ABSTRACT
The purpose of this article is to present an Adlerian approach to understanding resistance in therapy and to resolving the impasses which result. It will be seen that Adlerian theory is an effective framework for integrating paradoxical (humanistic and cognitive-behavioral) approaches to psychotherapy, offering a rationale for using therapeutic paradox which is grounded in a psychodynamic and interpersonal theory of resistance. (The term “psychodynamic” refers to a group of theories which emphasize unconscious [or what we in this paper refer to as “nonconscious”] motivation.)
