Adler Graduate School is a small, non-profit educational institution located in Richfield, Minnesota that offers a Master of Arts Degree in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy with five areas of emphasis. These are: Marriage and Family Therapy, Licensed Professional Counseling/Licensed Professional Clinical Counseling, School Counseling, Career Development and Art Therapy. An online non-clinical MA in Adlerian Studies was added in Fall 2010. The school also offers certificate programs in Professional Life Coaching, and Parent Coaching, a Post-Master's Degree Diploma in Adlerian Psychotherapy and a Post-Master's Licensure Program.
The coursework offered at the Adler Graduate School is intended to support pursuit of licensure as an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist), LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) and Professional School Counselor in the State of Minnesota. Students seeking licensure in Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, Professional Clinical Counseling and Professional School Counseling are encouraged to consult program advisors regarding specific course requirements.
The Adler Graduate School has a long history in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area. Through the encouragement and support of internationally known psychiatrist Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs, the institution was initially founded in 1967 as the Minnesota Adlerian Society. It began in the Twin Cities as a small movement to present Adlerian concepts to the regional community. Among its initial founders were Bob Bartholow, Susan Pye Brokaw, Bill and Mim Pew, and Bob Willhite. They worked directly under Dreikurs' tutelage.
By 1969, the new Society experienced broad public exposure, broad participation, and enthusiastic volunteerism. Programs were offered to individuals, couples, and families at numerous locations around Minneapolis and St. Paul. Concurrently, an Adlerian teaching institute was created as part of the Society. This was started by a group of professionals dedicated to teaching the practice of Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology.
In May 1969, the Institute was separately chartered as the Alfred Adler Institute of Minnesota (AAIM). In 1982, AAIM began a cooperative program with its sister institution, The Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. AAIM was first independently accredited in 1991 as a full fledged graduate school offering various paths of study toward the Master of Arts degree in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy.
In July 1998, the Institute formally changed its name to the Alfred Adler Graduate School (AAGS) and to the Adler Graduate School (AGS) in 2004. Today, in addition to the Master of Arts in Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy, the Adler Graduate School offers various certificate and other special study programs. At its core remains the Adlerian philosophy of encouragement, open-mindedness, and mutual support to advance the public interest.
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