Adlerian work / ADL-A07-5
Inferiority and Comparison — Review journal
Review an attempt at inferiority and comparison and choose what to keep, change, or leave aside.
10 minutes · Journal prompts · 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.
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
Name a comparison, the standard behind it, and the contextual information it leaves out.
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 changes when the comparison includes context? 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 changes when the comparison includes context? 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.