3. OIt focuses on human
wellness, individual
growth and expansion,
and social interest .
4. OIt is aimed at helping the
client lead a socially
useful life by
encouraging the re-
alignment of the
individual interests with
that of society.
5. OIt is humanistic, holistic,
phenomenological,
teleological, field-
theoretical, and
socially-oriented.
6. OThe interpretation is upon
purpose and not upon
cause, upon movement and
not upon description.
7. OThe main goal of the Adlerian
Counseling process is to aid the
client to realize his priorities
and to decide whether or not it
is worth paying the price
behaviorally to change his
present life style.
8. OThe process enables the client
to gain insight into himself
and to eventually take courage
to risk some personal safety
for social usefulness, greater
happiness and satisfaction in
life.
9.
10.
11.
12. OIn therapy, Adler almost
always asked patients
about their family
constellation, that is, their
birth order, the gender of
their siblings,
13. and the age spread
between them.
OOne of Adler’s most
enduring contributions is
the idea that order of
birth
14. is a major social influence
in childhood, one from
which we create our style
of life.
15. Position Positive Trait Negative Trait
Oldest Child Good organizers,
nurturing,
protective
Exaggerated
feeling of power;
unconscious
hostility; fights
for acceptance;
must always be
“right“
16. Position Positive Trait Negative Trait
whereas
others are
always
“wrong”
highly critical
of others;
uncooperative
17. Position Positive Trait Negative Trait
Second/
Middle Child
Highly
motivated
cooperative
Highly
competitive,
Early
discouraged
Youngest
Child
Realistically
ambitious
Pampered
style of life,
dependent on
others
20. Early Recollection
OAdler believed that
reports by patients of
their earliest memories
provided valuable
insights into their
unique styles of life.
21. Early Recollection
OThey still revealed
important meanings, and
gave glimpses into the
person’s strivings for
superiority.
30. Compensation
OWe are driven by the
need to overcome this
sense of inferiority and to
strive for increasingly
higher levels of
development.
31. INFERIORITY COMPLEX
OExaggerated feeling of
personal inferiority
OHave poor opinion of
themselves
OFeelings of helpless
OInability to cope with the
demands of life
34. Style of Life
OA unique pattern of
characteristics, behaviors,
and habits.
OEverything we do is
shaped and defined by
our unique style of life.
35. OThe style of life becomes
the guiding framework for
all later behaviors
OAdler suggest that the style of
life is so firmly crystallized by
the age of 4 or 5 that it is
difficult to change thereafter.
