Understanding Life-Style: The Psycho-Clarity Process [Paperback]

Robert L. Powers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1987 | ISBN-10: 0918287030 | ISBN-13: 978-0918287038

From the Foreword by Kurt A. Adler, PhD, MD: UNDERSTSANDING LIFE-STYLE is a comprehensive study of a technique and method for personality assessment. It is designed to enable clinicians to understand individual uniqueness and to teach and inform them how to convey this to their clients or patients. Following a thorough, in-depth explanation of the theoretical concepts of Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology, the authors apply these concepts to the practice of psychotherapy. Detailed case-histories, enriched by frequent verbatim dialogues, are used to guide the reader through the assessment process. This book is of extreme value.

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"...highly readable, replete with concrete examples, and very specific...a rich resource..." -- Contemporary Psychology

"A comprehensive study of a technique and method for personality assessment...This book is of extreme value." -- Kurt A. Adler, M.D., Ph.D. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Robert L. Powers and Jane Griffith are members (emeriti) of the faculty of the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, where Powers was named Distinguished Service Professor of Adlerian Studies in Culture and Personality. Each of them has served as president of the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology. They are regular consultants and lecturers in the U.S. and abroad. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Adler School of Professional (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0918287030
• ISBN-13: 978-0918287038
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,770,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Breath of Fresh Air for the Field of Applied Psychology, July 4, 2001

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Steven A. Maybell (Kirkland, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Life-Style: The Psycho-Clarity Process (Paperback)

As a practicing counselor and therapist, I consider, "Understanding Life-Style, The Psycho Clarity Process", to be a big "breath of fresh air" for the profession of applied psychology. For too long this field has been mired in mechanistic-reductionistic approaches which emphasize labeling over understanding and a "therapist knows best" mentality over true collaboration. Finally, a book that speaks in an artistic and scientific way about a psychology and process that helps people understand how primitive childhood and often unconscious beliefs are responsible for the many emotional and social maladies of our times. Rather than framing human processes as mental disorders, "Understanding Lifestyle" frames them as "creative processes designed for a (non-conscious) purpose" - amazing! Rather than viewing therapy as something the therapist does for the client, this unique book focusses on the client and therapist as "co-workers" - equally amazing! This unique and wonderfully written book is not only beneficial to the therapist attempting to locate a pathway through the cobwebs of psychological theory and human difficulty, but also to the layperson wishing to understand self and others. Filled with practical examples the therapist and average human being can readily relate to, this book is a must read for anyone intersted in "Psycho Clarity" vs. "Psycho Complication" and "Psycho Babble". You will never think about your clients, yourself or others in the same way ever again. A truly life altering book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding is a liberation., October 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Understanding Life-Style : The Psycho-Clarity Process (Hardcover)

It is a relief to read a text on personality development, and to discover that it is about the histories of distinct, unique persons. It is a further relief to discover that when one's way of having grown up and stayed in character until now is understandable, it is a way of living and thinking and feeling that is no longer necessary. This is a liberating book