Adler's Psychodynamic Therapy

Main Points The Background-Focused Treatment Systems explained the importance to explore and analyze our past experience. The past experiences help the clinician understand the client’s toxic repeti-tive patterns that affect him/her to function adequately in society. Also, is important the use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder to comprehend the symptoms and the pattern. Furthermore, a theory that is adequate for one client may not be the same for the other client. Therefore, clinicians need to analyze the client as a whole and unique person.
The psychodynamic psychotherapy shared the assumptions about behavior. The problem consists of the unconscious, conscious, internalized relationship, psychological conflict,
The therapist is aware of his/her own culture, values, biases, and back-grounds. This helps the client and the clinician to come to an understanding of coming with an appropriate treatment. The client’s self-esteem and bond with the clinician’s increases when there is an emotional reaction on part of the clinician, the best interest of the client, and have infor-mation on hand. Adler’s theory and Jung’s theory different from each other. Adler’s theory helps the individual to not being seen as a victim, and a helps him/her to achieve the goals. The individual has the control to change the situation. On the other hand, Jung focuses on the philosophy part. For ex-ample, the spiritual part of the client’s life. Depending on the client, the clinician will decide what theory to
According to Seligman, L., & Reichenberg, L. W. (2014), “Through the use of symbols, dream interpretation, rituals, and myth, Jung helped clients find deeper, spiritual deeper, spiritual meaning in their lives” (p. 37). For instance, an individual with anxiety, a helpful technique to deal with this situation might be meditation. Mediation consist of breathing tech-niques and training the brain for concentration and relaxation. This spiritual approach is a useful way to live in harmony life. The importance of analyzing the collective unconscious in the clinical work is essential for the clinician to come up with a plan for the client. “The unconscious includes fantasies, knowledge and learning, memories of experiences and relationships, and subjective reactions to events and people” (Seligman, L., & Reichenberg, L. W., 2014, p. 90). For example, understand-ing that jealous behavior is part of the individual’s family culture would help me understand that this tox-ic pattern has been learned by example. Furthermore, the way how this behavior was learned gives me the deal how influential is this behavior and the techniques to use to change that behav-ior. Lastly, I will be able to have a relevant strategic to deal with this