Alfred W. Adler (; ; February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an
Austrian medical doctor,
psychotherapist, and founder of the school of
individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of inferiority—the
inferiority complex—is recognized as an isolating element which plays a key role in personality development. Alfred Adler considered human beings as an individual whole, therefore he called his psychology "Individual Psychology" (Orgler 1976).