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Cognitive Therapy and the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler

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In our recent book, Forgus and I present Alfred Adler as a cognitive theorist with a constructionist viewpoint. Adler’s theory

emphasizes that the person is an active, creative agent in the construction of his own personality, not merely a passive reactor shaped by his environment. (Forgus & Shulman, 1979)

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Shulman, B.H. (1985). Cognitive Therapy and the Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler. In: Mahoney, M.J., Freeman, A. (eds) Cognition and Psychotherapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7562-3_9

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