Classical Adlerian Brief Therapy: The Innovative Techniques of Anthony Bruck

by Anthony Bruck, Henry Stein, James Wolf (Editor), Thomas Clark, Laurie Stein (Editor)

Overview

Anthony Bruck achieved remarkably quick therapeutic results with individuals from many countries, often in unusual circumstances. Trained by Alfred Adler, he mastered Adler's theory, philosophy, and style of treatment. This volume on brief therapy offers psychotherapists and counselors his simple, appealing diagrams that illustrate Adler's theory; a variety of fascinating case illustrations; and strategies for helping clients achieve useful, practical improvements when therapeutic time is quite limited. Anthony's love of language and graphics adds a dramatic, clarifying dimension to the client-therapist dialogue. This book, including many of his charts and diagrams, provides a long overdue recognition of his unique contribution to Adlerian practice. The book is divided into six parts. Part One: Biographical Summary, provides a brief outline of Anthony Bruck's background and professional life. Part Two presents twelve case studies that vividly illustrate Bruck's insight, creativity, and ability to help people quickly. Part Three explains several of his guiding treatment principles. Part Four: “Visibilized Adlerian Psychology,” offers an overview of Bruck's graphic illustration of Adlerian constructs. Part Five: Articles, includes two stimulating papers, “Vicious Circles,” and “What Does Life Mean to Us?” Part Six: Appendix, contains ten charts that are referred to in Parts Two and Three, as well as two charts which clarify the differences between Classical Adlerian Brief Therapy (CABT) and Classical Adlerian Depth Psychotherapy (CADP).

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014403306
Publisher:	Alfred Adler Institute of Northwestern Washington
Publication date:	04/09/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	544 KB

About the Author

Anthony Bruck was born in Apatin in Southern Hungary (now Northern Yugoslavia), the second of three children. His father was a lawyer with offices in the family home, and at the age of six Bruck began showing an interest in people's problems as he listened to the conversations between his father and his clients.

Bruck read voraciously as a child, and was able to read books written in Hungarian, German and French. At the age of twelve, he learned English, Latin, Italian and Serbian. This background in languages contributed greatly to his wide range of understanding human nature and his life long travels throughout the world.

Bruck knew Adlerian Psychology in all of its aspects. He became a Classical Adlerian teacher and practitioner who understood, applied, and lived what he taught. Sophia de Vires, another of Adler's students, provides some insight into Bruck's Adlerian Style, "Anthony possessed the loving, giving attitude Adler expected of practitioners. With colleagues and 'co-thinkers', as he liked to call his clients, he shared his knowledge and wit".