Person centred therapy strengths and weaknesses

In need of a 250 word response/discussion to each of the following forum posts. Agreement/disagreement/and/or continuing the discussion.

Original forum discussion/topic post is as follows:

Critique the strengths and weaknesses of either Adlerian Psychotherapy or Client-Centered Therapy. Choose an issue such as empirical support, practicality, consistency, etc.

Forum post #1

This week we really began to dive into the different types and manners of psychotherapy that are available.

I chose to discuss Adlerian Psychotherapy. Adlerian psychotherapy is a type of psychotherapy that looks at the whole life and environment of an individual to figure out why that individual feels or acts a certain way. For example, if a person seeks help via Adlerian psychotherapy for anxiety, the psychotherapy involves looking at when they have these anxious feelings, what their childhood was like, what order they were in birth in comparison to their siblings, and what the purpose of their anxiety is. Our book discusses, at length, that finding a purpose for a feeling or action is a significant part of Adlerian psychotherapy. Adlerian psychotherapy is very socially based. For example, unsuccessful outcomes are those that are seen as quiet, don't communicate, or even competitive. Successful people are those that think of others, treat others with kindness, and look to help others in society. It is difficult for me to state whether Adlerians would view salespeople as having normal or abnormal development. On one hand, salespeople are very good communicators and are very personable. However, salespeople can be extremely competitive and focus mainly on how they can be more successful.

Adlerian psychotherapy is also characterized by the individuality that it can offer to its' clients. Because Adlerian psychotherapy involves in-depth discussions between the client and therapist regarding their birth order, family life, environment growing up, current environment, why they feel a certain way, etc., individuals not only receive an individualized experience, but they also develop a strong relationship with their therapist. Because each client is treated with such attention to detail, one person that walks in with problems due to anxious feelings may receive a completely different course of Adlerian psychotherapy than another individual that walks in with anxious feelings. This would be due to the fact that the details of their life and environment differ from each other.