Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type14 reviews
Isabel Briggs Myers

Davies-Black Publishing, 1995

A user manual for the human mind

+ Great

In this book, Isabel Myers explains, in clear language and a gentle, lyrical voice, the personality type theory to which she devoted the second half of her life. Her aim in developing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was simple: to help "normal everyday people with normal everyday problems." ...
  
  











  



  
Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types89 reviews
David Keirsey, Marilyn Bates

Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1984

Helps to understand yourself

+ Reductionist characterization - it works, b*tches!
+ My favourite book
+ Please Understand Me
  
  











  



  
The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World100 reviews
Marti Olsen Laney

Workman Publishing Company, 2002

This is an eye opening book

+ Enlightening, eye-opening, validating!
+ Interesting
+ A Book That Brings Introversion Out of the Shadows
  
  











  



  
Conscious Orientation (International Library of Psychology)
J Van Der Hoop

Routledge, 1999

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure ...
  
  











  



  
Intimacy and Type: A Practical Guide for Improving Relationships for Couples and Counselors2 reviews
Jane Hardy Jones, Ruth G. Sherman

Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 1997

An absolute must have for any and all couples!

+ Intimacy and Type

My wife and I recently ventured into marriage counseling after a separation. Our counselor gave us this book to borrow after about the fourth session and after we had completed a myers briggs test. It has been by far the best resource we've seen. Lightbulbs are going off with every turn of the ...
  
  











  



  
The Pygmalion Project, Vol. III: The Idealist (Love & Coercion Among the Types)9 reviews
Stephen E. Montgomery

Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1993

Highly Insightful

+ I love this book!
+ most valuable book ive ever read

For the analyst, one who truly wants to understand people. The comparisons and contrasts made with the use of classical literature are utilitarian while still remaining compelling. This book is much better appreciated by those who are familiar with either the Keirsey Temperament Sorter or the ...
  
  











  



  
Personality
C A Meier

Daimon Verlag, 1995

The world-famous psychiatrist and pioneer of the unconscious, Carl Gustav Jung, never produced a systematic treatment of his own work - he was always moving forward. And so it became the life-task of his assistant-of-many-decades, Carl Alfred Meier, to gather and present in detail the various aspects of his far-reaching discoveries. This final volume of Meier's work addresses the human ...
  
  











  



  
Personality Type (Jung on the Hudson Book Series)29 reviews
Lenore Thomson

Shambhala, 1998

The Most Informative MBTI Book of All

+ Excellent read
+ Wonderful for professional or casu curious mind in all of us

As an ENTP and avid type user (though I hate that term), I have yet to find a better book that describes the personality types with such depth and detail. Not only does the author give an incredibly detailed explanation of each of the eight traits (Introversion/Extraversion, iNtuition/Sensing, ...
  
  











  



  
Beside Ourselves: Our Hidden Personality in Everyday Life11 reviews
Naomi L. Quenk

Consulting Psychologists Press, 1993

Bridging the Gap

+ Great overview
+ An excellent (and necessary) follow up for MBTI lovers
+ Excellent book on the nature of the inferior functions
+ Type study: solidifying the basics, and beyond
  
  











  



  
Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence119 reviews
David Keirsey

Prometheus Nemesis Book Company, 1998

Excellent book, very practical for the business professional

+ excellent follow-on once you've mastered MBTI basics
+ Excellent Experience

I teach organizational behavior classes where we review Myers Briggs and DISC assessments. This book covers Myers Briggs individual types in a straight forward and easy to digest format. It's review of 4 groups of personalities, the Guardians (SJ), Artisans (SP), Rationals (NT), and Idealists (NF), ...
  
  











  



  
Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work21 reviews
Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen

Dell, 1989

Can't put it down.

+ TYPE TALK
+ Excellent Read
+ A Must Have
  
  











  



  
Ideas and Evidence: Critical Reflections on MBTI Theory and Practice1 review
Rowan Bayne

Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 2005

A must-buy for MBTI practitioners

This book is essential reading for people who use the MBTI or compatible instruments. As the title suggests, the book contains Rowan's 'critical reflections on MBTI theory and practice'. These reflections are of significance because Rowan is a respected expert in the field, though perhaps not ...
  
  











  



  
Lectures on Jung's Typology (Seminar Series)2 reviews
Marie-Louise Von Franz

Continuum, 1971

Jung's typology without having to read Jung's Colleted Works

+ von Franz masterful; Hillman ...

Marie-Louise von Franz describes very clearly and with her usual sense of humour the different psyhcological types according to C. G. Jung. Short of reading Jung himself, it is the best book I have come across on the subject.
  
  











  



  
Psychetypes: A new way of exploring personality
Michael Malone

Dutton, 1977
  
  











  



  
Psychological Types at Work: An MBTI Perspective: Psychology@Work Series (Psychology at Work)
Rowan Bayne

Cengage Learning Business Press, 2004

The Psychology @ Work series interprets and explains peoples work behaviour in a climate of change, drawing together academic research and practitioner expertise. Each title focuses on a central issue in management, emphasizing the role of the individual’s workplace experience. They are ideal texts for Managers, HR Professionals, students of management and occupational psychology at Undergraduate ...
  
  











  



  
Compass of the Soul: Archetypal Guides to a Fuller Life
John L. Giannini, John Bebe, ...

Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 2004
  
  











  



  
Mapping the Mind45 reviews
Rita Carter

University of California Press, 2000

If you know what an Alien Hand is, you don't need to read this book

+ it's OK
+ This is the only one to read for your first
+ Incredibly interesting, insightful, and easy to read, but also incredibly deterministic
+ A terrific, simplified, user-friendly introduction to neuroscience
  
  











  



  
Jung's Function-Attitudes Explained2 reviews
Henry L. Thompson

Wormhole Publishing, 1996

An invaluable resource for Type practitioners!

This is an outstanding book - a must-have tool for type practioners, or anyone wishing to learn about type on a much deeper level. Thompson clearly describes the function-attitudes and provides insightful examples and illustrations that help the reader to quickly understand their dynamic nature and ...
  
  











  



  
Survival Games Personalities Play7 reviews
Eve Delunas

Sunflower Ink, 1992

The perfect companion to "Please Understand Me".

+ An absolute GEM for personality assessment
+ And a sequel?
+ Profound food for thought
+ Good for the Psycologist / Personality Typewatcher
  
  











  



  
The Creative Brain6 reviews
Ned Herrmann

Ned Herrmann Group, the, 1989

A personal journey in discovering brain dominance

+ Spurred my burning interest in understanding the world's most powerful portable thinking machine located between my two ears!
+ This book changed my life
+ Excellent - a breakthrough in brain dominance thinking