Alfred Adler was born on February 7, 1870 in Vienna, Austria. He was the second child in a family of seven children. Adler became ill at a very young age and was diagnosed with rickets. Rickets is a disorder caused by a lack of vitamin D and calcium, which soften bones. Adler was not able to walk until he was 4 years old. Additionally, at the age of four, Adler developed pneumonia and doctors said he had very little chance of staying alive. That's when Adler decided he wanted to become a doctor. He regained his health as he grew older and went to study at the University of Vienna. He earned a medical degree in 1895 and began his career as an ophthalmologist (ophthalmologist). He had his office opposite the Prater in Vienna, which is both an amusement park and a circus. His clients were circus performers and it was through interacting with them and observing their strengths and weaknesses that his ideas on the theory of organ inferiorities began. Over the years his interest in psychology grew and he was invited by Freud in 1902 to participate in a psychoanalytic discussion group. The group met every Wednesday at Freud's house, was known as the "Vienna Psychoanalytic Society", and was the beginning of the psychoanalytic movement. After eight long years of service as a member of the society, Adler became president of the society in 1910. But this only lasted for another year, in 1911, Adler separated from Freud's group due to their disagreements; Adler rejected Freud's ideas emphasizing sex. He was later known as a neo-Freudian along with many others. The Neo-Freudians were a group of theorists influenced by Sigmund Freud, but who extended his theories in their own direction. ...... middle of paper ...... problems on their own and understand his ideas about their lifestyle. He believed that patients could not be forced to understand their problems. Adler believed that if he told his patients directly, “Look, that’s your problem!” ", he wouldn't want to continue therapy and withdraw from help, because people don't like being told what's wrong with them. . For Adler, a patient had to be willing and in the right frame of mind to be able to listen and want to understand in order to get his help. This is the only way he can influence his patients and help them using his theories. Therapists could encourage patients by creating an honest relationship with them and gain their trust, but he believed that all responsibility for finding a cure rested with the patient and not with the therapists. You have to want it to get it.