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Individual psychological coach according to Alfred Alder - VftC, Berlin

Alfred Adler - neurologist, physician, psychologist

Married to a Russian women's rights activist

Humanistic, simple and very profound view of man

"To live means to develop" (Quote from his book "The Meaning of Life" Alfred Adler)

Contemporary and initially friend of Sigmund Freud and later opponent.

He deals with life questions - tasks, life, the meaning of life goals, social action and a humane society

Every person is unique - a complex interrelationship of body, mind and soul.

Every person can develop - can become more social, more creative, more peaceful

"This is the creative force that is anchored in every living being."

Alfred Adler had a positive view of mankind – a social being, designed for mutual help

Humans are social, compassionate beings who will emerge from evolution and who can be happy in a free social economy. Humans are ultimately noble, helpful, and good. Those who are ruthless, cold, and antisocial will perish in evolution, according to Adler.

According to Adler, there is a tendency toward "correct" behavior, even though Adler, as a Jew, experienced the World War firsthand.

HIS THESES:

- People with physical deficiencies suffer from an inferiority complex (organ inferiority = being less valuable). This is compensated or overcompensated for by special efforts and achievements (e.g., someone is treated particularly brutally).

All people have feelings of inferiority; the inferiority complex is a superficial form where one feels particularly inferior and where one then either withdraws or uses all one's strength with all one's might to overcome this state and in doing so also acts inconsiderately towards other people.

Dominant behavior (ruthless, humiliating others and not allowing any criticism)

In any case, these complexes make people unhappy

There are thousands of situations in our lives in which we feel like we're not quite right, not capable enough, not good enough – at school and at work, the feeling of not being empathetic enough in relationships, not being good enough as a parent or father, not being as attractive, not being as smart or athletic as xy... these feelings repeatedly prompt us to discover and compensate for actual deficiencies. This is how we develop = a lifelong process.

To reduce the feeling of inferiority means to improve, to develop (according to Adler through the pursuit of recognition and power) -> effectiveness, gain of sovereignty would be the neutral terms for this

Educational counseling centers in Vienna

An upbringing that neither oppresses nor spoils the child

Sense of community vs. striving for power

Sense of community = seeing with another's eyes, hearing with another's ears, feeling with another's heart = empathy, responsibility for others, that is what defines the social being "human"

Adler was convinced that humanity had managed to survive (despite all its destructiveness) through mutual help

The need for recognition and power is channeled into social and cooperative channels in people who compensate for their feelings of inferiority in a healthy way

In the USA, Adler's works became successes and far surpassed those of Sigmund Freud

Individual psychology vs. Freud's psychoanalysis (

His books were understandable, they fit the spirit in the USA

He taught at the university - always at eye level and with respect, lectures, seminars

in the 1920s very popular with a lay audience (Freud rather the academics)

Adler also asks WHY or WHERE, but the much more important question in individual psychology is the question of WHY. What does depression serve the patient? What does the patient achieve through depression?

Example 1: A Catholic man is cheating and becomes depressed about it. The depression helps him stop cheating.

!!! People cling to their symptoms in order to unconsciously achieve something!!

Mental illnesses/crises, etc. have a hidden meaning

--> COMBO WITH MAXWELL and automatic target tracking!!!

Example 2: Young man with depression - he wants to advance, starts studying, but fails to pass the exams.

It turned out that once the young man got up from the coach, he was striving for the top far too quickly (his mother had always taken it easy on him), causing him to fail again and again and to remain in his depression.

People consciously or unconsciously create images of themselves and the world to help them orient themselves in reality.

--> A person who has arrived at a pessimistic worldview classifies new experiences into this grid and thus this pessimistic attitude to life becomes entrenched

Adler's attitude was very humanistic - everyone is a fellow human being - there was no gradient for Adler

"Everything in us is 'normal,' healthy, and developed. As long as you have enough sense of community within you and encourage cooperation."

Techniques learned in this training

- Active listening

- Paraphrasing

Individual psychological coach according to Alfred Alder

VftC, Berlin

Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was a Viennese neurologist, physician and psychotherapist and founded individual psychology as a new form of psychotherapy.

At the core of individual psychology is the assumption that we all go through life with a feeling of inferiority—and some even with an inferiority complex—and try to compensate for this feeling in our own way. Some may do so through excessive diligence, others through excessive displays of power, wearing a "mask," or even through withdrawal due to illness, etc.

For Adler, this was contrasted with the so-called sense of community, which he believes is inherent in every human being.

By sense of community he meant nothing other than empathy, that is, seeing with the eyes of others, hearing with the ears of others and feeling with the heart of others.

But the stronger our feeling of inferiority becomes, the more we move away from this sense of community.

And we can see this very clearly in society today.

That's why individual psychology has captivated me so much. It seeks solutions for the individual, but ultimately also for the entire community. And it seeks to follow the path of the heart and thus the path of the soul.

In individual psychology we ask WHY.

For example, what purpose does a depressive mood serve my client?

What perceived “inadequacy” does the client unconsciously want to distract from?

And such a feeling of inferiority is, for example, a false belief about ourselves or life.

If I subconsciously keep thinking "I can't do this," "I'm not good enough," etc., I will look for ways to compensate.

One person, due to their own condition, might recklessly push themselves to be the best, elbows out. Another might continually find excuses, such as illness or other problems, to avoid even trying.

It sounds harsh, but it's very helpful. Because then the client can actually break the vicious cycle, where previously they tried to maintain the "helpful distraction mechanism."

But you want a change, right?

If you have always been going around in circles and seem to be stuck in a situation, we can also examine it from an individual psychological perspective.

Because you know: You're a magnet! And with what you think, you attract everything!

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Inner Child Work - Heart over Head/ Walter & Christina Hommelsheim

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