Let’s Talk about Bruno and Other Lessons from Disney’s Encanto

Encanto is a film that focuses – at its core – on a family struggling with intergenerational trauma, difficult family dynamics, and a desire to belong, find a purpose, and use one’s own abilities to help promote community and healing.  This presentation will look at how the world and story built in Encanto provide an avenue for understanding Adlerian theory.  Using these characters' stories and the film’s musical score, we will explore how to help clients see themselves in the story and how they understand the world around them.

9:00 am - Start

12:15 pm - End

1. Discuss and define key Adlerian concepts and theory. 
2. Identify how Adlerian concepts such as family constellation, lifestyle, private logic, safeguarding, feelings of inferiority, striving for superiority, and social interest can be seen within the characters’ journeys in the film.
3. Describe how these Adlerian concepts can be applied to clinical to facilitate an understanding of clients’ unique mental health struggles, the role these concepts play within our clients’ lives, and the ways in which clients may see themselves and these concepts reflected in the characters and the storylines.