Alfred Adler Revisited

341 Pages·2011·6.52 MB·English

by  Jon Carlson

ALFRED ADLER
REVISITED

ALFRED ADLER
REVISITED
Edited by Jon Carlson and Michael P. Maniacci
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Alfred Adler revisited / Jon Carlson & Michael Maniacci. -- 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-415-88446-4 (hardback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-415-88447-1
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Adlerian psychology. 2. Adler, Alfred, 1870-1937. I. Carlson, Jon. II.
Maniacci, Michael.
BF175.5.A33A44 2011
150.19’53092--dc22 2011011250
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Contents
Acknowledgments  vii
Contributors  xi
  1.  An Introduction to Alfred Adler  1
Michael P. Maniacci
  2.  The Fundamental Views of Individual Psychology  11
Francis X. Walton
  3.  A Basic Difference Between Individual Psychology and 
Psychoanalysis  19
John D. West and Donald L. Bubenzer
  4.  The Progress of Mankind  35
Bret A. Moore
  5.  On the Origin of the Striving for Superiority and 
of Social Interest  41
Richard E. Watts
  6.  Personality as a Self-Consistent Unity: 
A Contemporary View  57
Paul R. Peluso
  7.  Position in Family Constellation Influences Lifestyle  71
Gary D. McKay
  8.  On the Essence and Origin of Character: An Introduction  89
James Robert Bitter
  9.  Character and Talent  99
Frank Main
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  10.  The Child’s Inner Life and a Sense of Community  115
Terry Kottman and Melissa Heston
  11.  Individual Psychological Education  129
Guy J. Manaster
  12.  The Problem of Distance  139
Robert McBrien
  13.  Dreams and Dream-Interpretation  155
Dorothy E. Peven
  14.  Life-Lie and responsibility in Neurosis and Psychosis: 
A Contribution to Melancholia  171
Mary Frances Schneider
  15.  Physical Manifestations of Psychic Disturbances  183
Len Sperry
  16.  What Is Neurosis?  195
Timothy S. Hartshorne
  17.  The Structure of Neurosis  213
Jill D. Duba
  18.  Trick and Neurosis  229
Daniel Eckstein
  19.  Nervous Insomnia  243
Paul R. Rasmussen and Kevin P. Moore
  20.  Neurotic Hunger Strike  257
Alan E. Stewart
  21.  Melancholia and Paranoia  263
Gerald J. Mozdzierz
  22.  Suicide  281
Sharyl M. Trail
  23.  Demoralized Children  291
JoAnna White
  24.  Significance of Early recollections  303
Arthur J. Clark
Index  313
Acknowledgments
We wish to thank the Provost’s Office at Governors State University (GSU) 
for providing state-of-the-art digital scanning equipment for use in reproduc-
ing the original manuscripts in a digital format. We also wish to thank the 
Division of Psychology and Counseling at GSU for help in preparing the man-
uscripts for republication and obtaining permission for their use. Specifically 
we want to acknowledge Dr. Shannon Dermer, raquel rios-Aguirre, Mona 
Douglas, Nanette Nelson, Lindsey raske, robert rauworth, and Nicole roy.
We thank Margot Adler for her support of this project through her permission 
to use her grandfather’s writings.
We are indebted to the work of Heinz L. and rowena r. Ansbacher for their 
comprehensive translation and interpretation of Adler’s writing from 1907 to 
1937. It is only through their personal relationship with Alfred Adler and their 
scholarship that these ideas are available today.
We are also indebted to the ongoing support of our editor George Zimmar for 
making this project a reality.
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Contributors
James Robert Bitter, EdD, is professor of counseling at East Tennessee State 
University in Johnson City, Tennessee. He is a Diplomate in Adlerian Psychology 
and a former editor of the Journal of Individual Psychology. He is also on the fac-
ulty of the Adlerian Training Institute in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Donald L. Bubenzer, PhD, is an emeritus professor in the Counseling and 
Human Development Services Program at Kent State University.
Arthur J. Clark, EdD, is a professor and coordinator of the Counseling and 
Human Development Program at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. 
His professional background includes positions in the schools and agencies as a 
counselor and psychologist. He is the author of Early Recollections: Theory and
Practice in Counseling and Psychotherapy (2002), published by routledge.
Jill D. Duba, PhD, is an associate professor and the coordinator of the Clinical 
Mental Health Counseling Program in the Department of Counseling and 
Student Affairs at Western Kentucky University; she also has a small private 
practice. She has been a long-standing board member of the International 
Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. She is engaged in research 
projects related to long-term marital satisfaction and religious training in coun-
selor education.
Daniel Eckstein, PhD, is a professor of medical psychology, Saba University 
School of Medicine, Saba, National Caribbean Netherlands. He has a Diplomate 
in Adlerian Studies and is a past president of the North American Society of 
Adlerian Psychology (http://www.leadershipbyencouragment.com).
Timothy S. Hartshorne,  PhD,  is  a  professor  of  psychology  at  Central 
Michigan University. A longtime Adlerian, he frequently addresses applica-
tions of Adlerian psychology to the issues of children and young adults with 
disability (http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/timothy_hartshorne).
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