Adlerian work / ADL-A03-1
Private Logic Detective — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind private logic detective and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan believes that asking for help means being a burden.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Personal rules about life can be explored as working beliefs.
The idea
Personal rules about life can be explored as working beliefs.
An ordinary example
Morgan believes that asking for help means being a burden.
What this can look like
Complete an if-then rule about belonging, identify its protective purpose, and consider when it does not fit.
Check the fit
What alternative rule leaves more room for choice? 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?
- What alternative rule leaves more room for choice?
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.