Individual psychology in the face of certain institutional problems

Abstract

The authors compared their experiences in a psychiatric clinic, a state elementary and nursery school, a family counseling center, a corporate neuropsychiatric counseling clinic, a convalescent home, and a nursing home for the elderly. The authors, who do not report the data from their observations analytically or their own analysis, found the following: I. In users:

A. Passive depressive attitudes

1. in the psychiatric clinic;

2. in the families of children with school problems;

3. in the elderly in the nursing home, who were admitted against their will and assisted only for their physiological needs;

B. Dependent attitudes

1. in the psychiatric clinic, especially in former patients;

2. in schools, among parents of schoolchildren requesting meetings to discuss their personal anxieties;

3. in family counseling centers, where the counselor acts as an advisor;

4. in the company neuropsychiatric clinic, where loyalty to work expresses the worker's will to power;

C. manipulative attitudes characterized by obsequiousness or victimhood

1. in the psychiatric clinic (demonstrative suicide attempts);

2. in schools (to obtain enrollment or after-school care);

3. in family counseling centers (to obtain subsidies);

4. in the company neuropsychiatric clinic (to obtain more satisfying jobs).

II. Operators may present

A. depressive defenses

1. in the psychiatric clinic, with skepticism about treatment and accusations against institutions;

2. in schools, with a lack of cooperation or outright ostracism of teachers towards the psychopedagogical service if cooperation has not been structured;

3. even in the company neuropsychiatric clinic, pessimism can be overcome by effective company organization;

4. The pessimism of operators in retirement homes, on the other hand, is part of a broader cultural attitude of society towards the elderly;

B. An attitude of dependence with overvaluation was observed in operators with whom collaboration had been established in schools, family counseling centers, and factory clinics;

C. An obsequious manipulative attitude was observed

1. in volunteers at the family counseling center;

2. in the company neuropsychiatric clinic. All these situations require individual psychological training for counselors