일본 아마존 베스트셀러, 임상심리학 분야 1위! 저자 기시미 이치로가 우연히 만나게 된 아들러 심리학에 빠져들며 깨닫게 된 지식과 통찰, 그리고 수많은 상담을 통해 얻은 임상 경험과 사례들 중에서 독자들에게 꼭 전달하고 싶은 정수만을 정리해서 명쾌하게 설명한 역작이다.
베스트셀러 <미움받을 용기>도 이 책에 기반을 두고 쓰인 책이다. 공저자인 고가 후미타케는 어느 겨울날 이케부쿠로의 서점에 있던 이 책을 읽다가 강렬한 깨달음을 받아 아들러 심리학의 핵심을 전달하는 책을 공저하기로 마음먹었기 때문이다. 독자들은 고가 후미타케처럼 <아들러 심리학을 읽는 밤>을 통해 용기의 심리학자 아들러에 대해, 그리고 아들러 심리학의 핵심 개념과 주된 메시지들에 대해 더욱 자세하고 명쾌하게 이해할 수 있게 될 것이다.
Ichiro KISHIMI Philosopher, Adlerian psychologist and translator of English and German languages. Born in 1956.
M.A.in philosophy from Kyoto University. Director of the Japanese Society of Adlerian psychology. Former counselor at Maeda Clinic in Kyoto and has taught philosophy and ancient Greek at various institutions such as Kyoto University of Education and Nara Women's University.
He presently teaches educational psychology and clinical psychology at Meiji School of Oriental Medicine in Suita, Osaka. Kishimi now has his own private counseling office in Kameoka, Kyoto, and devotes his time to giving lectures on Adlerian Psychology and child education.
Highlights ✨ • A person becomes an individual only within a social—interpersonal—context. • Feelings of love emerge where good communication exists. • When people cannot accept being “ordinary,” they try to make themselves “special.” • Sharing joy and expressing your feelings can be an act of encouragement. Try saying things like “thank you,” “I’m happy,” or “that really helped me,” even for small acts we tend to overlook as normal.
My own reflections after digesting the theory: I often find myself seeing the world through a hierarchical lens, and sometimes that leads to subtle power struggles even with my partner or family. People who genuinely aim to treat others as equals do not speak in ways that belittle anyone.
The power of saying thank you. The importance of actually voicing “I’m happy.” By respecting the other person, I want to express things like: • “Seeing how hard you work makes me happy—it motivates me to try harder too. Thank you 😊”
From an educational standpoint, this is something I’d like to come back to and read again in the future ✨
And about future I decide my own future. Who I am now is acting toward the person I want to become. → I feel tired because my body is telling me it needs rest. → I’m in a position to leave my current job because I want to work in a new world.