Lo sviluppo del pensiero Adleriano negli ultimi venti anni: alcuni contributi a livello internazionale
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Summary – THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADLERIAN THOUGHT OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS:
SOME INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS. A review of some recent and relevant contributions for
updating the theory and practice of the Individual Psychology is provided. First the debate between tradition
and change which took place during the 20th IAIP Congress is summarized, mainly considering Rainer
Schmidt and Bernard Shulman point of view. The problems concerning orthodoxy, and the consonances
or dissonances in nowadays development of Adler’s theories are subsequently discussed, particularly with
respect to the so called Post-Adlerian and Neo-Adlerian perspectives. Adlerian psychotherapies with a
humanistic, psychodynamic, or constructivist orientation are briefly outlined in a current definition, also
citing the Classical Adlerian Depth Psychotherapy, the Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and the
Adlerian Psychotherapy as empirically informed treatments. The importance of the scientific research is
finally stressed in order to discuss and validate a number of concepts, such as Striving for Power and Social
Interest, intrapsychic and relational conflict, conscious and unconscious, cultural empathy, therapist’s emotional
response, vulnerability and personality organisation.