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Adlerian Brief Therapy with Families: Step-by-Step

The overall movement of children, when it is not thwarted, is toward growth: toward becoming more capable increasing skills, and achieving success.. Coupled with parental encouragement, social interest stands in opposition to exaggerated feelings of inferiority and discouragement.. The goals of Adlerian Family Therapy are: *To help parents rediscover their ability to work together as leaders *To discover the mistaken goals of both parents and children in patterns of useless interaction *To dev1140

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Adlerian Brief Therapy with Families: Step-by-Step

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    1. Adlerian Brief Therapy with Families: Step-by-Step Good Morning. James Robert Bitter, Ed.D. Adlerian Training Institute

    3. Coupled with parental encouragement, social interest stands in opposition to exaggerated feelings of inferiority and discouragement.

    4. The goals of Adlerian Family Therapy are: *To help parents rediscover their ability to work together as leaders *To discover the mistaken goals of both parents and children in patterns of useless interaction *To develop leadership strategies that will be effective in everyday life. *To make encouragement and social interest a reality

    5. A Simple Structure for Adlerian Family Therapy & Counseling *Meeting the parents and children *Assessment *Communicating an Understanding of Family Patterns and Dynamics *Disclosing Motivations *Reorientation

    6. Meeting Parents and Children When I meet a family, I want to bring all of my awareness into the moment. I want to use my senses to see what I can see, hear what I can hear, and feel what I can feel. How do we greet each other? How do the parents and children seem to feeling in relation to this new experience? How do they sit with me and with each other? Who is most open to change?

    7. Assessment Family Constellation and Birth Order Problem-identification and the Interactions that support it (What did the child do? What did you do? How did you feel?) A Typical Day

    8. Communicating an Understanding of Family Patterns and Dynamics Communicating and Discussing the Patterns in the Family System and How They Work Communicating and Understanding the Mistaken Goals that are Part of the Family Patterns and Dynamics

    9. Mistaken Goals of Children�s Misbehavior Attention-Getting Power Struggle Revenge A Demonstration of Inadequacy

    10. Mistaken Goals of Adults with Children: Demonstrating Adequacy Control Revenge A Demonstration of Inadequacy

    11. Disclosing Goals Dreikurs� Three-Step Process: Do you know why you . . . ? I have another idea. Would you like to hear it? Could it be that . . .

    12. Reorientation Helping Children Consider Different Options for Current Problems Normalization, Hope, and Possibilities Helping Parents Use Encouragement and Natural and Logical Consequences

    13. Change happens at home, not in the therapy session. Family Meetings are Democracy in Action. Family Meetings make encouragement a reality.

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