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Psychology - Individual Psychology
(1,763 words)

Part of Psychology:

1. Science of Psychology

2. Individual Psychology

3. Depth Psychology

4. Parapsychology

Together with Freud’s psychoanalysis and Jung’s “analytical psychology”, the Individual Psychology which was worked out by Alfred Adler (1870–1937) is one of the three classic schools of depth psychology and psychotherapy. It can be properly evaluated only against the background of the history of depth psychology. Freud’s discovery of the unconscious revolutionized psychology as well as medicine, even th…

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Erwin Ringel, “Psychology - Individual Psychology”, in: Sacramentum Mundi Online, General Editor Karl Rahner, SJ. Consulted online on 01 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-483X_smuo_COM_003562>
First published online: 2016



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