Key psychological concepts in individual psychology

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Individual psychology (from Latin: individual-indivisible) is a branch of psychology, a system of psychotherapy developed by Alfred Adler in the 1920s. While Freud focused only on the internal processes—mainly sexual conflicts—that shed light on human psychology, Adler was adamant that in order to fully understand personality, a psychologist must take into account other internal and external factors. This is why he called his school of psychology the individual; this word aims to convey the meaning of indivisibility, derived from the Latin word individuum (individual) In Adler’s system, individual psychology considers an innate “social feeling” of the need for education to be the basis of personality. The main role in the structure and dynamics of personality behavior is not played by the unconscious, but by human consciousness, not by biological but social motivations. People as individuals are not helpless beings, victims, or passive bearers of their past experiences. Accordingly, they can create their own present, as well as choose their future. Intelligence and the awareness of the person of his value and ideals play no role in this process