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Individual Psychology in 2021

2021; University of Texas Press; Volume: 77; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1353/jip.2021.0027

2332-0583

Jon Sperry, Len Sperry,

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Individual Psychology in 2021 Jon Sperry and Len Sperry This open issue offers cutting-edge empirical and conceptual articles that will surely advance the theory of Individual Psychology. First, Marina Bluvshtein has curated a timely and significant contribution to the Journal of Individual Psychology by reprinting Kenneth B. Clark's North American Society of Adlerian Psychology keynote address "Implications of Adlerian Theory for an Understanding of Civil Rights Problems and Actions," given at the American Society of Adlerian Psychology in New York on May 26, 1967. Clark's address discusses race, racism, Black psychology, social justice, and social change in the context of Alfred Adler's theory. Marina Bluvshtein, Marquez Wilson, Theo Moore, Johannil Napoleón, and Kia Watkins discuss the relevance and sophistication of Clark's keynote as it pertains to national and global social issues in their corresponding article. The authors call on clinicians, educators, researchers, and public policy administrators to move toward social action and change. Gisela Eife, Erik Mansager, and Karl Heinz Witte provide insights for Adlerian practitioners in their article titled "Adlerian Depth Psychotherapy: Intersubjective and Relational Elements." They articulate the significant influence of Alfred Adler's theory on intersubjective and relational elements found in contemporary modalities, including psychoanalytic models, through several case vignettes. Their cogent explanations and cases offer clinically useful interpretations and applications of Adler's work. Michael Chaney's article, "Use of Early Recollections to Treat Body-Image Dissatisfaction in Gay and Bisexual Men," includes useful assessment and treatment implications that extend one of the goals of the Journal of Individual Psychology, to increase the multicultural reach of Individual Psychology. Chaney examines early recollection themes among gay and bisexual men (GBM) who experience body-image dissatisfaction. Theoretical implications of early recollections are reviewed, and a case vignette illustrates how to interpret early recollections among this population. In addition to contributing [End Page 251] to Individual Psychology literature, this article also fills the gap in the psychotherapy literature to treat body-image dissatisfaction among GBM. Danqing Huo and Leigh Johnson-Migalski look at the relationships between Chinese young adults' scores on social interest, individualism, and collectivism in their article titled "Social Interest and Collectivism: A Study of the New Generation of Mainland China." The study involved 266 participants who were undergraduate or graduate students in China. Findings suggest that collectivism does not predict social interest among the young Chinese generation and that higher individualistic levels suggest more interpersonal relationship issues. In another study with Chinese participants, "Examining the Influence of Meaning in Life and Social Connectedness on Adolescents' Career Self-Efficacy," Mantak Yuen, Josephine Yau, Jesus Alfonso D. Datu, Shui-wai Wong, Ryder T. H. Chan, Patrick S. Y. Lau, and Norman C. Gysbers investigated variables that parallel Individual Psychology principles in their article. The study included 2,638 Chinese adolescents and their results suggested that presence of meaning, as compared to searching for meaning, can predict talent development, work habits, and career exploration in adolescents in Hong Kong. Courtney Evans's article "Trauma-Informed Adlerian Play Therapy: A Case Study" demonstrates how Adlerian play therapy can be an effective intervention to treat children experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. Through the use of a case-study methodology, Evans demonstrates the application of Adlerian play therapy and also integration of the trauma-informed care principles of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Lifestyle assessment, conceptualization, phases of treatment, parent consultation, study limitations, and future research implications are discussed. The final article in this issue is "Navigating Adventure Therapy: Using Adlerian Theory as a Guide," which includes an exciting and experiential integration of adventure therapy and Individual Psychology. David Christian, Danny McCarty, and Cian Brown articulate the use of Adlerian theory to guide adventure therapy. They discuss how practitioners using adventure therapy interventions can assess participants' private logic, mistaken beliefs, lifestyle, and level of social interest. They also demonstrate the use of Adlerian theory to conceptualize therapy participants and introduce culturally responsive adventure therapy techniques. These articles reflect the socially embedded work started by Alfred Adler and continued by many practitioners and researchers. The authors in this issue have applied Individual Psychology in different parts of the globe with diverse clients and in...