Hello Lauren and Paul. I am new to this chat. A hundred years have
passed. I am amazed (and impressed) at how influencial Alder is to
current studies and applications. Dare I say 'world wide'? I am a
little bit less familiar with Ellis as I am moving from a
psychology/major theories class to communication and interviewing
skills. I am majoring in human services. Hope to see more discussion
here. I included my Adlerian readings in my personal theory of
helping I was assigned. I lived in Germany two years, but would not
understand a stitch of Deutch. The language of psychology is enough,
thank you very much!

--- In classicaladlerianpsychology@yahoogroups.com, P S
<paul_neth@...> wrote:
>
> 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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