About Bapt
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 type theory and MBTI® instrument 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 type theory and MBTI® instrument 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® instrument for the enhancement of their working and personal lives
- Acting as a nucleus of information on the type theory and MBTI® instrument and on workshops related to psychological type
- Promoting the values which underlie the MBTI® instrument and type theory and their ethical use
- Acting as a resource centre for psychological type-related publications
- Encouraging research in psychological type
Benefits of BAPT Membership
Whether you are a qualified user of the MBTI® instrument or other personality type instrument, or simply interested in psychological type, joining BAPT will give you access to professional support and advice in all aspects of type and opportunities for further professional development in your use of Type.
As a member of BAPT you will:
- Be advised of Continuing Professional Development Workshops about type
- Be kept up to date with the latest type research & receive the BAPT magazine, Typeface, quarterly
- Be invited to attend the Annual Conference to hear & work with leading UK & overseas type experts
- Have the opportunity to network with other type users & join regional & special interest groups
- Have the chance to be included on the Registered Practitioner referrals list if you are qualified user
Referrals BAPT receives requests for names of members who can give feedback. If you are qualified and would like to be included in the referrals list then please make sure you sign in the appropriate area on the BAPT joining form (downloadable from the link below).
Join BAPT hereBAPT members
BAPT Members come from a wide range of occupations and interests. Collectively there is a wealth of experience of using the MBTI® instrument and type theory in many different settings.
As a Member of BAPT - whether you are a recently qualified MBTI® instrument 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® instrument and other psychometric instruments
- Research - MBTI® instrument 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.