Dyanne Pienkowski, M.A., a Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in Millbrae, California, combines over twenty years of training with Dr. Stein & Dr. de Vries, with exceptional knowledge and skill in substance abuse treatment. She has specialized in substance abuse treatment for over 35 years and is certified as a Master's Addiction Counselor (MAC). Co-director of the Alfred Adler Insititute of San Francisco, she offers on-site mentoring to anyone living in the Bay Area, or telephone mentoring to students located anywhere in the world. For more information about her background, go to Paths to Becoming an Adlerian.

Martha Edwards, Ph.D., is the Founder and Director of the Center for the Developing Child and Family at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City. Dr. Edwards brings over 20 years of Classical Adlerian study, first with Dr. Adele Davidson and then with Dr. Stein, to her therapy practice with individuals, couples and families, and to her students. She offers on-site mentoring in the New York City area as well as telephone mentoring to students located anywhere in the world. For more information about her background, go to Paths jto Becoming an Adlerian.

Our team of Classical Adlerian training analysts provides distance training, study-analysis and case consultation to mental health professionals and students anywhere in the world, via telephone, e-mail, and the Institute's web site documents. This unique mentor-based service offers several advantages:

• - customized training to match your professional interests
• - home study of audio-taped seminars
• - supplementary reading of rare materials
• - weekly discussions and case consultations by telephone
• - self-paced progress

Following Alfred Adler’s unique tradition of depth, congruence, and creativity, we study his original clinical writings as well as the works of Alexander Mueller, Lydia Sicher, and other Classical Adlerians. We also retain his singular style of treatment, a warm, gentle, Socratic approach that respectfully challenges clients. With his vigorous optimism, we integrate the inspiring ideas of Abraham Maslow which crystalize optimal human functioning. Adler’s solid psychological foundation permits us to adapt therapeutic strategies like eidetic imagery to compensate for missing developmental experiences.

Certification recognizes that participants have earned a sufficient level of knowledge and skill in the practice of Classical Adlerian psychotherapy. A prerequisite for certification is the fulfillment of any local licensing requirements in counseling and psychotherapy. We do not award academic credit or degrees, so these requirements need to be earned at an academic institution; essentially, we offer post-graduate professional training. However, individuals may begin work with us if they are enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program. Most of our students are licensed counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and physicians.

The full certification program takes about three years of weekly study. Most courses consist of listening to audio tapes of live seminars conducted at the Alfred Adler Institute of San Francisco, reading selected books and unpublished manuscripts, and engaging in weekly one-hour telephone discussions with me or one of my training analysts. Near the end of the first year of study, students begin a personal study analysis with me. After the second year, which includes case study, individual case supervision begins. The total cost of the three-year training is about $24,000. Students pay for each course as they begin it, budgeting about $700/month.

Mastering the art of Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy takes more than learning a theory and a series of strategies. It requires ongoing mentoring from a highly experienced clinician whose character reflects Adlerian philosophy. This experience is essential to grasp the necessary depth of feeling and trust in the therapeutic process. Larger institutions rarely offer this master-apprentice relationship.

I work with a limited number of psychotherapists in order to bring each of them to a high level of mastery. Adler handed down a remarkable legacy of therapeutic artistry to a small group of first generation Adlerians. Each of them trained a few others very comprehensively. This tradition of quality and depth cannot be translated effectively into large group instruction. Only a mentor with expertise in Adler's original principles and therapeutic style, someone who has completed an effective study-analysis, can offer the personal relationship necessary for education of this caliber.

You will have the opportunity to read selected, unpublished and newly translated manuscripts by Alfred Adler and other "first-generation" Classical Adlerians (Lydia Sicher, Alexander Mueller, Sophia de Vries, and Anthony Bruck); and listen to audio-taped seminars on theory, practice, and case analysis conducted by Sophia de Vries and me. I augment the general content of each course with specific material based on your professional interests. We will discuss your comments and questions in our weekly consultations.

As your mentor-consultant, I will map out a customized, comprehensive, distance-training program of directed reading, audio-cassette recordings of seminars, study-analysis, and case consultation. Our weekly telephone contact will be supplemented by e-mail or postal correspondence as needed. You determine the pace of your study.

Our focus will be exclusively on achieving a progressive, in-depth knowledge of Classical Adlerian theory and developing the creative skills of diagnosis and treatment. A study-analysis offers a first-hand experience of Classical Adlerian psychotherapy. The case study and supervision helps translate theory into practice. I do not offer any general academic courses and consequently do not award degrees. (Some graduate programs permit off-site mentor studies for credit.) The training has not been designed to prepare students for any state licensing requirements. It provides advanced, post-graduate professional training in one discipline. A transcript listing all work completed will be issued at the end of each year. Students who complete all course work and participate in at least three of the annual experiential workshops, giving me an opportunity to evaluate their work firsthand, may earn a “Certification in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy." To be considered for certification, candidates must first hold a current state license to practice psychotherapy or counseling.

Classical Adlerian psychotherapy achieves a unique integration of the cognitive, affective, intuitive, creative, and somatic realms which must be experienced in order to be understood. No amount of academic study alone can prepare someone to learn this multi-faceted process. Students must begin a weekly, personal study-analysis, then use opportunities offered by the annual, on-site, experiential workshops to work on personal issues face-to-face with a master analyst, thus internalizing this complex art in order to provide the full depth and range of Classical Adlerian psychotherapy to clients.

In order for me to understand your unique professional interests, I need to know your prior training, experience, and aspirations. I could then propose a plan for your professional development. Please e-mail a copy of your Curriculum Vitae to HTStein@att.net then call me at (360) 647-5670.

The courses listed below can be modified in content and time to accommodate your specific interests and circumstances. Fees listed are for mental health professionals; reduced fees may be available for full-time students. Fees include consulting time, audio cassette tapes, outlines, handouts, unpublished articles and manuscripts. Books must be purchased from your local or on-line bookseller. If you have difficulty finding a source, contact me. Consulting time may be scheduled for thirty or sixty-minute sessions, depending on your availability and the pace you wish to set. However, maintaining weekly contact is essential.

Course Descriptions and Registration

Theory

Study-Analysis

Practice

Case Study

Special Topics

On-Site Experiential Workshops

Courses Required for Certification as a Training Analyst

Henry T. Stein, Ph.D., is the leading advocate of Classical Adlerian psychology in the United States. Trained by Sophia de Vries and Anthony Bruck, both of whom studied with Alfred Adler, he has been training psychotherapists for over twenty years with an approach based on the original teachings and therapeutic style of Alfred Adler, as well as the clinical and philosophical writings of other Classical Adlerians--Kurt Adler, Lydia Sicher, Alexander Mueller, Erwin Wexberg, and Alexander Neuer. He is the director of the Classical Adlerian Translation Project, a translating-editing team dedicated to publishing the writings of Classical Adlerians, and the editor of The Collected Clinical Works of Alfred Adler. Since 1996, he has maintained a richly informative web site providing articles, graphics, transcriptions, video clips, photographs, and discussion forums. As the senior training analyst at the Alfred Adler Institute of Northwest Washington, he offers mentor-oriented distance training in Classical Adlerian psychotherapy, as well as case consultation. His own contributions to Adlerian clinical practice include a comprehensive adaptation of the Socratic method, a thorough exposition of the twelve stages of psychotherapy, and an integration of Abraham Maslow's vision of optimal human development with Classical Adlerian therapy.