| Why the name 'Adler Centre'?
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To perpetuate the transformative concepts principles and strategies of Alfred Adler |
| Who was Alfred Adler? |
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Adler (1870-1937) along with Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud is considered one of the founding fathers of modern psychotherapy |
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Adler was concerned about relationships within and between people and the society.
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| What are some of the central concepts and principles Adler brought to modern society? |
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Adler addressed the issues of social equality in relationships, parent education, schooling, and the large community |
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Adler took a holistic view of people and that people were goal directed and creative beings |
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A mentally healthy person has a felt sense of community, caring about the cares of others |
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Adler believed that because we are creative beings who can make choices, we could choose to change a life direction |
| Why is Adler relevant today? |
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Adler was a person ahead of his time. He was passionate about people strengthening democratic character in themselves, their families and communities |
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Between the anarchist approach and the autocratic approach is the democratic parenting style developed by Adler and Rudolph Dreikurs. Democratic parenting provides the freedom to be creative within a respectful and responsible family structure |
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The concepts and principles of democratic living have been developed and popularized by many teachers and writers including; Rollo May, Eric Fromm,Carl Rogers, Barbara Colarosso, Linda Albert, Jane Nielson and Don Dinkmeyer, just to name a few |
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