What Life Could Mean to You (Paperback)

~ (Author), Colin Brett (Translator) "HUMAN BEINGS LIVE in the realm of meanings..." (more)
Key Phrases: Individual Psychology, Could Mean, Advisory Councils

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Product Description

Alfred Adler examines themes common to each of our lives, including family, adolescent development, feelings of superiority and inferiority, the importance of cooperation, work, friendship and love and marriage. By bettering our understanding of each, Adler helps us overcome our past and transforms our lives.

About the Author

Colin Brett is an accredited Adlerian counselor and former Training Officer of the Adlerian Society of Great Britain. He is the translator of Adler's Understanding Human Nature and the editor of What Life Could Mean to You.

Product Details

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568382286
• ISBN-13: 978-1568382289
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #669,758 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adler Superior to Contemporary Popular Psychology, December 1, 2002

By	"bunnyparty" (MA USA) - See all my reviews

It is remarkable and true that Alred Adler's popular psychology books written 70 years ago are superior to most of the pop psych published today. That is why Adler is still in print. He understood the conflict between feelings of inferiority and striving for superiority. Even more importantly, he explained how fashioning a healthy synthesis of individuality (the creative self) and social interest (energy directed outside, beyond one's self) is the solution to feeling unhappy. Adler avoided the extremes of unrealistic optimism (as in humanistic and positive psychology) and of hopeless pessimism (as seen in Freud and some evolutionary psychology). His vision of psychological health is realistic, very human, and humane. Why read contemporary pop psych when Adler is still in print?

3.0 out of 5 stars life of a boxer, December 18, 2008

By	William D. Tompkins (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i dont agree with everything that the author has written here but the book is well structured and offers a point of view.

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Repetitive, December 10, 2002

By	Bradley K. Stilwell (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Adler offers few fresh insights in this sequel to "Understanding Human Nature" as it mostly repeats his concepts of inferiority feelings and social feeling. In fact, one of the later chapters lifts sections of the first book word for word. Moreover, Adler veers into prejudice in his ardent promotion of social cooperation by suggesting single people or those without children are failing to meet their obligations to contribute to society. He also misattributes homosexuality to attachment issues. His first book is a classic - among the best I've ever read on psychology. This one is better left in the 1930s.