Adlerian therapists aim to understand how clients fit into their worlds, and how family and cultural backgrounds shape clients and influence their therapeutic processes and individual needs. In this video, Carlson works with an African-American woman, Gina, exploring the family values she learned growing up, highlighting a fierce independence that became headstrong at times. Carlson then confronts her about how this value might have contributed to the downfall of her marriage. Gina admits, “I’m tired of fixing things all the time,” and explores with Carlson possibilities for change. Host Diane Kjos introduces Dr. Carlson and facilitates an enlightening discussion on the approach.
This video is part of the 15-video series, Psychotherapy with the Experts. Other self-study videos in this series include:
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Donald Meichenbaum
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with John Krumboltz
Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy
Family Systems Therapy
Feminist Therapy
Integrative Counseling
Integrative Therapy
Mind-Body Therapy
Multimodal Therapy
Object Relations Therapy
Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy
Reality Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Transactional Analysis
