One of the main concepts associated with the Adlerian theory is that the individual's approach to life is formed in the first 6 years. Adler contends that, in these early years, because of a necessary dependence on others to survive, feelings of inferiority begin in the individual. However, it is these feelings of inferiority that motivate the individual to succeed and to overcome inabilities and inadequacies (Corey, 2005). As such, Adler (1924) states, “…The child arrives at the positing of a goal, an imagined goal of superiority, whereby his poverty is transformed into wealth, his subordination into ...