Adler & Ricky Bobby: Talladega Nights and Adlerian Psychotherapy

Using Talladega Night to Understand Adlerian Psychology

Description

While a great comedy film, Talladega Nights is also a film with significant insights about why people do what they do and how they change. This workshop will look at the film as emblematic of Adlerian theory and psychotherapy, with emphasis placed on early recollections, the creative self, and the functional role of symptoms.

 

3 CE NBCC ONLY

League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7402. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play Therapists (LEAPT) is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Objectives

  1. Participants will be able to explain how Adlerian Psychology can serve as a framework for analyzing pop culture media, including film, television, and literature.
  2. Participants will be able to critique a film through the perspective of Adlerian Psychology.
  3. Participants will be able to describe how fictional finalisms/guiding ideals are integral to an Adlerian understanding of mental health symptoms.