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CCWAA, Vol. 12: "The General System of Individual Psychology" Copyright Table of Contents Editor's Preface 2006 Chapter I: Unique Goal of Overcoming Chapter II: Striving Toward an Ideal Form Chapter III: Organ Inferiority & Pampering Chapter IV: Tasks of Life & Difficulties Chapter V: Child Guidance, Birth Order, & Recollections Chapter VI: Education & Training Chapter VII: Crime, Occupation, & Economics Chapter VIII: Individual Psychology & Psychoanalysis Chapter IX: Memory, Fantasy, & Dreams Chapter X: Dreams, Sleeping, & Preparation Chapter XI: Childhood Prototype, Failures Chapter XII: Activity, Traits, Love & Sex Chapter XIII: Individual Psychology & Philosophy Index Appendix A: Classical Adlerian Theory and Practice Appendix B: Providing the Missing Developmental Experience in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy Appendix C: Adler and Socrates: Similarities and Differences Appendix D: Demonstration of the Socratic Method in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy With a Man Who Procrastinates Appendix E: Training of a Classical Adlerian Psychotherapist Appendix F: Excerpt From "In Memoriam - Alfred Adler" The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler Volume 12 The General System of Individual Psychology Overview and Summary of Classical Adlerian Theory & Current Practice Alfred Adler Edited by Henry T. Stein, Ph.D. Classical Adlerian Translation Project © 2006 by Henry T. Stein, Ph.D. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the editor. All inquiries should be sent to Henry T. Stein, Ph.D., Classical Adlerian Translation Project, 2565 Mayflower Lane, Bellingham, WA 98226. Tel (360) 647-5670 or e-mail to [email protected] . Published 2006 by The Classical Adlerian Translation Project. Printed in the United States of America 0-9770186-2-8 Table of Contents Editor’s Preface 2006................................................................................v Chapter I – Unique Goal of Overcoming ............................................1 Striving of Life to Overcome .................................................1 The Pull of a Creative Goal ...................................................2 Artistry to Find Uniqueness ...................................................3 Examples of Types .................................................................5 Reading Movements in a Direction .......................................5 Social Interest .........................................................................6 Guessing Individual Goals .....................................................9 Case: A Lawyer.....................................................................10 Case: A Factory Technician .................................................11 Case: Wife, 35 ......................................................................12 Chapter II – Striving Toward Ideal Form .........................................15 Individual Evolution Toward an Ideal Form .......................15 Single Unifying Goal ...........................................................16 Striving From Minus to Plus ................................................16 Child's Desire to Grow Up ...................................................18 Creative Power .....................................................................19 Movement in Time and Space .............................................19 Art of Guessing.....................................................................20 Compensation for Felt Deficiency .......................................21 Development ........................................................................22 Overcoming Childhood Burdens .........................................24 Chapter III – Organ Inferiority & Pampering .................................27 Goal – Movement - Unity ....................................................27 Organ Inferiority ..................................................................28 Early Memories – Picture of Life ........................................30 Pampered Child and Adult ...................................................32 Case: Boy, 5 .........................................................................38 Case: Girl, 20 .......................................................................40 Criminals and Neurotics ......................................................43 Chapter IV – Tasks of Life & Difficulties .........................................44 Social Evolution ...................................................................44 Expressive Movement ..........................................................44 Tasks of Life ........................................................................46 Interpreting a Life Style .......................................................46 Social Interest .......................................................................48 Overburdening Childhood Circumstances ...........................49 Adler's Childhood ................................................................51 Chapter V – Child Guidance, Birth Order, & Recollections ...........55 Development of Social Interest ............................................55 Child Guidance ....................................................................57 Entering School ....................................................................62 Adolescence .........................................................................64 War, Capital Punishment, & Racial Prejudice .....................65 Birth Order ...........................................................................66 Degree of Activity.................................................................70 Case Illustrations .................................................................74 Evaluating Roots of Life Style in Recollections ..................81 Pampering in a Recollection ................................................83 Recollection of Death .........................................................84 Chapter VI – Education & Training .................................................85 Education for Right Direction ..............................................85 Responding to Daily Tests ...................................................85 Child May Control Parents ..................................................87 Starting School .....................................................................88 Explaining Mistakes to the Child .........................................89 Tests Later in Life ................................................................90 Mealtime ..............................................................................91 Main Tasks in Life ...............................................................91 Correcting Mistakes .............................................................92 Birth Order Position .............................................................92 Chapter VII – Crime, Occupation, & Economics .............................96 Crime and Its Roots .............................................................96 Limits of Social Interest .......................................................98 Occupation ...........................................................................99 School ................................................................................100 Economics and Society ......................................................102 Chapter VIII – Individual Psychology & Psychoanalysis ..............105 Comparison of Individual Psychology & Psychoanalysis .105 Early Recollections and Neurosis ......................................109 Case: Woman, 30 ...............................................................110 Case: Woman, 29 ...............................................................116 Chapter IX – Memory, Fantasy, & Dreams ....................................119 Memory as Part of Style of Life ........................................119 Deja Vu ..............................................................................121 Fantasy and Daydreams .....................................................124 Fantasies of Cruelty ...........................................................125 Freud on Dreams ................................................................127 Purpose of Dreams .............................................................128 Poetry and Religion.............................................................130 Chapter X – Dreams, Sleeping, & Preparation .............................132 Interpreting Dreams ...........................................................132 Dynamics of Sleep .............................................................133 Preparation for Life's Problems .........................................135 Case: Married Woman .......................................................137 Chapter XI – Childhood Prototype, Failures ..................................144 Childhood Prototype ..........................................................144 Degree of Activity ..............................................................144 Finding a Useful Place .......................................................144 Passive Failures ..................................................................146 Active Failures ...................................................................147 The Shock Result ...............................................................148 Criminal Goal .....................................................................151 Mental Retardation .............................................................152 Chapter XII – Activity, Traits, Love & Sex .....................................156 Spheres of Activity ............................................................156 Character Traits ..................................................................157 Love, Sex, & Marriage .......................................................157 Sexual Disorders ................................................................165 Real Love ...........................................................................166 Bad Signs ...........................................................................168 Case Examples ...................................................................168 Case: Man, 42 ....................................................................170 Homosexuality ...................................................................171 Case: Woman, 31 ...............................................................173 Chapter XIII – Individual Psychology Summary & Philosophy ...175 Practical and Theoretical Reminders .................................175 Case: Man ..........................................................................175 Not Treating Symptoms .....................................................179 Summary of Main Points ...................................................180 Meaning of Life .................................................................181 Looking , Hearing, & Speaking .........................................182 Morals, Ethics, & Social Interest .......................................183 Index ..................................................................................186 Appendices ..........................................................................................199 Appendix A: Classical Adlerian Theory and Practice .......199 Appendix B: Providing The Missing Developmental Experience in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy.....228 Appendix C: Adler & Socrates: Similarities and Differences ........................................................254 Appendix D: Demonstration of the Socratic Method in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy With a Man Who Procrastinates...............................261 Appendix E: Training of a Classical Adlerian Psychotherapist ........................................................271 Appendix F: Excerpts From In memoriam – Alfred Adler ...................................273 Editor's Preface – 2006 “The General System of Individual Psychology” is an unpublished manuscript by Alfred Adler that was discovered in the Library of Congress. The thirteen undated lectures, identified as “chapters,” form a complete series that Adler presented in English, possibly in New York City. Originally edited by Frank Pearcy, M.D., described on the title page as Adler's “American associate,” the material has required extensive revising for readability. Adler's terminology and style suggests that the lectures were given later in his career, and represent a summary of his matured theory of the personality, as well as principles of prevention and treatment. In the homestretch of The Collected Works, this distillation serves as a gathering point for the abundant diversity of topics Adler covered from 1898 to 1937. Typical of Adler's ability to focus on essentials, in the first chapter he emphasizes the creative potential of the individual and the magnetic power of a fictional final goal. Discovering this organizing center of a style of life requires artistic intuition and the ability to translate all of a client's thinking, feeling, and actions into movement. These capacities are not easily developed, usually requiring many years of dedicated study with an inspiring mentor who demonstrates the ability to penetrate the seeming mystery of hundreds of cases. In the second chapter, Adler clarifies the individual's role in the steady steam of evolution, pushed by the early blessing of inferiority feelings and pulled by an imagined ideal of completion. These powerful vectors of striving to overcome difficulties and the imagining of ideal solutions fuel

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