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 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.