Re: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy
Maslow's "hierarchy of needs" suggests a sequential meeting of basic needs, freeing the individual to pursue the next higher need. An Adlerian view of these basic needs is less hierarchical, believing that the development of the feeling of community yields the most effective concurrent meeting of all basic needs. In this respect, the pursuit of the basic needs, fortified by the feeling of community, can be integrated, rather than sequential (i.e., safety and esteem, tied into belonging). From an Adlerian view, the feeling of community is a pre-requisite for the process of self/other/task-actualization.
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