This program is presented by the San Diego Association for Psychological Type (SANDAPT) chapter.

Available for free to all APTi Members and APTi Chapter Members.

To remain vibrant throughout a lifetime we must always be inventing ourselves, weaving new themes into our life-narratives, remembering our past, re-visioning our future, reauthorizing the stories by which we live. But we can also get stuck in our Type and our stories.

Stories not only help us make sense of our present and past experience; they also allow us to imagine possibilities for ourselves in the future. Daniel Taylor, The Healing Power of Stories

Everyone has a Type, and everyone has stories about their Type. Yet when a client comes to you, they are asking you to help them understand the story they live in, create a new story for themselves, or modify an old one. But once they understand Type, how do you help a client easily shift so they can move to their next level of greatness? Stories are often the missing ingredient.

Drawing on the latest brain research plus the methods of master storytellers, this workshop is designed for anyone who wants to consciously tap into the energy of storytelling. Not as therapy or self-congratulation, but as direct testimony and transformation where lessons, meaning, and behaviors emerge. Using a special process developed and used for over 30 years by storytelling professionals, during this workshop you will experience a powerful way to help your clients. Karen covers the types of stories to focus on with clients, and when to apply the story process she shares with you. This is a hands-on workshop. You’ll be able to take what you learn and apply it right away.

All attendees will receive worksheets and instructions to use back at work.

Learning outcomes:

1. Understand why you would use Type and storytelling together to accelerate results with clients
2. Experience the neuroscience of storytelling
3. Discover how to use storytelling when working with clients on Type
4. Learn the Universal Story Themes we all experience and connect them to your work with Type
5. Learn another – and easy – way to spark understanding and change with clients

Dr. Karen Dietz is a veteran in the MBTI® and transformational business storytelling. She is the author of Business Storytelling for Dummies, a TEDx speaker and TEDx coach. Karen is featured in 8 books on business storytelling. She has been in the Type world since the mid-1990s, presented at APTi, was involved in creating the Golden Personality Profiler, and still works with Type in her story work with companies. Today Karen trains, coaches, and consults on business storytelling. Clients include Disney, Princess Cruises, Citrix, Viasat, rising stars, and nonprofits.