Adlerian work / ADL-A02-5
Encouragement from Effort — Review journal
Review an attempt at encouragement from effort and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan attends an interview despite uncertainty and does not receive the job.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Encouragement can recognize effort and contribution without ranking people.
Before looking back
Choose one ordinary attempt or decide to review the fictional example instead. This journal has no scores, required disclosure, or expectation of progress.
Revisit the practice
Rewrite a performance judgment into an accurate observation of effort, courage, or cooperation.
Notice context and impact
Record what actually happened, including an unhelpful or neutral outcome. Note resources, power differences, accessibility, and changed conditions rather than attributing everything to personal effort.
Choose a revision
What can be acknowledged without inventing success? Keep the approach, change one part, ask for support, or set it aside. A mismatch is useful information.
Prompts for this resource
- What I tried, or what happened in the fictional example:
- What I noticed before, during, and after; what remains uncertain:
- What helped, did not help, or was outside my control:
- What can be acknowledged without inventing success? My optional adjustment or support request:
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.