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This paper will give a brief overview of the art of Socratic "style" questioning, as used by Alfred Adler, Alexander Mueller, and Sophia de Vries. Its purpose is to reawaken a clinical interest in Adler's original, creative therapeutic approach.

The author demonstrates the technique of questioning and how to make guesses about a client's psychological movement and life style.  A specific case example is provided to illustrate the process of guessing the client's private logic, psychological movement, scheme of apperception and life style.  The conclusion summarizes some of Adler's theoretical constructs used during treatment.

The following demonstrations by Sophie de Vries (1901 - 1999) include process commentary by Henry Stein in order to clarify the strategies and logic behind each of the therapist's responses to a client's statements. The "clients" are volunteers dealing with a single issue in a workshop demonstration.

Classical Adlerian Depth Psychotherapy, Volume 1. Theory & Practice: A Socratic approach to democratic living. Bellingham, WA: The Alfred Adler Institute of Northwestern Washington. 297 pp. [ISBN: 978-1-939701-12-1]

The authors demonstrate how a thorough intake procedure can prepare the therapist for effective therapy.  They apply the Classical Adlerian diagnostic process in their conjoint work with a client family.  Case examples are used to illustrate the components: demonstrating its context, providing session content, and sharing some of the initial questioning.  The article concludes with a case assessment featuring lifestyle interactions and a tentative treatment plan.

This overview of the special issue on CADP sets the context in which the issue was conceived, why the given articles were developed, and how they were interwoven to illustrate our history, development and application.

It All Begins Here

It All Begins Here