Both a comprehensive and accessible text, Early Recollections: Interpretative Method and Application presents a constructivist approach and systematic development of early recollection theory.

We cannot recollect the past without skewing it by our current perceptions. Our memories are not identical recreations of the past, but are stories shaped by our current perspectives of others, the world, and ourselves.
The constructist approach and systematic development of early recollection theory in this text invites the reader to think and engage in problem-solving. The volume also offers a step-by step approach to the interpretation of early recollections. Filled with examples, this book offers a perspective not limited to application by Adelerian practitioners and useful to non-Adlerian clinicians (and others) seeking a new framework for assessing personality.

'This is the most extensive review yet of the use of early childhood recollections as a projective technique for understanding psychodynamic motivations and behavioral styles. The authors have long experience in this field. The book is very informative and easy to read and would make an excellent text and practice manual.' - Bernard H. Shulman, M.D., FAPA, former Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University and at Loyola Medical School, Distinguished Professor at the Adler School of Psychology, USA 'This book is a friendly manual with an amazing array of recollections and cases superbly described, dissected, and detailed for real understanding and use of the Adlerian method. The comprehensive coverage of all aspects of early recollection theory, research, and clinical application will serve both the novice and expert.' - Guy Manaster, Ph.D., Charles H. Spence Centennial Professor in Education in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin