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Adlerian Theory Rediscovered!
Application of a Systemic Paradigm!
Adlerians in Ontario Teleseminar!January 26, 2012!
With Linda J. Page, Ph.D.!
Preview of this session!
• Alfred Adler lived from 1870 to 1937!
• Are his theories out of date?!
• Are his ideas forgotten outside of small
groups of "followers"?!
• Is there a future for Adlerian Psychology?
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Then: mechanistic; Now:systemic
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Adler was at the beginning of this shift
• Phenomenology!
• Social Embeddedness!
• YOU are unique!
• Cybernetics!
• Holism
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Paradigm shift
During second half of 20th century!
• From mechanistic to systemic
worldview!
• Neuroscience largely supports shift!
• Examples to follow!
– Simplified!
– Not either/or
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Elements of the shift
But first, some caveats:!
Examples are simplified!
Systemic doesn’t replace mechanistic!
Question is which perspective to use
when
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From individualism to community
!
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Major Insight of 20th Century Physics
!
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Relationships are more fundamental!
than things.!
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Globalization reveals
Western individualis
m is an extreme cultural
expression
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“…doesn’t
produce
mind;!
it enables
participation.”!(Brothers)
Our brain is social…!
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Brain/body!
Brain is distributed throughout
body!
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From objectivity to experiencing
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Emotions, meaning, values, goals…
• All subjective, important to learning!
• People without emotions cannot make decisions!
• We remember stories !
• Observer changes what is being observed!
• Participating observer !! (Stapp)!
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Meanings are not determined
by situations, but we determine
ourselves by the meanings we
give to situations.!
!...Alfred Adler
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From determinism to constructivism
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Ongoing process
• Our minds use our brains to create themselves ! ! ! ! (Siegel)!
• Sharing ideas opens new possibilities!
• Experience shapes perception, which shapes what we can imagine ! ! (Berns)
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From hierarchy to collaboration
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Collaborative leadership
• Not new—Lewin’s research in 1940’s!
• People engage with what they create!
• Leadership for everyone!
• Human brain sensitive to status &
autonomy threats ! ! ! (Rock &
Page)!
The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to
experience this power.!!
...Alfred Adler
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From surviving to potentiating
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Accentuate the positive
• Adler’s encouragement !
• Solution-focused therapy!
• “Broaden & build” & 3-to-1 ratio!(Frederickson)!
• Neuroplasticity & neurogenesis—no end point to our potential!
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Then: Mechanistic, Now: Systemic
• From individualism to community!
• From reductionism to holism!
• From objectivity to experiencing!
• From determinism to constructivism!
• From hierarchy to collaboration!
• From surviving to potentiating!! ! ! (Rock & Page)
Adler was a systemic
thinker in a
mechanistic world
• Are his ideas out of date?!• Is his approach forgotten?!• Is there a future for Adlerian Psychology?
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I like nonsense; it wakes!up the brain cells.!Dr. Seuss
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Recommended Reading
Sharon Begley, Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, Ballantine Books, 2007.!Gregory Berns, Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently, Harvard Business Press, 2010.!Leslie Brothers, Mistaken Identity: The Mind-Brain Problem Reconsidered, State University of New York Press, 2001.!Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself, Penguin Books, 2007.!
Barbara Frederickson, Positivity: Groundbreaking Research Reveals How to Embrace the Hidden Strength of Positive Emotions, Overcome Negativity, and Thrive, Crown, 2009!David Rock and Linda J. Page, Coaching with the Brain in Mind: Foundations for Practice, John Wiley & Sons, 2009.!Stephen Rose, The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow’s Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, 2005.!Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley, The Mind & The Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force, Harper Collins, 2002.!Daniel Siegel, Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation, Bantam, 2010.!Henry Stapp, Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer, Springer, 2007.!
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