Alfred Adler Institutes of San Francisco and Northwestern Washington

Distance Training in
Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy:
Comprehensive Study/Discussion of
The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler
Volume 12, "The General Principles of Individual Psychology," and
Volume 1, "The Neurotic Character"
DT105

Instructor: Henry T. Stein, Ph.D.

Objective: To gain a deeper understanding of Adler's Adler's theory of personality and psychopathology.
Reading: The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 12, The General Principles of Individual Psychology &
The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler, Volume 1, The Neurotic Character.
E-mail: Comments and questions.
Discussion: About nine to fifteen hours of telephone conferencing.
Time: Approximately nine to fifteen weeks.
Cost: $130.00/hour
Note: Prerequisites: Courses DT102A, DT102B, DT103, DT104.


Outline of Course Content

Contents of Volume 12, The General Principles of Individual Psychology

Editor’s Preface 2006

Chapter I – Unique Goal of Overcoming
Striving of Life to Overcome
The Pull of a Creative Goal
Artistry to Find Uniqueness
Examples of Types
Reading Movements in a Direction
Social Interest
Guessing Individual Goals
Case: A Lawyer
Case: A Factory Technician
Case: Wife, 35
Chapter II – Striving Toward Ideal Form
Individual Evolution Toward an Ideal Form
Single Unifying Goal
Striving From Minus to Plus
Child's Desire to Grow Up
Creative Power
Movement in Time and Space
Art of Guessing
Compensation for Felt Deficiency
Development
Overcoming Childhood Burdens
Chapter III – Organ Inferiority & Pampering
Goal – Movement - Unity
Organ Inferiority
Early Memories – Picture of Life
Pampered Child and Adult
Case: Boy, 5
Case: Girl, 20
Criminals and Neurotics
Chapter IV – Tasks of Life & Difficulties

Social Evolution
Expressive Movement
Tasks of Life
Interpreting a Life Style
Social Interest
Overburdening Childhood Circumstances
Adler's Childhood
Chapter V – Child Guidance, Birth Order, & Recollections
Development of Social Interest
Child Guidance
Entering School
Adolescence
War, Capital Punishment, & Racial Prejudice
Birth Order
Degree of Activity
Case Illustrations
Evaluating Roots of Life Style in Recollections
Pampering in a Recollection
Recollection of Death
Chapter VI – Education & Training
Education for Right Direction
Responding to Daily Tests
Child May Control Parents
Starting School
Explaining Mistakes to the Child
Tests Later in Life
Mealtime
Main Tasks in Life
Correcting Mistakes
Birth Order Position
Chapter VII – Crime, Occupation, & Economics
Crime and Its Roots
Limits of Social Interest
Occupation
School
Economics and Society
Chapter VIII – Individual Psychology & Psychoanalysis
Comparison of Individual Psychology & Psychoanalysis
Early Recollections and Neurosis
Case: Woman, 30
Case: Woman, 29
Chapter IX – Memory, Fantasy, & Dreams
Memory as Part of Style of Life
Deja Vu
Fantasy and Daydreams
Fantasies of Cruelty
Freud on Dreams
Purpose of Dreams
Poetry and Religion
Chapter X – Dreams, Sleeping, & Preparation
Interpreting Dreams
Dynamics of Sleep
Preparation for Life's Problems
Case: Married Woman
Chapter XI – Childhood Prototype, Failures
Childhood Prototype
Degree of Activity
Finding a Useful Place
Passive Failures
Active Failures
The Shock Result
Criminal Goal
Mental Retardation
Chapter XII – Activity, Traits, Love & Sex
Spheres of Activity
Character Traits
Love, Sex, & Marriage
Sexual Disorders
Real Love
Bad Signs
Case Examples
Case: Man, 42
Homosexuality
Case: Woman, 31
Chapter XIII – Individual Psychology Summary & Philosophy
Practical and Theoretical Reminders
Case: Man
Not Treating Symptoms
Summary of Main Points
Meaning of Life
Looking , Hearing, & Speaking
Morals, Ethics, & Social Interest
Index

Appendices
Appendix A: Classical Adlerian Theory and Practice
Appendix B: Providing The Missing Developmental Experience in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy
Appendix C: Adler & Socrates: Similarities and Differences
Appendix D: Demonstration of the Socratic Method in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy With a Man Who Procrastinates
Appendix E: Training of a Classical Adlerian Psychotherapist
Appendix F: Excerpts From In memoriam – Alfred Adler

Contents of Volume 1, The Neurotic Character