Adlerian work / ADL-A01-1
Belonging Map — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind belonging map and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan feels welcome in a hobby group but overlooked at work.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Belonging can be explored in social context without requiring conformity.
The idea
Belonging can be explored in social context without requiring conformity.
An ordinary example
Morgan feels welcome in a hobby group but overlooked at work.
What this can look like
Map places where you feel included, excluded, or uncertain and identify one change in access or connection.
Check the fit
Where would belonging require an environmental change? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
Encouragement is not reassurance that everything will work out, and contribution does not determine human worth.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- Where would belonging require an environmental change?
Conceptual background
Alfred Adler: Theory and Application — Adler Graduate School
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.