CLASSICAL ADLERIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY FORUM ARCHIVE
Re: Treatment of a Symptom
Henry Stein · 12/7/98 at 3:34 PM ET
Gloria,
Before starting a course of treatment, we usually like to understand the style of life and fictional final goal of an individual. Only then does the purpose of a symptom (like a panic attack) make sense. There is usually a fascinating hidden private logic and scheme of apperception that explains why the particular symptom is both meaningful and useful. Symptoms frequently provide excuses for avoiding circumstances that threaten an over blown quest for superiority.
For an overview of our therapeutic approach, read "The Stages of Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy" at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hstein/stages2.htm . The beginning or our treatment is often very similar to the person-centered approach. However, since treatment must be geared to correcting the unique style of life of an individual, we must be creative and constantly invent new strategies. There is always something to be learned from other approaches, like Gestalt, cognitive, and behavioral therapies, but I doubt if one can effectively "combine" them merely at a technical level. Unless there is a direction to treatment, utilizing a series of unrelated strategies may become just an interesting series of exercises.
Dr. Stein
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