The instruments the EAPT is supporting are all based on Jungs type theory. His personality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals.
Jung noticed that everybody has certain preferences of behaving like one is right or left-handed. Preferences are not competencies or skills, just prefered ways of functioning. Everybody is born with such preferences. Preferences are quite dominant, although these need to be developed !
Apart from all this, Jung also considered the process of individuation necessary for a person to become whole. This is a psychological process of integrating the conscious with the unconscious while still maintaining conscious autonomy.
In all -well researched- type instruments this notion of preference is key, as well as development and individuation. Discover the instruments….