1. ADLERIAN THERAPY (INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY)

2. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS People are social beings (social interest)
People are goal driven * to be safe * to belong * to be significant
People can make choices
People strive for superiority (inferiority complex)

3. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
Dysfunctional behavior is a result of mistaken beliefs (perfectionism) and lack of social interest
Social factors as contributing to behavior (poverty, discrimination, etc.)
Antideterministic
The need for encouragement

4. ASSESSMENT Basic part of Adlerian therapy Lifestyle and faulty goals
Private logic
Family constellation
Birth order
Parental relationships
Family values
Early recollections

5. THERAPEUTIC GOALS/PROCEDURES
Need for a close, warm relationship with client, an ability to empathize
A collaborative process
Before behavior can change the private logic must change
Four phase process * establishing the relationship * analysis and assessment * insight * reorientation

6. TECHNIQUES INCLUDE: Active Listening
The “What If…” Question (How Would You Like It To Be?)
Encouragement
Confrontation (Spitting In The Soup-what’s The Payoff For This Behavior?)
Interpretation By The Therapist
Suggestions
Homework
Paradoxical Intention (Prescribing The Symptom)