Alfred Adler

Alfred W. Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of inferioritythe inferiority complexis recognized as an isolating element which plays a key role in personality development. Alfred Adler considered human beings as an individual whole, therefore he called his psychology Individual Psychology .

Alfred Adler was born at Mariahilfer Strae 208 in Rudolfsheim, then a village on the western fringes of Vienna, and today part of RudolfsheimFnfhaus, the 15th district of the city. He was third of the seven children of a Hungarianborn, Jewish grain merchant and his wife. Others contend that he was the second of the children. Early on, he developed rickets, which kept him from walking until he was four years old. At the age of four, he developed pneumonia and heard a doctor say to his father, Your boy is lost. At that point, he decided to be a physician. He was very interested in the subjects of psychology, sociology and philosophy. After studying at University of Vienna, he specialized as an eye doctor, and later in neurology and psychiatry. Alfreds younger brother died in the bed next to him, when Alfred was only three years old. Alfred was an active, popular child and an average student who was also known for his competitive attitude toward his older brother, Sigmund.

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