Henry T. Stein, Ph.D., is a Classical Adlerian psychotherapist, training analyst, and director of the Alfred Adler Institute of San Francisco. He studied with Sophia de Vries and Anthony Bruck who were trained by Alfred Adler. For nearly twenty years, he has been training psychotherapists with an approach based on the original teachings and therapeutic style of Alfred Adler, as well as the clinical and philosophical writings of other Classical Adlerians: Kurt Adler, Lydia Sicher, Alexander Mueller, Erwin Wexberg, and Alexander Neuer. His own contributions to Classical Adlerian clinical practice include a comprehensive adaptation of the Socratic method and a thorough exposition of the twelve stages of psychotherapy. Both are documented in Classical Adlerian Psychotherapy: A Socratic Approach, a study/consultation program. For the past three years he has been managing the Adlerian Translation Project which is dedicated to translating and publishing the collected works of Alfred Adler and other Classical Adlerians.

Dr. Stein has explored the theoretical parallels between Adlerian principles and the new conceptual models in mathematics, physics, and biology. He has integrated Abraham Maslow's and Alfred Adler's visions of optimal human functioning, and has extended the practice of Adlerian psychology into marathon group therapy, career assessment, and management consulting. To facilitate the analysis of case material, he uses computer software programs and the strategies of qualitative analysis. In addition, he is applying the dynamics of the creative process to case analysis, treatment planning, and the technique of psychotherapy. For the past two years he has been piloting online distance education and case consultation.

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