About Bapt

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BAPT, The British Association for Psychological Type, was formed in 1989 out of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® Users' Group. It is a non profit making organisation that links the psychological type community.

BAPT's aim is to provide a national focus, to be a centre of excellence and to promote knowledge and good practice - not just for qualified users of the MBTI® but for all who are interested in Jungian psychological type theory.

Its membership contributes to lively and dynamic debate through meetings (regional and national), events, workshops and training. The membership is kept up to date through a regular publication TYPEFACE and distribution of the Association for Psychological Type International (APTi) Bulletin of Psychological Type.

Ongoing professional development is promoted through a series of training workshops, run by faculty members and other experts in their field.

Joining BAPT

If you are interested in joining BAPT, more information on membership is available here, as well as the general information below. BAPT is committed to:

  • Offering all qualified practitioners of the MBTI® the opportunity to belong to and to participate in a national body which provides information, support and continuing professional development
  • Offering all interested people the opportunity to share and learn more about the use of type theory and the MBTI® for the enhancement of their working and personal lives
  • Acting as a nucleus of information on the MBTI®and on workshops related to psychological type
  • Promoting the values which underlie the MBTI® and type theory and their ethical use
  • Acting as a resource centre for psychological type-related publications
  • Encouraging research in psychological type

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BAPT members

BAPT Members come from a wide range of occupations and interests. Collectively there is a wealth of experience of using the MBTI® and type theory in many different settings.

As a Member of BAPT - whether you are a recently qualified MBTI® user looking to develop your skills, a highly experienced practitioner or are simply interested in how type theory can help you, your colleagues, clients or organisation - you will have a unique opportunity both to benefit from and contribute to this pool of expertise and knowledge.

Some areas of application and interest:

  • Organisation development
  • Occupational psychology
  • Team effectiveness
  • Management development
  • Change and transition
  • Situational leadership
  • Career development
  • Coaching, counselling and psychotherapy
  • Education, training and learning styles
  • Religious and spiritual issues
  • Multi-cultural issues
  • Links - MBTI® and other psychometric instruments
  • Research - MBTI® and type theory

There are currently Interest Area Co-ordinators covering many of the above applications who write and commission articles regularly in TypeFace.

BAPT - a national network

In addition to organising an Annual Conference, producing a quarterly magazine TypeFace, distributing occasional papers and arranging national workshops, BAPT encourages formation of local groups of members.

There are currently three of local groups: London, the North-West and South of England, giving more opportunity to network with your own local type community. More groups will be formed as and when organisers are identified.

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