Adlerian work / ADL-A20-2
Ubuntu and Mutual Encouragement — Practice worksheet
Design a circle of encouragement that includes consent, reciprocity, and the option to receive rather than contribute today.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Morgan's group shares one practical support request before offering help.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Adlerian social interest and Ubuntu can meet through chosen mutual care.
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
Design a circle of encouragement that includes consent, reciprocity, and the option to receive rather than contribute today.
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
How does this community make room for both giving and receiving? 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:
- How does this community make room for both giving and receiving?
- 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.