Alfred Adler

Adler left behind many theories and practices that very much influenced the world of psychiatry. Today these concepts are known as Adlerian psychology. His theories focused on the feelings of inferiority, and how each person tries to overcome such feelings by overcompensating (trying too hard to make up for what is lacking). Adler claimed that an individual's lifestyle becomes established by the age of four or five, and he stressed the importance...

"This volume may be considered the classic work on Individual Psychology; it sums up the latest discoveries of the famous Vienna phusician who, with Freud and Jung, has been largely responsible for the widespread interest in psycho-analytic methods."--page 4 of cover.