Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Health and
Appearance include the
influences of organ
inferiority, disease,
deformity, as well as
unusual beauty or
handsomeness. Each
factor may act as an
incentive for active
compensation or as a
burden leading to passive
discouragement.
Parental
Attitudes covers the
effects of a wide
spectrum of parent-child
relationships including:
democratic, dominating,
submissive, pampering,
overprotective coersive,
perfectionistic, neglectful,
rejecting, seductive, and
punitive.
Family
Constellation explores
the influence of birth
order position, including:
only, oldest, second,
middle, youngest, only
boy among girls, only girl
among boys, adopted, and
a child whose sibling has
died. The number of
years between siblings, as
well as the sequence of
males and females are
often significant factors.
Each birth order position
has unique advantages as
well as disadvantages.
An Occupation might be
envisioned as an
opportunity for enriching
the lives of others--or
only oneself. Work can be
experienced as a creative
fulfilment or a dreaded
burden. Business may be
conducted with ruthless
competition, or a
benevolent consideration
for the well being of
employees and
customers.
commitment or mature,
responsible love.
o For more comprehensive
information about the style of
life, read Classical Adlerian
Theory and Practice.
(In an attempt to create a clear, simple
graphic, much detail must be excluded.
This is a work in progress, and any
feedback or suggestions for refinement
would be appreciated. Please e-mail
your comments to: Henry T. Stein,
Ph.D., HTStein@att.net ).
Reference: http://www.adlerian.us/tree.htm