Exam 9: Adlerian Individual Counseling

Adler considered two parenting styles: pampering and neglect, and argued that ___________________________________________.

Individual inferiority impairs a person's social interest and includes all of the following forms EXCEPT: _____________________________.

The statement, "Your depression sure has gotten people to pay attention to you" is an example of ____________________ - making overt the covert benefits and hidden power of having a symptom, which once revealed, will leave a "bad taste".

Adlerian assessment identifies the client's level of social interest in each of the six life tasks, which include all of the following, EXCEPT: ___________________________.

Which of the following statements best expresses the long term goal of Adlerian counseling?

Adler viewed any attempts to see oneself as superior to another human being as a sign of __________________, providing a strong antiracist, anti-sexist, and anti-heterosexist foundation to the theory.

Which of the following statements is true about Adlerian counseling and working with sexual diversity?

Alfred Adler developed individual psychology which is brief (less than 20 sessions), present oriented, and directive, and in which the counselor's primary role is __________________.

Explain the role of psychoeducation in Adlerian counseling.

The goal: develop more realistic expectations of performance at work is an example of ______________________.

Basic mistakes result in _________________ and _______________.

Adlerian counselors should take great care when ________________ and _______________ with diverse populations in order to avoid being offensive.

When assessing for social interest, Adlerian counselors listen to how clients describe their lives and problems and consider all of the following three description of client social interest, EXCEPT: ___________________________.

The counselor's primary role in this approach is helping the client to understand mistaken beliefs and improve social relatedness.

One of the predominant interventions in all phases of Adlerian counseling is ________________.

Adler considered birth order important in understanding ____________________.

__________________ is a key concept in Adlerian counseling and requires the counselor to believe that clients can change their lives and to inspire them to take real-world action based on insight.

What is Adler's theory regarding social interest?

Before Adlerian counselors can move to working and closing phase goals, which focus mostly on increasing social interest, they must first address early phase goals which address crisis symptoms.

What does it mean to "establish an egalitarian relationship" with the client?