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Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type 14 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."
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Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types 89 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
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The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World 100 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
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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 ...
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Intimacy and Type: A Practical Guide for Improving Relationships for Couples and Counselors 2 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Beside Ourselves: Our Hidden Personality in Everyday Life 11 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
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Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence 119 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), ...
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Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work 21 reviews Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen
Dell, 1989
Can't put it down.
+ TYPE TALK + Excellent Read + A Must Have
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Ideas and Evidence: Critical Reflections on MBTI Theory and Practice 1 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 ...
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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.
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Psychetypes: A new way of exploring personality Michael Malone
Dutton, 1977
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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 ...
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Compass of the Soul: Archetypal Guides to a Fuller Life John L. Giannini, John Bebe, ...
Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 2004
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Mapping the Mind 45 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
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Jung's Function-Attitudes Explained 2 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 ...
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Survival Games Personalities Play 7 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
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The Creative Brain 6 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
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