{"title":"Promoting Adlerian Psychology in the American Classroom: The First Attempt and Its Contemporary Implications","authors":"Edward Hoffman, Marina Bluvshtein","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:As early as Alfred Adler's first visit to the United States in 1927, he saw the acute need to foster Individual Psychological education on a national scale. In Adler's view, the strong American emphasis on personal competitiveness necessitated major pedagogical innovation to better nurture children's cooperative abilities. Among those drawn to Adler's vision was the influential American child psychiatrist David M. Levy. Drawing on published sources and newly discovered correspondence involving Adler and Levy, we highlight how his potential support for Adler's far-sighted goal was lost due to the overzealousness of his chief American benefactor, the business magnate Charles Henry Davis. The article also discusses the relevance of this historical episode for contemporary advocates of altruistic and civic education.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116931215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warfighter Advance: The ADVANCE 7-Day","authors":"M. Vieten","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The author describes her early acquaintance with Adlerian practice while studying for clinical practice as a U.S. Navy officer. She describes the impact on her by juxtaposing it to the heavily burdened medical model of therapy she found herself in as she completed studies. She also describes her experience of providing psychological care during military service, which led her, upon completion of duty assignment, to develop Warfighter Advance. The author describes the effort to create a non-medicine-oriented psychological support program to bring sufferers from military trauma back to their best selves. She portrays the program as an amalgam of her Adlerian upbringing, U.S. Navy core values, and undergraduate training in theater “to build a viable and life-saving alternative” to medicinal dependence for dealing with war trauma.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128382452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adlerian Identity Development From a Classical Adlerian Perspective","authors":"X. Qu","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0020","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article describes the influences of the author’s Adlerian identity by introducing how she became acquainted with Alfred Adler’s work and how she decided to pursue a training in classical Adlerian depth psychotherapy. She includes the people, reading, and experiences that have guided her development as an Adlerian. The author concludes by elaborating on what she perceives as the most valuable features of Individual Psychology—movement, unity of the personality, and an Adlerian spirit.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131613817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"My Adlerian Awakening: Writers Write What They Know","authors":"L. E. White","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The author relates how the writing of a play led him to discover Adlerian psychology, earn his doctorate in clinical psychology, and guided his founding of the What’s the Story? Lifestyle Narratives Study Group. This affiliate organization of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology promotes group interpretation of lifestyles by utilizing the methods the Great Books Foundation endorses to interpret and better understand a literary text.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116942968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adlerian Lineage and Legacy: Mother, Montessori, and the Future","authors":"Regine Ebner, Hannah K. Ebner","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The authors describe the joyful paths they followed in their chosen Montessori teaching vocations. Several educational examples of child educational guidance are shared along with an interweaving of Maria Montessori’s concepts and their harmony with Alfred Adler’s. Appreciative reflections by the authors regarding their mother and daughter teaching relationship conclude their written collaboration.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134414207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adler’s Common Sense: The Wisdom of the Alley","authors":"Roman Borboa, Béatrice Borboa","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0018","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The authors, a mixed culture (Mexican and Swiss) married couple who specialize in cross-cultural counseling open the article by sharing about their initial Adlerian education received at the University of Arizona, followed by years of traveling to continue their training. They also share their common interest in learning how to apply Adler’s common sense theory or what the authors came to call “the wisdom of the alley” (Böhringer, 1985) to cross-cultural counseling. The final section of the article intertwines the comments of several cross-cultural theorists with Adlerian thought to reveal their common sense compatibility.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133205336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clarification of Mathematical Sensibilities in Adlerian Psychology","authors":"M. Matsuoka","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article presents mathematical concepts the author considers inherent in Adler’s Individual Psychology. Namely, the affinity of concepts shared between calculus and Adlerian psychology derived from the viewpoint and explanations presented by Marina Bluvshtein. First, the author considers the difference between Adler’s law of movement and Newton’s law of motion. Second, the author considers the idea of limit as inherent in the Adlerian law of movement. Third, the mathematical idea of double limit appears through a pursuit of belongingness. Finally, the concept of integration is discussed in connection with early recollections.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129925821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Family Practice to Insomnia: One Individual Psychologist’s Journey","authors":"Rocky Garrison","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0017","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The article discusses the professional training and practice history for one Individual Psychology practitioner. The author moves from a family practice emphasizing parenting skills to an individual psychotherapy practice focused on treating insomnia. The elasticity of Individual Psychology as a theory is illustrated by following its application in a variety of treatment settings. The insight and clarity of vision of Alfred Adler and the founding associates was very influential in this psychologist’s professional development.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132444581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Respecting the Ideas and Ideals Proposed by Alfred Adler: A Personal and Professional Journey","authors":"J. Overholser","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The author recognizes Alfred Adler as a pioneer in the early days of psychiatry and psychology whose work helped to shape the areas of child development, personality, and psychotherapy. Despite his valuable contributions to the field, there is a risk that the current generation of graduate students will overlook Adler’s ideas. In his own career development, Adlerian Individual Psychology played a modest role in the author’s training and work until he reached the rank of full professor. The present manuscript summarizes the path that brought the author to Adler’s ideas and the valuable contributions Adler’s work has played in reshaping his teaching and approach to psychotherapy.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121487300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming a Classical Adlerian Depth Psychotherapist","authors":"Dyanne Pienkowski","doi":"10.1353/jip.2022.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/jip.2022.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This narrative illustrates the author’s gradual movement toward becoming a classical Adlerian depth psychotherapist (CADP) and training analyst. The following elaboration on the influences that guided the author in this direction and any personal contributions are discussed. In conclusion, some ideas about the integration of CADP with the treatment of addiction are postulated. This incorporation may be one of many potential paths to bring Adler’s theory and relevance to current depth psychodynamic psychotherapy treatment that it deserves.","PeriodicalId":410014,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Individual Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128623156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}