Adlerian work / ADL-A12-1
Catching the Pattern Kindly — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind catching the pattern kindly and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan notices opening another planning app instead of starting a task.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Recognizing a familiar pattern is an opportunity rather than a failure.
The idea
Recognizing a familiar pattern is an opportunity rather than a failure.
An ordinary example
Morgan notices opening another planning app instead of starting a task.
What this can look like
Identify an early cue for a self-defeating habit and create a neutral noticing phrase.
Check the fit
What phrase helps you notice without shaming yourself? 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 phrase helps you notice without shaming yourself?
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.