Neo-Adlerian psychologists are those working in the tradition of, or influenced by Alfred Adler, an early associate of, and dissident from the ideas of, Sigmund Freud.
Education
editNeo-Adlerian ideas have been identified in the field of education, associated particularly with the work of Rudolf Dreikurs.[1] The Neo-Adlerian classroom model stresses the importance of the student's search for feelings of belonging.[2]
Neo-Freudians
editFritz Wittels used the term 'Neo-Adlerian' to refer derogatively to the Neo-Freudians, due to their emphasis on the social aspects of psychology.[3] Heinz Ansbacher however sought to capture the Neo-Freudians as neo-Adlerians, to promote Adler's influence.[4] Henri Ellenberger would later adjudge that what he called the neo-psychoanalysts like Karen Horney and Erich Fromm would indeed more accurately be known as neo-Adlerians.[5]
Transactional Analysis has also been termed a neo-Adlerian school[6] - Eric Berne himself acknowledging that "of all those who preceded transactional analysis, Alfred Adler comes the closest to talking like a script analyst".[7] A direct line of influence runs from Adler through Harry Stack Sullivan to Thomas Anthony Harris[8] - one of the co-creators of TA[9] - with Adler's ideas on guiding fictions and the sense of inferiority feeding into Berne's concept of psychological games,[10] which can also be considered in terms of the interactions of different life style systems.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Z. Miller, Re-Theorizing Discipline in Education (2010) p. 15-6
- ^ 'Neo-Adlerian model'
- ^ Wittels, Fritz (1939). "The Neo-Adlerians". American Journal of Sociology. 45 (3): 433–445. doi:10.1086/218313. JSTOR 2769857.
- ^ Heinz L. and Rowena Ansbacher eds., Superiority and Social Interest (1964)
- ^ Henri F. Ellenberger, The Discovery of the Unconscious (1970) p. 637-41
- ^ Erika Stern, TA, the state of the art (1984) p. 4 and p. 31
- ^ Eric Berne, What Do You Say After You Say Hello? (1974) p. 58
- ^ Thomas A. Harris, I'm OK - You're OK (1969) p. 68
- ^ Berne, p. xvi
- ^ Harris, p. 76 and p. 67
- ^ Ellenberger, p. 643
Further reading
edit- Ansbacher, H. L. (1953). ""Neo-Freudian" or "Neo-Adlerian"?". American Psychologist. 8 (4): 165–166. doi:10.1037/h0060947. ISSN 0003-066X.
- 'Adlerian Psychotherapy' in Wedding, D. and Corsini, R.J., 2013. Current psychotherapies. Cengage Learning.
- Cowie, H. and Jennifer, D., 2008. New perspectives on bullying. McGraw-Hill Education (UK).