The foundation of humanistic psychology is attributed to Abraham Maslow and the foundation of positive psychology to Martin Seligman. Yet both of these actually owe their origins to Alfred Adler (1870–1937), a much overlooked psychologist.
In 1918, in a speech to the Zurich Association of Physicians, Adler called for the focus of psychology to be on prevention and mental health rather than just being absorbed by the pathology of treatment. About 80 years later, Martin Seligman kicked off the positive psychology movement with a similar speech.
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