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The Process Therapy Model -
The Six Personality Types With Adaptations

Taibi Kahler, Ph.D.

285 Pages: $24.95 + tax, shipping and handling

This is a handbook on the anatomy of personality that therapists and non-therapists alike will find to be an invaluable aid to effective communication and positive change. Because it is grounded in process, clinicians can use Dr. Kahler's Process Therapy Model in conjunction with the therapeutic or counseling approach they otherwise prefer.

The model provides a means of rapidly and accurately assessing personality structure through language and behavioral cues. Dr. Kahler's six Personality Types and the role that each plays in everyone's personality structure are described in detail. The identification of the unique way that each Type perceives the world, combined with knowledge of the Channel, or style of communication, that each prefers, provides a formula for immediately connecting and establishing rapport.

Dr. Kahler's award-winning discoveries of Drivers and Miniscripts provide a second-by-second means of knowing if a person is "open" to how we are speaking, as well as the level of distress the person is experiencing and how the person is likely to sabotage his or her success.

Dr. Kahler identifies the three sequential degrees of distress behavior that are unique to each Personality Type, when that behavior is likely to indicate a Ware Adaptation, and intervention strategies to address that behavior.

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the model is the concept of "Phasing" and the Developmental Stages and related Issues that precipitate it. Phase changes are times in which we experience prolonged, intense distress, work through that distress and emerge with a new motivational outlook. The model describes how each Type experiences a Phase change, identifies how best to resolve the struggle and predicts how our motivations will change afterward.

What's being said about "The Process Therapy Model":

"This is the definitive work for understanding and working with the six PTM Personality Types and integrating my Personality Adaptations. Taibi is a theorist's theorist. Every therapist needs to know and use his Process Therapy Model."
Paul Ware, M.D., Chairman of the School of Psychiatry at LSU Health Services Center, and originator of Personality Adaptations

"I have known a number of "professional giants" in the fields of behavioral science and medicine, including Nobel Prize winners. But I am most grateful for what I have learned from my continued contact with Taibi Kahler. His Process Therapy Model revolutionizes how we understand, diagnose, and treat people in psychotherapy. His model is extremely valuable for predicting behavior."
Terrence McGuire, M.D., Lead Psychiatrist for Manned Spaceflight, NASA, 1959-1996

"Finally a book for therapists that patients can read, understand, and use. Dr. Kahler's concepts of life phases and issues is fascinating, and explains so much about how we are the same person but change with life’s challenges. Not since Passages have I read anything so enlightening."
Luther Johnson, Ph.D., Psychologist and (ret.) Chaplin

"This book is pure genius. An amazing achievement."
Stephen Karpman, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, twice winner of the Eric Berne Memorial Scientific Award, and originator of the Drama Triangle

The Mastery of Management

Taibi Kahler, Ph.D.

161 Pages: $14.95 + tax, shipping and handling

The Mastery of Management looks at the realm of interaction between manager and employee in much the same way that Sherlock Holmes would scrutinize a crime scene. After revealing the formula for identifying the Personality Types of peers and associates, it shows executives how to lead others into productive behavior through knowledge of personality and awareness of psychological needs.

What's being said about "The Mastery of Management":

"The One-Minute Manager raised our consciousness by convincing us of the importance of praising. The Mastery of Management goes one step further by teaching us how to determine and deliver just the right kind of praise to each person."
John Rehfeld, Seiko Instruments USA

"Taibi Kahler has identified why people do what they do. It is must reading for any of us who hope to lead or manage or motivate other people!"
Max Cleland, Former Georgia Senator and Former Chief of the U.S. Veterans Administration

"If communication is the key to success, then miscommunication is costing us a fortune. The Mastery of Management is an excellent tool for understanding why we miscommunicate with others and how we can change this unproductive pattern. A must read for every manager."
Steve Quist, VP/General Manager, Measurement Division, Rosemount, Inc.

"In today's competitive and fast moving environment, it seems easy to overlook the value of personal communication. The Mastery of Management helps to keep us focused on the personal needs of our team and enables us to deliver the right kind of praise to each person."
Robert S. Parke, Sanford Corporation

"The Mastery of Management is the key that unlocked our communication blind spots. It has unleashed greater effectiveness in our teamwork and execution, and helped our organization rediscover the joys of working together."
F. T. Renshaw, President & CEO, Research, Inc.