"Whoever you are
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting,
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things."

From the poem, "Wild Geese", by Mary Oliver

Adlerian Psychology called to me like the wild geese from the time I met Bill Pew in 1971. I had just begun teaching at an alternative school for high school dropouts when Bill introduced me to Rudolph Dreikurs' writings and the concepts of natural and logical consequences.

Eventually my teaching and learning led me to a degree in Special Education and then to the Adler Institute in 1985. It was there I learned how we find "our place in the family of things" and how our private logic contributes to the way we define ourselves in that family.

As a student, the didactic experience offered me the opportunity to learn how to integrate Life Style information into counseling and how to be aware of my private logic when I was teaching and doing therapy.

When I was invited to become a didactic instructor at the Adler Graduate School , I discovered a new role in this "family" where I have been doing this work for the past 16 years.

As a didactic instructor I work with students to explore their Life Style. I also work with them to discover and find some humor in their private logic and to play with it as the students encourage it towards useful goals.

Contact Information:
Work: 612-338-5267
ruthkatz@visi.com

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