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Adlerian Therapy

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Adlerian Therapy

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    1. Adlerian Therapy Chapter 5

    3. Form an approach to life in first 6 yrs. Focus is on: perception (phenomenological approach) consciousness choice and responsibility inferior feelings Key concepts

    4. Adlerians attempt to view the world from the client’s subjective frame of reference How life is in reality is less important than how the individual believes life to be It is not the childhood experiences that are crucial – it is our present interpretation of these events Unconscious instincts and our past do not determine our behavior The Phenomenological Approach

    5. Holistic approach to personality teleological approach focuses on the future Social interest is stressed Birth order and sibling relationships Therapy as teaching, informing and encouraging Patterns of Human Personality

    6. Social Interest Striving for superiority Lifestyle Encouragement Birth Order Basic Adlerian Concepts

    7. Adler’s most significant and distinctive concept An individual’s attitude toward and awareness of being a part of the human community Embodies a community feeling and emphasizes the client’s positive feelings toward others in the world Mental health is measured by the degree to which we successfully share with others and are concerned with their welfare Believes happiness and success are largely related to social connectedness Social Interest

    8. Inferiority Feelings Are normal They are the wellspring of creativity. Develop when we are young--characterized by early feelings of hopelessness Superiority Feelings Promote mastery Enable us to overcome obstacles Inferiority and Superiority

    9. A life movement that organizes the client’s reality, giving meaning to life “fictional finalism” or “guiding self ideal” Psychiatric symptoms are “failed attempts” at achieving our lifestyle Adlerian therapy helps clients to effectively navigate lifestyle tasks Lifestyle

    10. Lifestyle is how we move toward our life goals “private logic” Values, life plan, perceptions of self and others Unifies all of our behaviors to provide consistency Makes all our actions “fit together” Lifestyle (cont’d)

    11. Encouragement instills self confidence by expecting clients to assume responsibility for their lives and embrace the fact that they can make changes Encouragement

    12. Encouragement is the most powerful method available for changing a person’s beliefs Helps build self-confidence and stimulates courage Discouragement is the basic condition that prevents people from functioning Clients are encouraged to recognize that they have the power to choose and to act differently Encouragement (cont’d)

    13. A concept that assigns probability to having a certain set of experiences based on one’s position in the family Adler’s five psychological positions: Oldest child Second of two Middle Youngest Only child Birth Order

    14. Phase 1: Establishing the Proper Therapeutic Relationship Supportive, collaborative, educational, encouraging process Relationship with patient more important than problems Help client build awareness of his or her strengths Phase 2: Exploring the Individual’s Psychological Dynamics Lifestyle assessment Four Phases of Therapy Life style – convictions developed early in life, to help them understand, predict control experiences…Life style – convictions developed early in life, to help them understand, predict control experiences…

    15. Phase 3: Self-Understanding/Insight Interpret the findings of the assessment Hidden goals and purposes of behavior are made clear Therapist offers interpretations to help clients gain insight Phase 4: Reorientation and Re-education Action-oriented Useful vs. unhelpful Four Phases of Therapy Life style – convictions developed early in life, to help them understand, predict control experiences…Life style – convictions developed early in life, to help them understand, predict control experiences…

    16. form relationship sense of belonging encouragement is the most powerful way to change Goals of Therapy

    17. goals to achieve: fostering social interest overcome feelings of discouragement and inferiority changing lifestyle changing faulty motivation Goals of Therapy (cont’d)

    18. Correct their basic mistakes Look for major mistakes in thinking and valuing Perform lifestyle assessment Assessment of functioning Look at the early recollections Therapist Role

    19. Adler spent most of his time teaching his theory as opposed to systematically documenting it Hence, some consider Adlerian theory simplistic Many of Adler’s theoretical constructs (i.e. lifestyle) are difficult to measure and require empirical testing Research on treatment efficacy is limited Limitations of the Adlerian Approach

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