ABSTRACT
Sigmund Freud’s approach to psychoanalysis is not compromised by other practitioners’ methodology. Psychoanalysis still has its practitioners, some of whom may follow the ordered Freudian style, whilst others may prefer the more spiritual approach favoured by Jung. True psychoanalysis involves three or four sessions a week over a period that may run into years, incurring a significant commitment of time and money from the client, and thus it tends to be practised less than other techniques that are based on weekly meetings. The Adlerian psychotherapist directs the patient’s attention to the neurotic attempts they may be making to cope with feelings of inferiority. Alfred Adler called his technique “individual psychology” to distinguish it from Freud’s psychoanalysis and Jung’s analytical psychology. Although detailed stages of childhood sexual and psychological development had been set out by Freud and others, no work was being done directly with children.
