Adlerian work / ADL-A07-1
Inferiority and Comparison — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind inferiority and comparison and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan compares a new role with a colleague's ten years of experience.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Feeling less capable need not define overall worth.
The idea
Feeling less capable need not define overall worth.
An ordinary example
Morgan compares a new role with a colleague's ten years of experience.
What this can look like
Name a comparison, the standard behind it, and the contextual information it leaves out.
Check the fit
What changes when the comparison includes context? 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 changes when the comparison includes context?
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.