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Personality Testing and Career Preference Testing Services

The Day Spring Center administers the Keirsey Temperament Sorter for individuals and organizations.

All too often the things which divide parents from children and spouse from spouse are simply personality differences. And, if this is the case in your life, you need to do something about it - now!

Happily, divisions relating to personality are the easiest things to 'fix'.

See the walls of separation quickly fall as you and your counselor work through what feels like insurmountable 'issues' only to discover what is really at work in the relationship are easy to handle conflicts in personality. And, we will stay with you every step of the way as peace is restored in your home.

Personality Testing and Career Preference Testing Services It's not enough to simply take a personality profile on line or in a magazine. Most of these profiling tools are bogus, noting more than 'pop psychology'. To be of benefit to the client, the few profiling tools that are legitimate require professional interpretation and guidance . And that's why we're here. The Day Spring Center certainly can help in providing you with the insight you need to bring about the changes about which you've been praying.

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is the most widely used personality instrument in the world. It is a powerful 70 question personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type. The KTS-II is based on Keirsey Temperament Theory™, published in the best selling books, Please Understand Mend Please Understand Me II, by Dr. David Keirsey.

The KTS-II has been translated into 18 different languages, and has been used by over 40 million people from 140 different countries. It first appeared in Please Understand Me (1978), and was updated in the successor Please Understand Me II (1998). The KTS-II is currently being used by the Fortune 500, Global 1000, the US Government / Military, by major academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and faith based organizations worldwide.

According to Keirsey Temperament Theory, there are four basic temperament groups which describe human behavior. Keirseyҳ four temperaments are referred to as Artisans™, Guardians™, Rationals™ and Idealists™. These four temperaments can be further subdivided, often referred to as Character Types There are four types of Artisans, four types of Guardians, four types of Rationals, and four types of Idealists.

ARTISAN GUARDIAN RATIONAL IDEALIST
Promoter
(ESTP)		 Supervisor
(ESTJ)		 Fieldmarshal
(ENTJ)		 Teacher
(ENFJ)
Crafter
(ISTP)		 Inspector
(ISTJ)		 Mastermind
(INTJ)
 Counselor
(INFJ)
Performer
(ESFP)		 Provider
(ESFJ)
 Inventor
(ENTP)
 Champion
(ENFP)
Composer
(ISFP)		 Protector
(ISFJ)		 Architect
(INTP)
 Healer
(INFP)

The questions in the KTS I are designed to sort between four dichotomous pairs of preferences, leading to results which reveal a person's temperament and character type. The four preference scales measure a respondent's preference for the following:

TECHNICAL TERMS MEANING   TECHNICAL TERMS MEANING
(E)
Extroversion		 Expressive vs. (I)
Introversion		 Attentive
(S)
Sensing		 Observant vs. (N)
Intuiting		 Introspective
(T)
Thinking		 Tough-Minded vs. (F)
Feeling		 Friendly
(J)
Judging		 Scheduled vs. (P)
Perceiving		 Probing