Its mission is to encourage the development of psychologically healthy and cooperative individuals, couples, and families, in order to effectively pursue the ideals of social equality and democratic living . A vigorously optimistic and inspiring approach to psychotherapy, it balances the equally important needs for individual optimal development and social responsibility. As a values-oriented psychology, it is more than a collection of techniques. It establishes philosophical ideals for individual and group development. It does not rely on typologies, but attempts to capture the absolute uniqueness of each individual.
Adlerian terms are clear and free of obscure complexity.
The goal of treatment is not merely symptom relief, but the adoption of a contributing way of living. It is one of the most socially responsible psychologies in a field that frequently caters to self-centeredness or uninhibited aggression. Our therapeutic style is diplomatic, respectful, and Socratic. Who Procrastinates Demonstration of the Socratic Method in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy With a Depressed Man Graphic Overview of Classical Adlerian Psychology Five Fields of Striving for Significance, a Graphic Representation of Inferiority and Significance. The Feeling of Community, a Graphic Representation of Human Embeddedness.