystal clear to me in 2006 (Corey, 2017, p 145). Following nearly a year of exponentially increasing pain, I…

Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst who was born in 1885. Her ideologies and theories regarding the personality contrasted greatly from Sigmund Freud’s and are still widely viewed today. Horney focused heavily on the idea of hypercompetitiveness and it’s effects on people. She first developed this idea when she came to America in the 1930’s. 
 Horney defines hypercompetitiveness as “a sweeping desire to compete and win in order to keep or heighten beliefs that one is worthy.” (Engler, 2014).…

measure of awareness. Interpretation of the transference relationship. Individuals are motivated to become aware of their dysfunctional behaviors in order to develop healthy functioning. 2. Analytical Therapy Archetype is to provide the psyche as a different perception when identifying humans. Carl Jung- Jungian Dialectical method The collective unconscious and archetypes filtering from the conscious to repress the unconscious. The strengths are self-free association and the weaknesses are…