| | Adler emphasized the importance of equality in preventing various forms of psychopathology, and espoused the development of social interest and democratic family structures for raising children<ref>{{cite book|last=Adler|first=Alfred|title=What Life Could Mean to You|year=1931|publisher=Hazelden|location=Center City, MN}}</ref> . His most famous concept is the [[inferiority complex]] which speaks to the problem of self-esteem and its negative effects on human health (e.g. sometimes producing a paradoxical superiority striving). His emphasis on power dynamics is rooted in the philosophy of [[Nietzsche]], whose works were published a few decades before Adler's. However, Adler's conceptualization of the "Will to Power" focuses on the individual's creative power to change for the better<ref>{{cite web|last=Stepp|first=G|title=A Psychology of Change|url=http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/alfred-adler-adlerian-psychology/41045.aspx}}</ref> . Adler argued for holism, viewing the individual holistically rather than reductively, the latter being the dominant lens for viewing human psychology. Adler was also among the first in psychology to argue in favor of [[feminism]] making the case that power dynamics between men and women (and associations with masculinity and femininity) are crucial to understanding human psychology (Connell, 1995). Adler is considered, along with [[Freud]] and [[Jung]], to be one of the three founding figures of [[depth psychology]], which emphasizes the unconscious and psychodynamics (Ellenberger, 1970; Ehrenwald, 1991). | | Adler emphasized the importance of equality in preventing various forms of psychopathology, and espoused the development of social interest and democratic family structures for raising children<ref>{{cite book|last=Adler|first=Alfred|title=What Life Could Mean to You|year=1931|publisher=Hazelden|location=Center City, MN}}</ref> . His most famous concept is the [[inferiority complex]] which speaks to the problem of self-esteem and its negative effects on human health (e.g. sometimes producing a paradoxical superiority striving). His emphasis on power dynamics is rooted in the philosophy of [[Nietzsche]], whose works were published a few decades before Adler's. However, Adler's conceptualization of the "Will to Power" focuses on the individual's creative power to change for the better<ref>{{cite web|last=Stepp|first=G|title=A Psychology of Change|url=http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/alfred-adler-adlerian-psychology/41045.aspx}}</ref> . Adler argued for holism, viewing the individual holistically rather than reductively, the latter being the dominant lens for viewing human psychology. Adler was also among the first in psychology to argue in favor of [[feminism]] making the case that power dynamics between men and women (and associations with masculinity and femininity) are crucial to understanding human psychology (Connell, 1995). Adler is considered, along with [[Freud]] and [[Jung]], to be one of the three founding figures of [[depth psychology]], which emphasizes the unconscious and psychodynamics (Ellenberger, 1970; Ehrenwald, 1991). |