ncouragement utilized toward the goal of changing the client's negative self-image and thereby assisting the him or her to live a more functional and satisfying life. In other words, Adlerian therapists provide the encouragement that the client was not given during his/her early years and thus eradicate the discouragement and its attendant negative perspective that is producing dysfunction in the client's life.
Kefir (1981) characterizes Adlerian counseling as a method of re-education aimed at enlarging an individual's social interest, overcoming feelings of inferiority, modifying goals, and helping the client toward a greater social and interpersonal contribution. In addition to the general goal of re-education, Dreikurs (1967) identifies four therapeutic aims of Adlerian therapy as:
(1) creating and maintaining a good client/therapist relationship;
(2) identifying the client's dynamics;
(3) providing interpretation leading to insight; and
(4) achieving a reorientation and re-education, o
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