Alfred Adler
Megan Milano
Early Age
I created and attended "Wednesday Night Meetings"
- created by myself, Sigmund Freud, Rudolf Reitler, and Wilhelm Stekel
- formed Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, where I was 1st president
Education
Experience
Professor at Long Island College of Medicine, 1937
Professor at Pedagogic Institute
Psychological Perspective
Three Theories
- believe people focused on maintaining control
- believe who we are is how we interpret ourselves and our environment
Psychological Development in Kids
- believe children had a need to belong
- believe mothers should encourage child to take responsibility and to discipline them
- this makes children grow up to have a need to be the "superior" one
Understanding Human Nature
- believe our lifestyle is controlled by our feelings toward life
Inferiority Complex
Awards and Recognition
I was the first to provide group/family counseling.
I was the first to write about social determinants of mental/physical health.
Wrote book, "Health Book for Tailoring Trade" 1898.