Hello Lauren,
I am a psychologist in The Netherlands and for many years already I study the
works of Alfred Adler and of quite a few of his 'followers'. I understand that
you would like to see links between contemporary theories and Individual
Psychology. In fact there is quite a lot to find.

Just to go back for maybe about 40 years you will find the works of Albert
Ellis and his Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy. Ellis read thorougly the papers
by Alfred Adler and was deeply influenced by him. In the present we see a strong
movement that took up the work of Ellis and gave its own turn to it in the work
of Aaron Beck and his Cognitive Behavior Therapy and the cognitive theory. Aaron
Beck and his daughter Judy write about "automatic responses" in our today
behavior that find their origin in the convictions an adult has formed about
himself and the world during his very early years of childhood and that even
today govern his behavior. In some way these automatic responses and early
convictions might be compared to the concepts of "private logic" and "lifestyle"
that are prominent in Individual Psychology.

In my time as a student in the mid Sixties of the last century I earned a few
study points by reading a bit about the theory of "Personal Constructs" of
George Kelly (from the USA) which also have some similarities with Adler's work.

But just because all these other theories just repeat more or less the works
of Adler, I decided for myself to stick to this coherent theory of the "giant"
from the beginning of the last century:))))

Paul Miedema
Netherlands

PS
I can recommend the works of Lydia Sicher (The Collected Works of Lydia
Sicher) as reading material about the Adler psychology and also I can recommend
very much the work of Ansbacher & Ansbacher with the title "The Individual
Psychology of Alfred Adler". In this book, especially in the early pages you'll
find comparisons between e.g. Gestallt theory and Individual Psychology and a
few more. I know there are some people here on this forum that do not agree at
all with the Ansbachers, but I am used to make my own decisions about what to
read and what not. Its all about respect, even is there an "unagreement". :)))))
Adler is also nicely approachable by his books (in English) "Understanding
Life" and "Understanding Human Nature". Of course it would be the best if you
read Adler in his native language German.



Lauren <lauren02019@...> wrote:
Hello, I'm an undergrad psych. major in Massachusetts and am working
on a project about Alfred Adler. I'm looking for his major theories
and contributions to the field of psychology. Not so much
publications, more along the lines of theories and philosophies. I'd
really like to tie in some of his work to the present day psychology
in the way it is used and the terms we use now in psychology. If
anyone could offer any help with any of this or point me in the right
direction I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks so much,
Lauren





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