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Psychology is such a broad field that it can be hard to narrow down how to use it best. My wish is to use the tools of the field to help individuals and families develop, to help them understand different patterns of personality styles, and to use this awareness to enhance their living and loving relationships with each other.

Children develop so understanding their stage of growth allows for a better utilization of tools. This knowledge can also help provide career direction for those not yet sure what path to follow.

My Books

Knowing Me Knowing You

This book is a treat for all readers. In groundbreaking style, this book introduces type differences through original stories.

Characters model their best way to solve problems, work with friends, cope with life issues, and form relationships. Each story is complete so children can choose which story they want to read.

The Chemistry of Personality

Every student learns differently. The Chemistry of Personality is every teacher’s invaluable guide to a powerful and simple method of understanding such diversity, exploring a positive approach to personality differences with their students, and using effective teaching methods that reach and engage every young mind.

The Developing Child

Using personality type as theorized by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung to help in understanding differences in children, this book gives adults an opportunity to examine some suggested paths for developing positive relationships with the children in their lives.

Exploring Personality Type: Discovering My Best and Your Best

Written for the child at the elementary school level as a companion piece to the Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator for Children assessment, Exploring Personality Type: Discovering My Best and Your Best is about how students might like to learn, think, and act.

Exploring Personality Type: Creating a Personal Path for Success

Written for high school students, this is a book about the unique ways they like to learn, think, and act as they go through life. Exploring Personality Type: Creating a Personal Path for Success can be used to help students better understand their MMTIC results both in the classroom and at home.

Exploring Personality Type: Discovering My Strengths and Stretches

Written for middle and junior high school children, this is a book about how students like to learn, think, and act. Exploring Personality Type: Discovering My Strengths and Stretches can be used to help students better understand their MMTIC results both in the classroom and at home.

Murphy-Mesigeier Type Indicator for Children (MMTIC)

This is an assessment of personality type preferences that is a restricted tool. Only certified personnel are able to administer the tool but families or schools can request the assessment and arrangements will be made to accommodate the need.

MMTIC Instrument summary:

  • 40 items
  • Reliable and valid for ages 7- 18
  • Online administration
  • Scored online only
  • 10-page report including suggestions for studying, working with peers, and working with teachers and parents
  • 2nd grade reading level-comfortable reading level for all ages
  • Online feedback and interpretation available through peoplestripes.org
  • Purchase and administration of the MMTIC is through peoplestripes.org

Video Modules for Teachers

Research supports that using type concepts (first described by Carl Jung) in schools can increase student achievement, lessen discipline referrals, and help students become independent in managing their learning.

Video Modules for Students

Research supports that using type concepts (first described by Carl Jung) in schools can increase student achievement, lessen discipline referrals, and help students become independent in managing their learning.

About Elizabeth Murphy

Elizabeth Murphy

Elizabeth Murphy (INFP) is a psychologist who has worked with type concepts since the early 1980s. Her research focuses on verifying with video support the development of normal personality differences according to the theory of psychological type. She works extensively with families and teams of people to improve communication and resolve relationship needs. Elizabeth’s experience includes conducting training throughout the United States as well as Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, South Africa, and Malaysia. She is an internationally recognized authority in type concepts. She worked with Skill and Will company in China to train parents and counselors in type application skills.

She has taught children from preschool through the university level and worked as a licensed school psychologist. She is also the author of The Developing Child. Her dissertation won the Isabel Briggs Myers research award and she received the Gordon Lawrence award for contributions to Type In education. Carlow College honored her with their Alumnae Award. Currently, she works as an independent consultant to schools, organizations, and families.

Elizabeth completed a three-year course in dream interpretation through he Assisi Institute and also completed Levels I and II Dream Tending training with David Aizenstat of Pacifica Graduate Institute. She completed a two year course in Jungian concepts through the Jung Institute in Chicago.

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