Family constellation and Fictional Finalism: next in a series of articles on Alfred Adler's counseling theories.(PRESIDENT'S CORNER)

From: Subconsciously Speaking | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Durbin, Paul G. | Copyright information

Adler stressed that the birth order was an important determiner of personality. In spite of common heritage, siblings are usually very different from each other. It is not the child's position in the birth order that influences character, but the situation into which one is born and the way one interprets it. For instance: if two siblings are born much later than the earlier children, the older of the two may develop like a first-born and the younger one as a second child.

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