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Alfred Adler   "No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences so-called trauma- but we make out of them just what suits our purposes."

**1870-﻿1937 ** Individual Psychologist and Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalytic Perspective: Adler believed that unconscious forces and the need to overcome feelings of inferiority influenced human behavior.

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Alfred Adler was considered to be an active, popular and average student. Due to suffering with Pneumonia and rickets, which made him extremely sick and kept him walking for some years. Adler decided at the early age of 4 to pursue to be a doctor. Later in his life, he received a medical degree from the University of Vienna in 1895, and soon after graduation he established a medical practice in Vienna. His practice was successful, however Adler became haunted at how he could not find the reasons for his deceased patient's persistent pains and illnesses. Soon after, Adler steered away from the medical field and eventually into a Philosophical position in order to expand the 'Social Sciences'. =====

  Major Accomplishments: 1. In 1902 Adler was 1 of 4 people invited to join "Freud's circle" where they would meet weekly in Freud's home to discuss work and philosophy, their group evolved and was named the "Psychoanalytic Society", and in 1910 Adler was named the president of the society. 2. In 1922, after WWI and serving in the Austro-Hungarian army as a Physician, Adler was given permission to open his first child guidance clinic in Vienna. Adler founded many more, which became the prototypes for other clinic. 3. When Adler decided to leave the Psychoanalytic Society, he was able to focus more on the theories that he had been developing. Today, he is still known for being the founder of "Individual Psychology" and the founder of the Society of Individual Psychology.

 Other Contributions: 1.) From the personal experience of having an older brother and sister and 4 younger siblings, Adler was able to introduce the term "sibling rivalry" to describe the jealousies that develop between siblings. He also, theorized that feelings of inferiority could be based on physical problems and the need to compensate for them <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;"> 2.) Adler came to the conclusion that self-awareness plays a major role in the formation of an individual's personality.

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