MOD 5: ADLERIAN CONCEPTS Part 2

initial phase

The lifestyle assessment is typically done at the _________ of therapy as a way to obtain information about the client’s family constellation, early recollections, dreams, and strengths as a person.

This information is then summarized and interpreted, especially in light of the client’s faulty assumptions about life (or “basic mistakes”).

From the results of this assessment procedure, counselors make tentative interpretations about the client’s lifestyle.

Socratic Dialogue

A method of assisting clients to determine how accurate and helpful certain thoughts may be. Specifically, this is done by exploring how the client came to have those thoughts, and evaluating the evidence regarding those and other possible thoughts.

Socratic dialogue

Through a respectful _________, clients are challenged to correct mistaken assumptions, attitudes, behaviors, and feelings about themselves and the world.

Constant encouragement

______________ stimulates clients to attempt what was believed impossible.

discouraged, pathological, mentally sick, or sicknes

Adler preferred the term ____ as opposed to _______, ________ or_________ when referring to a person.

exaggerated inferiority feeling, insufficient feeling of community

He believed that disturbances or neuroses occur because of an _____________or an _________.

anxiety, phobias, or depression 

Symptoms such as _____, ________ or ____ were not Adler’s main focus in understanding difficulties, but he did believe that a person’s symptoms were important.

• the depth of inferiority feelings

• a lack of feeling of community

• the height of the final goal (Way, 1950)

Three factors distinguish mild psychological disorders from severe disorders:

• Adjustment issues

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Eating disorders

• Personality disorders

• Schizophrenia

• Substance abuse problems

Research suggests that Adlerian therapy can be helpful for treating mental health issues and conditions, such as: