Personality

The Inner Critic

In this article, we would like to concentrate upon a self that assumes major importance in the lives of most people and is of particular interest to psychotherapists, the Inner Critic. This Inner Critic is a voice within each of us that criticizes us

Identifying Your Personality Type
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types
by Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson
The Enneagram (pronounced ANY-a-gram) is a geometric figure that maps out the nine fundamental personality types of human nature and their complex interrelationships. It is a development of modern psychology that has roots in spiritual wisdom from many

The Primary Selves In Relationship
Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual
by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
In every relationship there is a dance between the Primary and Disowned Selves. The understanding of this dance is critical to understanding the kind of parent/child bonding patterns that are with us constantly in relationship. These bonding patterns occu

“You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto”
Just Your Type : Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger
Susan and Jeff thought they were perfect for each other. They met in college, enjoyed some of the same interests, came from similar backgrounds, and married after both had had time to establish their careers.

The Emergence Of Voice Dialogue
Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual
by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
The discovery of the reality of these inner selves was quite dramatic for the two of us. Our relationship has always been one in which we spent a good deal of time doing personal work with one another. In one of our very early work sessions, Hal asked to

Experiencing The Energy Of The Selves In The Aware Ego State
Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual
by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
We want to mention one final part of the process which is quite sophisticated and requires real sensitivity to energetic changes. Let us say we have worked with an Action system on one side and a Being system on the other side. We have had the subject

The Seventh Sense
The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us
by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
This morning, Joe, a thirty-year-old attorney, is running five minutes late for an extremely important meeting that, with or without him, will start promptly at eight o'clock. He needs to keep up a good impression with the more senior members of his firm

The Experience Of The Awareness Level
Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual
by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
Never judge a Self. When a part feels judged, it gets very upset and often disappears. If a facilitator feels too judgmental about a particular part, the work should be stopped and the individual put back into the ego place. It would then be appropriate

Preface
The Highly Sensitive Person
by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
Having a sensitive nervous system is normal, a basically neutral trait. You probably inherited it. It occurs in about 15-20 percent of the population. It means you are aware of subtleties in your surroundings, a great advantage in many situations.

Introduction
The Cult of Personality Testing
by Annie Murphy Paul
Hello. Nice to meet you. Please allow me to tell you who you are. Such is the introduction, polite but firm, extended by personality tests. When we first encounter them we are strangers (even, as some tests would have it, to ourselves).

The Research
Just Your Type : Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger
Practically everyone who has any experience with Personality Type finds it immediately applicable to their personal relationships. Whether we're presenting workshops on team building or effective parenting or training career professionals

Two Ways of Looking at Life
Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Vintage)
by Martin E. Seligman, Ph.D.
The optimists and the pessimists: I have been studying them for the past twenty-five years. The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do.

Getting to Know Your Sensitivity
The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook
by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
With the tasks in this chapter, you will become better acquainted with your sensitive self and some of the basic skills HSPs need, like how to speak up in defense of your sensitivity and how to understand your role in your world.

The Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine

In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many

A Professional Point of View - The Psychology of Selves
by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
In the article Embracing All Our Selves, we speak of the Psychology of Selves, the theoretical framework for our work. We discuss the development and the importance of the selves which we view as the smallest units or the building blocks of the psyche

What Do I Really Want For My Children?
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness: Five Steps to Help Kids Create and Sustain Lifelong Joy
by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Think of your children. Bring their faces to your mind. Then ask yourself, 'What do I really want for them in their lives?' Don't assume you know. Before you spend another day as a parent (or as a teacher or a coach or anyone else involved with children)

A Professional Point of View - The Psychology of Selves, Part 2
by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
When you are ready to talk to a specific self, simply ask your client to move to another space in the room. The client, or subject, then changes position or seats or simply moves his/her chair. The original position of the client's chair is taken

Recognizing Personality Types
The Productive Narcissist: The Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership
by Michael Maccoby, Ph.D.
A provocative examination of the essential - and widely misunderstood - personality type of today's most innovative leaders. In The Productive Narcissist, Maccoby proposes a new paradigm of modern leadership and zeros in on one common character trait

Discovering Your True Colors
The Dewey Color System
by Dewey Sadka
Genuine love, personal happiness, and professional success begin and continue to grow when you know what you want from life. It's simply not enough, however, to say, 'I want this.' You need to understand why you want it.

Epilogue
The Cult of Personality Testing
by Annie Murphy Paul
An X-ray of personality. Since the early days of personality tests, this has been the testers' favorite metaphor, and no wonder: it calls to mind a precise and powerful instrument, capable of penetrating mere surfaces to produce an image of what's within.