Adlerian work / ADL-A04-2
Lifestyle Pattern Sketch — Practice worksheet
Compare how you approach three ordinary tasks, looking for a recurring goal and a useful exception.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan prepares carefully, delays asking questions, and then rushes near deadlines.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Patterns are tentative descriptions rather than fixed personality labels.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Compare how you approach three ordinary tasks, looking for a recurring goal and a useful exception.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
Which pattern fits, and what evidence complicates it? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- Which pattern fits, and what evidence complicates it?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
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.