Interpersonal Manifestations of Lifestyle: Individual Psychology Integrated with Interpersonal Theory

This article integrates the counseling theories of Individual Psychology and Interpersonal Theory. This integration provides a social/interpersonal approach to conceptualize clientsʹ problems and address them in counseling. The integrated approach to counseling presents a structure for assessment of clientsʹ developmental experiences as well as a counseling approach that allows the counselor to address these issues in the counseling relationship. Finally, a clinical example is provided to demonstrate the integration of theories.