FALL REGIONAL WORKSHOP 2007---Troy, Alabama

“The HOW and the WHY of Psychological Type: 

16 Types from the Outside-In”

 Psychological Type via the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) helps explain personality by looking at how one is energized, how they process information, how they make decisions, and how much structure they are comfortable with.  If you know about type – this workshop will show you some fun new ideas.  If you’re new to the world of type – you will see yourself in a whole new way.  Learn how to arrive at an MBTI Type Code without ever using words like extraversion, introversion, sensing, intuition, thinking, feeling, judging, or perceiving!  The lenses of “Interaction Styles” and “Temperament” fit together to form the 16 types from the opposite direction of that generated through the MBTI.  The method is fun, easy to understand, and applicable to relationships at home, at work, and in life.  

 Anita Neuer, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and approved Supervising Counselor in private practice in Birmingham , AL , where she utilizes Type in her work with adults, teens, couples, and families.  Anita also uses Type in her role as co-owner/consultant with WorkLife Consulting, a firm specializing in the delivery of teambuilding, leadership development, and employee retention services for small to medium-sized organizations.  A former Executive Recruiter, she is a skilled career coach and has special interests in women’s issues, mentoring, and trauma recovery.  Anita is an active member of the Birmingham chapters of American Society for Training and Development and Society for Human Resources Management, and is a Past-President of many organizations, including the AL Association for Psychological Type and the AL Mental Health Counselor’s Association. 

 

 

SUMMER WORKSHOP 2007

June 8, 2007   Homewood Library ( Birmingham , AL )

Chan Roark, Ph.D., Certified MBTI Professional  

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Type, Temperament, Learning Styles and Study Skills:

This program will examine the interaction between type and learning styles and provide specific insights concerning study skills considerations for each temperament.  A brief overview of learning styles and Gardner 's Multiple Intelligences will be included. Participants will be given links to learning style assessments and other relevant resources. Although useful for any person, this workshop would be especially helpful to school counselors and educators who are often called upon to help students develop or improve study skills.

Anita Neuer, MA, LPC, Certified MBTI Professional

Cognitive Dynamics - Understanding the      “8 Functions” Lens of Typology:

In this session, participants will learn the difference between a person’s “dominant” and “inferior” functions, and how these can be observed in behavior and communication style.   Jungian functions (feeling-thinking-sensing-intuiting), combined with the introverted/extraverted attitudes, form the 8 Cognitive Processes that will be presented.   Utilizing both didactic and experiential techniques, participants will see how the same “function” appears differently in different people based on their Type.  This program will provide a primer on Cognitive Dynamics and how an understanding of this lens can improve effectiveness in relationships both at home and at work.  Also, Anita will give us an exciting look at the new Temperament Nomenclature.  

WINTER WORKSHOP 2007

Dr. Linda Berens

 The Interaction Style Connection:

A New Type-Relation Model for Leadership, Teams, Communication, Stress, and Conflict Applications

 February 2, 2007

Bruno Conference Center

Birmingham , AL

 Program Description

This training will give you a new model—Interaction Styles—for helping others understand themselves and others as well as help you integrate this model and Temperament Theory into your work with psychological type. Interaction Styles provides us with a framework for understanding how we interact with others based on our drives to achieve different aims, our stress responses when those drives are blocked, and the kinds of approaches we are likely to take to doing work.  Interaction Styles is a very easy-to-use model that people recognize easily.  It has strong linkage to the 16 MBTI^® type codes, the DiSC^®, Temperament theory and Social Styles theory in the kind of information it provides, yet it gets at the core self and relates directly to the four letter type code in a way the neither of those other models will. 

 In this Workshop you will . . .

§         Identify and clarify your own best-fit natural Interaction Style.

§         Learn how this model will help people clarify their types.

§         Learn how the Interaction Style model relates to psychological type and Social Styles.

§         Identify your own Interaction Style related stress response and conflict style.

 Included in Workshop fee:

	Personal online Interstrength® X Styles Assessment
	Text - Understanding Yourself and Others®: An Introduction to Interaction Styles
	Interaction Styles Communication Clues Card
	Cognitive Dynamics Communication Clues Cards
	Temperament Basics Handout (MUCH revised from Keirseyan descriptions)
	Lunch and break refreshments
	6 NBCC / MBTI  CEUs Available

 Linda V. Berens is the founder of Interstrength® Associates, a corporate consulting and training organization. She is the author of Understanding Yourself and Others^®: An Introduction to Temperament, Understanding Yourself and Others^®: An Introduction to Interaction Styles and Dynamics of Personality Type: Understanding and Applying Jung's Cognitive Processes and the coauthor of The 16 Personality Types: Descriptions for Self-Discovery and Working Together: A Personality-Centered Approach to Management. She is an organizational consultant and has spent over twenty-five years teaching professionals as well as helping individuals and teams recognize their strengths, transcend their weaknesses, and work together better. Linda is recognized internationally for her theoretical contributions to the field of psychological type and for developing user-friendly training materials for practical application of understanding individual differences.

***Local colleagues who attended the 2006 Convergence Conference for Advanced Type Applications reported that they were VERY excited about Dr. Beren’s presentations, her work and presentation skills. This may be the most important and accessible workshop on “type” offered for some time! 

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Recent Workshops

ALAPT “Spring 2006” Workshop:

Living with Purpose and Working Effectively:

Personality Type and the Elements of Career Mastery™

Monday, April 17, 2006

First Presbyterian Church

2100 4^th Avenue North , Birmingham , AL  

ALAPT “Fall/Winter 2005” Workshop a Huge Success!!!

Here’s a little update on our Fall/Winter Workshop that was held on December 2^nd 2005 at the Homewood Public Library.  If you were there, you experienced a congenial atmosphere within this gathering of MBTI enthusiasts.  One new member was present among the fourteen participants. 

For this workshop, we recruited some of our own members to share and present ways in which they use the MBTI.  Jack Walls demonstrated his use of the MBTI with students at Auburn University , detailing ethical considerations that are involved with administering the MBTI to classes.  

An afternoon panel discussion moderated by Linda McCullough included Cathy Coleman, Chan Roark and Anita Neuer.  Cathy shared her experiences in using the MBTI in her former work environment – the U.S. Army.  Chan shared her experiences in use of the MBTI within her higher education setting – Troy University .   Anita shared how she uses the MBTI in private practice with her clients.  She provided an enlightening handout, compiled from information she had researched.   It sparked a lot of interesting conversation among the group.  Many commented on it as a definite learning experience. 

In addition, we learned a new “type” activity that allowed us to reaffirm our preferences as Chan got us up and moving with an activity that she has used with her classes at Troy University .   

Cathy shared highlights of her trip to Toronto for the AAPT Convention.  While at the convention, she purchased many books and resource materials, which she brought to the workshop and gave us the opportunity to peruse.

The atmosphere for this workshop was very informal.  An interchange of conversation between speakers and attendees provided open sharing and learning opportunities. 

We will consider offering this kind of workshop again sometime in the future, due to the positive response of the attendees.  It is apparent there is a lot of “type” knowledge among our membership and that we can benefit from a program format that allows sharing of knowledge. 

Joy Jones, ALAPT President Elect

 

 

Our  Spring 2005 Workshop:

“Search for Home – The Spiritual Journey”

Presenter:  Jutta von Bucholtz, Ph.D., LPC

 Friday, June 3^rd, 2005

Jutta von Buchholtz has a PhD from Vanderbilt University in Medieval Literature, is an LPC, and received her Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute-Zurich, Switzerland.  She sees clients in her home in Birmingham, AL, is part of the core faculty at the Jung Seminar in New Orleans, LA, and also teaches at the Jung Institute in Switzerland.  Jutta has a certificate in Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology of Menlo Park, CA.  She lectures on topics related to the psychology of C.G. Jung both in the United States and abroad.  She is interested in opening doors and exploring new possibilities.

 

Jutta starts our "Journey"!

 

  

Just a few of our great turnout!