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Topics Discussed
Evaluating candidate for training -
Principles looks easy, application is a difficult creative process -
No "by the numbers" approach -
Begin with a close relationship -
Evaluating candidate for training -
Principles looks easy, application is a difficult creative process -
No "by the numbers" approach -
Begin with a close relationship -
Social interest is the core
- Encouragement is primary
- Adult treated with motherly kindness
- "Doing a lifestyle"
- Critique of the "lifestyle procedure"
- Finding something positive in client to build courage
- Pointing out a wrong step
- Equality
- Understanding and empathy
- Client must join in the discovery
- English translations of Adler are not always accurate
- Gemeinshaftsgefühl is hard to translate
- Many articles not yet translated
- Advantage of learning German
- Current books very limited
- Time to learn how to do therapy
- Long supervision necessary
- Knowledge of other theories
- NeoFreudians closest to Adler
- Importance of a study-analysis
- Maslow's conception of self-actualization
- Therapist needs to overcome personal limitations
- Client blames others for his problems
- Explaining a lifestyle is not enough, goal must also be revealed
- Danger of showmanship and aggressiveness in a therapist
- Need for utmost gentleness in treatment
- Adler suggested that therapists who do not follow his approach should not
be Adlerians
- Problem of misrepresenting Adlerian psychology
- Therapist must overcome his faulty point of view with a study-analysis
- Long supervision with experienced Adlerian
- Demands of a private practice
- Therapy as a creative process
- Living in a creative way
- Every case is unique, requiring a creative not systematic approach
- Creative cooperation
- Diplomatic interpretation
- Filling up with impressions
- Looking for hidden movement
- Radius of activity
- Intuition, logic and imagination
- Therapist's feeling tone and empathy
- Encouragement that life can be different
- Climate of discovery
- Client is missing a feeling of connectedness
- Negative social influences
- Financial difficulties
- Overpopulation
- Preoccupation with money
- Popular misconception of money as security
- Conquering of difficulties yields feeling of security
- Mistake of looking for the "easy life"
- Dynamic "doing" vs. static "having"
- Philosophy and values
- Maslow's deficiency motivation
- Maslow's "being-values"
- Clients can change their value system
- First contact with client on telephone
- Impressions from phone call
- Being on a even level with client
- Asking simple questions
- Asking about religion
- Cultural background
- Family constellation
- Asking about problem
- Discovering the real reason for client's problem
- Letting client talk freely
- Ending first meeting
- Emphasizing "working together"
- Expressing a deep interest
- Frequency of visits
- Talking about fee
- Predicting length of treatment
- Client who sets limits on time
- Reason for limits
- Teaching therapy
- Stages of therapy
- Relationship stage
- Information stage
- Holding off interpretation
- Finding the real problem
- Example of sleeplessness
- Overcoming a loss
- Discovering a pampered life style
- Getting early memories
- Written memories
- Not remembering
- Questioning early relationships
- Focusing on action rather than feeling
- Connecting past to present
- Person mentioned first
- No rules in interpretation
- Talking about siblings
- Current and past feelings about siblings
- Early childhood aspirations
- First day of school
- Confirming guesses
- Compressing life style into image
- Direction of help
- Connect complaints to the life style
- Client's self-evaluation
- Not giving advice
- Challenging client to think and act differently
- Client feels better about new success
- Living with a "report card"
- Not measuring up to a tremendous image
- Montessori method of self-evaluation
- Punitive approach of schools
- School hierarchy
- Observing appearance
- Noting physical movements
- All clients are discouraged
- Client who talks all the time
- Filling up with the person
- Feeling the way the client feels
- Comparing actions to a norm
- Private logic
- Getting an image of client's totality
- Evaluating wrong direction
- Clarification stage
- Going along in a illogical direction
- Leading client to making corrections
- Questioning a mistaken life style
- Client must make conclusions
- Promoting movement in a passive person
- Client lets you know how much he can risk
- Finding courage to do the unknown
- Encouragement from success
- Living life differently
- Symbol of climbing a mountain
- Habits block alternatives
- Creative living
- Anxiety with the unfamiliar
- Anxiety from fear of failure
- Anxiety about making mistakes
- Correcting mistakes
- Children dreading mistakes
- Self respect
- Exploring old problems
- Bridge from childhood
- Early fixation
- Wrong goal
- Showing where wrong goal leads
- Timing for explaining life style
- Encouragement and success before insight
- Client blames others and the world
- Discovering what is missing in client's actions
- Example of how client overcame isolation
- Client must decide new direction
- Using helplessness to gain advice
- Metaphor of leaves in the wind
- Insight leads to action plan
- World begins to look different
- Timing for termination
- Reducing frequency of appointments
- Overcoming fear of difficulties
- Easy life can be spoiling
- Looking for challenges
- Opportunity in the United States
- Feeling entitled
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