Adlerian Therapy (Alfred Adler 1870 - 1937)
Introduction Alfred Adler grew up in Vienna family of 6 boys and 2 girls His early childhood was not happy, because sickly and at age 4 almost died of pneumonia He developed a trusting relationship with his father, but did not feel very close to his mother He was extremely jealous with his brother, Sigmund Freud Adler's early childhood experiences had an impact on the formation of his theory, Adler is an example of a person who shaped his own life as opposed to having it determined by fate. His teacher advised his father to prepare Adler as a shoemaker, not much else. Adler had a passionate concern for the common person and was outspoken about child-rearing resulted in conflict Understanding Human Nature was the first major psychology book to sell hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States Adler was a pioneer of the psychodynamic therapy Key Concepts His theory starts with a consideration of inferiority feelings, which he saw as a normal condition of all