Adlerian Therapy

Question 1

It is a constructivist approach that
emphasizes encouragement and
focuses on prevention rather than
remediation.

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Adlerian Therapy

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Adlerian Therapy is also known as?

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Individual Psychology

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Pioneer of Adlerian Therapy

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Alfred Adler

Question 4

Adler’s theory starts with a
consideration of _________,
which he saw as a normal condition
of all people and as a source of all
human striving

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Inferiority feelings

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Term of Adler for community feeling

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Gemeinschaftsgefühl

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10 theoretical principles in Adlerian Therapy

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Holism
Superiority striving
Purpose
Social interest and community
feeling
An idiographic approach
Phenomenology
Soft determinism
Freedom to choose
Lifestyle
Optimism

Question 7

Theoretical principle:

Humans must be treated as
a single unit rather than divided into separate parts

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Holism

Question 8

Theoretical principle:

Despite obstacles, we naturally strive (actively and creatively) toward excellence and task completion.

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Superiority striving

Question 9

Theoretical principle:

Humans work toward specific goals in life, driven by future hopes rather than past experiences.

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Purpose

Question 10

Theoretical principle:

We strive to connect socially at an individual and community level. The absence of community would lead to arrogance and selfishness.

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Social interest and community
feeling

Question 11

Theoretical principle:

While generalizations can be helpful, every human must be considered unique.

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An idiographic approach

Question 12

Theoretical principle:

Everyone creates their own reality; experiences are based on individual perceptions and subjectivity.

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Phenomenology

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Theoretical principle:

Biology and environment influence, but do not determine, behavior.

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Soft determinism

Question 14

Theoretical principle:

We are responsible for choosing our behavior from a limited number of
options. Yet, we often make poor
choices because of a lack of
knowledge or education.

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Freedom to choose

Question 15

Theoretical principle:

The schemas used for directing ourselves through our lives are established during childhood but
can be changed later through
education and therapy

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Lifestyle

Question 16

Theoretical principle:

Adler was “hopeful that the pull toward social interest and community feeling and the drive
toward completeness would help
individuals live together peacefully
and happily”

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Optimism

Question 17

People strive for superiority or
success as a means of compensation for feelings of inferiority or weakness.

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The Striving Force as Compensation

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Some people strive for superiority with little or no concern for others.

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Striving for Personal Superiority

Question 19

These healthy individuals are concerned with goals beyond themselves, are capable of helping
others without demanding or expecting a personal payoff and able to see others not as opponents but as people with whom they
can cooperate for social benefits.

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Striving for Success

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Subjective Perception:

Our personal important fiction is the goal of superiority or success, a goal we created early in life and
may not clearly understand.

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Fictionalism

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The whole person strives in self-
consistent fashion toward a single goal and all separate actions and functions can be understood only as parts of this goal.

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Organ Dialect

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Understood and regarded by the individual as thoughts that are helpful in striving for success.

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Conscious

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Thoughts that are not helpful.

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Unconscious

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It is rooted as potentiality in everyone, but it must be developed before it can contribute to a useful style of life. It originates from the
mother-child relationship during the early months of infancy.

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Social Interest

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Refer to the flavor of a person's life including a person's goal, self- concept, feelings for others and attitude toward the world.

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STYLE OF LIFE

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Places them in control of their own lives, is responsible for their final goal, determines their method of striving for the goal and “contributes to the development of social interest.

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Creative Power

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Exaggeration of contextual truths into global all or nothing truths.

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Overgeneralization

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Try to remove all risk from life. Making unreasonable demands on others.

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False or impossible goals of security

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Sense of personal inferiority and deny intrinsic worth

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Minimization or denial of one’s basic worth

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Not understanding the inescapable rule of life.

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Misperceptions of life and life’s demands

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Development of Maladaptive Behavior in Adlerian Therapy (4)

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Overgeneralization False or impossible goals of security Minimization or denial of one’s basic worth Misperceptions of life and life’s demands

Question 32

TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: ➢ It is essential when working with children. It strengthens the ability to deal with life tasks. ➢ Adler asserted that motivation is necessary to develop healthily, combat discouragement, and work toward personal goals. Children become what they are encouraged to become.

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Offering Encouragement

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TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: Therapists ask a variation of the question that Adler developed: "How would your life be distinct if you no longer had this issue?" Such questions help patients understand what they want to see changed in their lives.

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Asking "The Question"

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TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: - This approach aims to sidestep the possible modification resistance by counteracting some perceived risks - In the traditional approach, this is a therapeutic technique in which the clinician asks the patient to act "as if" there were no barriers to achieving his or her goal. - They are instructed to behave "as if" they possess a particular conduct and are encouraged to try new demeanors and roles.

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Acting "As If"

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TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: Most of the time, patients are unaware of their unpleasant feelings. This technique aims to help patients become aware of their role in maintaining or creating unpleasant feelings.

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Using Push Button Technique

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TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: - This technique involves encouraging patients to catch themselves in the act of performing the presenting problem. - This involves assisting patients in identifying the signals or triggers associated with one's problematic behavior or emotions.

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Catching Oneself

Question 37

TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: - This technique typically includes an interview that leads to a formulation or summary of the patient's style of life. - Based on patients' memories of their family of origin, these interviews give the therapist information about the patient's perceived ordinal position, family constellation, and family atmosphere.

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Style-of-Life Analysis

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TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: The purpose is to explain to the patient when more than one justification exists for his or her behavior. - This technique will help the therapist know if his or her interpretations are correct.

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Hypothesis Interpretation

Question 39

TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: Adlerian therapists give task assignments so patients can practice a different manner of conducting themselves, which can lead to a distinct perspective. - Using this technique, the patient finds threatening situations less and less frightening.

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Task Setting

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TECHNIQUES/INTERVENTIONS in Adlerian Therapy: After helping the patient identify misconceptions in thinking, Adlerian therapists brainstorm with the patient's alternative hypotheses and beliefs. - Instead of saying, "I never get what I want," a patient can substitute with "Sometimes I get what I want." The last conviction promotes healthy development.

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Brainstorming

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The 4 Phases of Adlerian Psychotherapy

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Establishing the Therapeutic Relationship Uncovering the Patients' Dynamics or Assessment Patient Insight and Self-Understanding Reorientation

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Adlerian Psychotherapy: - This stage is the first and most meaningful - The therapeutic process should be a harmonious partnership established on respect and trust. - Adlerian therapists strive to create a supportive and encouraging therapeutic alliance. - Adlerian therapists are empathic and caring, but they confront patients with their basic errors, misplaced objectives, and self-defeating conduct.

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Establishing the Therapeutic Relationship

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Adlerian Psychotherapy: - The second stage is the psychological inquiry of the process. - This methodology will vary according to the nature of the problem, psychological inventories, tests, case histories, and family. - It gets divided into the patient's lifestyle and early recollections.

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Uncovering the Patients' Dynamics or Assessment

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Adlerian Psychotherapy: - Insight represents the patient's understanding of the purposive nature of their behavior and the mistaken beliefs that sustained it. - A proper interpretation provides clues regarding the purpose of a patient's behavior. From his perspective, insight alone was insufficient for successful therapy

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Patient Insight and Self-Understanding

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Adlerian Psychotherapy: - The final stage of an Adlerian intervention depends on the patient's desire to institute a change. - This phase of therapy aims to help the patient recover the courage to confront life's challenges. - As a result, the patient decides what behaviors stay to reach unique purposes and what behaviors get discarded - During this phase, the therapist encourages the patient to develop more social interests. - Throughout this phase of psychotherapy, the dominant technique used is motivation

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Reorientation