Temperament Analysis
The
goal of Care 4 America is to help God's children reach
their full potential. The divorce rate, sexual abuse
and violence in the home are skyrocketing. Suicide,
alcohol and drug abuse have become commonplace. High
blood pressure and stress-related heart disease have
become two of our nation's biggest killers. Carnality
is seriously undermining the Church of Jesus Christ.
Creation
Therapy is based on the theory of temperament (understanding
of the inner man our intrinsic make-up) and uses
this knowledge to help us understand ourselves.
Therefore,
it allows us to be the best that God has created us to
be by meeting the needs of our temperament equally and
Scripturally. Although this therapeutic method is a
fairly new concept (since 1983) it has proven to be
extremely successful.
A
Temperament Analysis Profile is similar
to personality testing, but actually is not. Personality
is the mask we wear and is formed as a result
of how we were parented,
the environment in which we grew up and circumstances
that have occurred throughout our lives. Our temperament
is who we really are underneath.
Who we are determines the choices we make in life
(friends, spouse, career) and how we interact with our
significant others.
Many
of us take a personality assessment hoping to find out
who we are and understand ourselves better. Many are
disappointed when they find themselves being placed
in a single category that does not always match the
way they really are. That's where Temperament
Analysis differs from traditional personality testing.
Like a fingerprint, each person is unique. Each one
has different tendencies socially, and in decision making
skills, and intimately. Using a system developed by Drs. Phyllis
and Richard Arno, we evaluate each of those three
areas giving you a thorough and in-depth look at your
personal, unique temperament.
Creation
Therapy is not the perfect answer. Nothing can
exceed the gifted counselor who is walking
in the wisdom of Jesus Christ. One thing is certain,
however. The answer rests not in the world's "psycho-babble,"
but within our Owner's Manual: the Scriptures.
Neither
Counseling, Therapy, Psychology nor Psychiatry can change
a person not inclined to change any more than a Rain
Dance. Only the Holy Spirit working in a life
can alter such a person's course; literally an act of
God.
It
is understanding and acceptance of our unique self through
Creation Therapy which causes us to allow God to effect
change in our life.
Most
interpersonal and interpersonal conflicts are caused
by:
-
attempting
to meet in-born (temperament) needs in ungodly ways.
-
spending
energies meeting some temperament needs while others
go ignored.
-
our
reaction to unmet in-born needs.
Creation
Therapy identifies your temperament needs to help
you find a balance in order to relieve the
source of stress. This enlightenment will help you find
peace within yourself, within your environment and with
your Creator.
The
whole concept of Temperament Analysis rests on discovering
who we truly are rather than on who we have become.
Most of us have a mask on (our personality) according
to who we have learned to be, who we feel we are expected
to be, and/or who we are forced to be from our family
of origin and/or our peers. We can all acknowledge that
very often our behavior and our language is a facade
or a way of protection.
As
we grow and live, most of us experience feelings of
hurt, disappointment, fear, rejection, loneliness, grief,
guilt, and/or shame. These feelings may cause us to
project an image that is not necessarily true to who
we really are. We think we need to protect ourselves
using outbursts of anger, verbal abuse, manipulation,
control or withdrawal. Usually we don't like ourselves
much at these times, causing internal and external conflict.
We
are unique creations of a loving and wise God.
Since the fall of mankind, we have become like uprooted
trees, separated from life-giving nourishment.
Sin has separated us from God. A literal definition
of sin is "to miss the mark." We have
become separated from the Creator and all we like sheep
have gone astray.
God
has reached out to us in the person of Jesus Christ
the Messiah. And even though we may accept this
gift of eternal life, that does not make us instantaneously
wise and all-knowing and it certainly does not instantly
"fix" us. We must pursue Christ and learn
of Him. And just as we learn of His magnificent
design in all creation, we learn we are not all chaos,
but fearfully and wonderfully made.
All
the wonderful designs, inventions and specifications
of all the world's great engineers are tinker toys compared
to God's very specific design in us. The Scriptures
are our Owner's Manual. God has made each of us with
a unique blending of several temperaments that can be
measured to an accuracy of better than 90%! God
has created each of us to a unique purpose. The
APS Temperament Analysis profile is an enlightening
look "under the hood" of God's creation in
us.
Arno Profile System
The
APS (temperament analysis) is a computerized report
created by Drs. Richard and Phyllis Arno of the Sarasota
Academy of Christian Counseling in Sarasota, FL and
is provided for Professional Christian Counselors.
The APS deals with the inner man rather than outer manifestations
or problems. In 1983, Drs. Arno began conducting
research and developing a scripturally based therapeutic
procedure that would produce effective, positive and
more immediate results with those needing guidance/counsel.
The
Arno Profile System does not measure a person's behavior;
it identifies a person's intrinsic in-born, God-given
temperament. Who God created us to be (temperament)
and who we have become (through learned behavior) can
be entirely different. We need to find out who
we really are, and find ways to become the person God
wants us to be (the true self) instead of the person
we have learned to be (the masked self).
Presently
over 4,000 Christian leaders, ministers and professional
Christian counselors rely on the Arno Profile System
to aid them in their counseling efforts. These
Christians report an accuracy rate of over 93.4%!
Drs. Richard and Phyllis Arno developed the system over
seven years through systematic research with over 7,000
individuals.
How
accurate is this Temperament Analysis?
The
counselees sought help for depression, inter/intra-personal
conflict, marriage and family dysfunctions and anxiety.
The purpose of the research was to:
-
Increase
the effectiveness of the NCCA's therapeutic
procedure;
-
Measure
the percentage of success within a controlled environment;
and
-
Develop
an accurate clinical testing procedure for initial
identification of the counselee's
temperament (spiritual genetics).
In-depth
studies were conducted on all current psychological
assessments and/or behavioral inventories. For many
reasons, the NCCA selected the FIRO-B, which was developed
by Dr. Will Schutz, as its initial measuring device
or questionnaire. The NCCA named its analysis procedure
the Temperament Analysis Profile (TAP) which reveals
the "hidden problems" that normally take
the counselor seven or eight sessions to identify.
In
November 2000 the NCCA changed the name from Temperament
Analysis Profile to the Arno Profile System (APS) after
the developers.
Traditionally
there have been four temperaments that we have discovered
(ancient Greek terms in origin).:
-
Melancholy
- has an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, prone
to genius, very creative, mind tends to work overtime,
going over and over events of the past, needs alone
time to regroup.
-
Sanguine
- fun loving, will leave in the middle of a
chore or assignment if they find out there is something
fun going on somewhere, never wants to grow up,
stressed out if there are not places to go and people
to see.
-
Choleric
- a drive to greatness, but will step on your
toes to get there, needs lots of appreciation along
the way.
-
Phlegmatic
- quite stubborn and set in his ways, uncomfortable
with confrontation and seeks peace at all costs
to avoid strife, feels he needs sleep to regroup
but never gets enough, very annoying to the Choleric
as this is the one temperament that cannot be coerced
into doing something if they don't want to.
The
fifth temperament, the Supine, is unique to the APS
as discovered by Drs. Arno:
Perhaps
you already see yourself in these descriptions. But
note that we evaluate your temperament in three different
areas:
Inclusion
(social orientation and intellectual energies)
Expressed: What we say we want
Wanted: What we really want
Control
(ability to make decisions and desire to take on
responsibilities)
Expressed: What we say we want
Wanted: What we really want
Affection
(interaction in deep relationships)
Expressed: What we say we want
Wanted: What we really want
Although
you may recognize yourself in a predominant theme, there
is so much more about you to be discovered as most people
are a blend of two temperaments in one or all
of the areas mentioned above.
Can
you imagine how helpful it is to know yourself inside
and out so that you can be free to be yourself at last?
You'll know your true needs and be able to address them
in a healthy way. You'll be able to understand others,
and to be on the right road to healthy living. We must
continually evaluate, adjust and improve if we want
the best for ourselves and our loved ones, which is
God's ideal for each of us.
Using
this unique Temperament Analysis profile, each
client is evaluated in the three areas mentioned above.
The evaluation reveals in-depth information about you,
how you express yourself, and who you really are in
each of these areas.
With
respect to accuracy, no significant variations were
found as a result of race or cultural differences.
No significant variations were found as a result of
temporary mood swings. Persons tested who were
under the influence of drugs or alcohol, however, have
been proven to be invalid.
TEMPERAMENT PROFILE
Cost of the Temperament Profile is
$45.00
Donation to cover all costs including internet, website,
etc.
Please click below to order your Temperament Profile.
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1. Adult APS Report |
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| 2. Adolescent APS Report
(12-17) |
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| 3. Child APS Report
(7-11) |
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