Adlerian

Finally, the conclusion to my graduate paper 'Adlerian Counseling', and I bet you readers are probably glad to see the end. I hope you have learned a little on how to be an Adlerian counselor or even social worker. I am thinking of writing a few more counseling theory articles and I hope we can all learn from them.

I have studied other therapeutic modes and being an Adlerian therapist the way that I feel success and contentment would be that the client or patient be able to encounter different and difficult situations where they can ask for help to solve their problems through discovery and using guidance when necessary to bring about renewed hope and forgiveness of self. They will be able to learn on their own what is right and wrong and to pick the best examples to follow behaviors to use in their lives.

Is it possible for them to have the opportunity to share what they have learned how they feel and all the emotions of the days and the nights that they can share and not feel alone? They will feel important to others around them like family and friends. It is all right to be myself and be by myself and still be a part of society?

Success is shown when your clients or patients can care for themselves and still contribute to their world where they belong. Clients will be able to make choices to improve their quality of life and feel confident with themselves in many situations they encounter. Now I am going to share with you what I believe leads to change in the world and the career as counselor.

The children of today, if you can get through to them along with all the technology they have to work with, that should supposedly improve their awkward lives and those that they have touched while growing up and learning right from wrong. Sometimes in doing this they need help from someone who will listen to them as a leader did with the parents in the passage that I read. They will want to share what they have learned from the past and the present to give to the future people who might suffer from the same problems that they had or still do to some degree. To conclude this section and the children and everyone will follow the rules. I thought this was a good passage to illustrate Adlerian theory, because what is a counselor but a teacher. We teach children and adults proper ways of communicating to each other and sharing knowledge of what they know and have learned through their sessions. We as counselors will guide them in the choices they make to help them in life. Adlerian theory is a theory that counselors and whomever should have courage, contentment, be able and want to learn new ways to cope, have security for yourself and others, to be creative, have fun, and to make and be able to have others understand what is going on with you and them.

Another basis for Adlerian theory is to answer the question "Who am I?" and as an Adlerian counselor I can help them figure it out along with any issues that occur along the way. We could have discussions about the reasons they are feeling sad, having trouble with school--dealing with other kids and/or teachers and maybe even their parents may be the cause of their problems. They may feel like they are in a pressure cooker ready to blow and they are looking for an outlet that may be why they came or were referred to a counselor and decided to open the door and let us help them sort through the ideas and problems and come up with solutions through creative, fun, and maybe adventurous ways. Being an Adlerian counselor we will be able to show the clients that they can lean on us for as much support in finding what they need to accomplish and be able to stand on their own in this world body, mind and spirit. We must also check their attitudes and belief systems with our own so a balance will occur and the justification of all the fights and the talking and the solutions found will lead to forgiveness for whatever behaviors occurred with the client and the family and all the others around him/her.

Working as an Adlerian counselor we will see what children and even adults need more of is to have more encouragement to pursue what they need, but still be guided at certain points in their busy lives. They need to feel that they will still be accepted when problems arise and not feel guilty when asking for help from a friend, family or from a professional. This is where change really comes into play when dealing with any type of therapy and just being able to ask questions even if for right now there are no answers, but even just to have someone to be with you at these kinds of times.

What has led me to be a counselor started way long ago when I first went back to college and wanted to be a Pre-school or a Kindergarten teacher, but when I finished that college path there was a 'Teachers glut" too many people wanting the positions and not enough open spots in the schools, so I became a Day Care Worker for awhile. Then deciding to become a nurse hopefully to help sick kids, but to find out as an LPN you will mainly work in nursing facilities. This lead to my current position as a LPN working in a hospital passing medications and leading activity groups of elderly patients needing extra help with various aspects of living.

I have combined both my degrees into one job and learning that I still was not happy unless I was doing activities with the patients using art, exercise, books and even music to help them better understand what is/was going on with them. I really like just talking with them and getting to know them for the short time they are at the hospital. Working with the elderly at various ages say from ages 55 to 100 or more sometimes you will have to think like a child for ideas, and this will stimulate their memories and they will feel comfortable, secure, and build trust in you by just having you listen to them even at times they will go off on tangents. I feel like an Adlerian because I would like myself, my clients, and whomever else just to be able to be accepted for whatever they are like or do for a living. The important thing to remember in doing any kind of therapy is to be observant. In my Adlerian world one must count for something, be connected to something, have courage, and have control over certain aspects of their lives.

Always remember there is one basic rule when working with people of all kinds and ages. You never know when you may need help. As an Adlerian you must be a child at times to bring about understanding of what may be going on with your clients or patients. You want to make the experience as fun as possible, even with following various boundaries of the counseling profession.

(I hope whoever has read a few or all of these articles on Adlerian counseling can see how any of us can follow these simple rules. I would appreciate any hearts or tips one would like to give.)