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AusAPT Conference 2025

October 10, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm AEDT

‘10/10’ – Our Final AusAPT Annual Conference

AusAPT was conceived at a conference — the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Australian Perspectives conference, held in Melbourne in October 1991.

In October this year, we’ll be back in Melbourne for our 20th — and last — AusAPT conference.

In CB radio code, “10/10” means “transmission completed” — so it’s apt that we’ll gather on the tenth day of the tenth month for our final face-to-face conference, at Karstens Conference Centre in central Melbourne.

Our Friday conference program features distinguished figures from the world of personality type, locally and internationally — Sue Blair, Mark Toner, Alex MacFarlane, and one of AusAPT’s founders, Peter Malone.

We’ve kept the price of our 10/10 Conference low which includes lunch and post-conference drinks. Prices are:

$120 – $180 AusAPT Members $120, Guests / Non Members $180

Your conference registration also includes an invitation to our Thursday evening pre-conference Soirée Au Revoirée at the charming Epicentre in suburban Caulfield North.

Buy the AusAPT Conference 2025 Ticket here!

We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne soon!

Andrew Mountford

President@ausapt.org.au

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Tea and Coffee from 9.00am for 9.30am Start and 5.00pm Close

The Conference will be followed by a ‘Happy Hour’ at the venue – from 5.00pm – 6.00pm

Karstens Convention Centre

123 Queen St
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia + Google Map

The Heart of Personality Type – Tips, Tools & Theories for Practitioners

October 25, 2024 @ 9:00 am – October 26, 2024 @ 4:30 pm Australia/Sydney

The 2024 AusAPT Sydney Conference is in person at the Rydges Sydney Central Hotel in October.

The theme is: The Heart of Personality Type: Tips, Tools & Theories for Practitioners.

This is a Type Practitioners’ Conference getting to what is core and new in psychological type.

Program and Presenters

The 2024 AusAPT conference, in central Sydney, will comprise two days of sessions over Friday and Saturday, 25 – 26 October.

The conference theme, The Heart of Personality Type: Tips, Tools & Theories for Practitioners, takes us into the core of psychological type and aligned frameworks for understanding ourselves and others. We’ll be looking at the latest theories in Type, Temperament, Interaction Styles and the Enneagram and their application to self-awareness, conflict, learning, teams and understanding addiction.

Our conference program spans a diverse range of sessions presented by Australian and international speakers. Our presenters are: Catherine Stothart (UK), Daniel Liew (Malaysia), Elizabeth Hallows (AU), Meredith Fuller & Brian Walsh (AU), Harumi Gondo (Japan), Sue Blair (NZ/UK), Mary McGuiness (AU), Samantha Mackay (AU) and Terri Connellan (AU), shown in order in the below image.

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Conference Program

Download a PDF of the program summary above here:

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Whether you’re a professional user of psychological type or an interested observer of personality type, our program has something for you.

Bookings are now closed!

Venue & Accommodation

Our venue for the conference is Rydges Sydney Central Hotel, a sanctuary in the bustling heart of Sydney, ideally situated next to Sydney’s Central Station in the lively locale of Surry Hills. There’s an array of world-class attractions, exceptional dining, and outstanding entertainment close by.

Accommodation:

Rydges Sydney Central Hotel is offering a 15% conference discount on accommodation. We’ll send the booking code and contact information to you when you book your conference place with us.

Rydges includes a state-of-the-art gym and pool, onsite microbrewery, restaurants including Manna Loft and convenient extras such as onsite parking and free WiFi. Spacious, stylish and soothingly peaceful, the well-appointed rooms promise a supremely comfortable stay in the centre of Sydney.

There are also plenty of other options for accommodation in central Sydney.

Karstens Convention Centre

123 Queen St
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia + Google Map

$300 Price for AusAPT, APT & ILP members.

AusAPT Conference Team

conference@ausapt.org.au

Posted on 06/10/202206/10/2022 by Terri Connellan

Sands of Time: Revisiting AusAPT’s first conference—Phil Kerr

The Australian Association for Psychological Type (AusAPT) was formed in October 1991 at Australia’s first type conference, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Australian Perspectives. The fledgling association’s leaders immediately set about convening another conference, this time in AusAPT’s own name. The first issue of the Australian Journal for Psychological Type (March 1992) announced that: The newly formed [AusAPT] will hold its first National Conference on the Sunshine Coast, at Twin Waters Resort, commencing on Wednesday, 30 September 1992. This conference seeks to explore all aspects of Psychological Type including application and practice in the field, research, the concerns of practitioners and others, (more…)

The Most Common Enneagram Types of Each MBTI Type—Joyce Meng

October 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Australia/Sydney

The Most Common Enneagram Types of Each MBTI Type | How the Enneagram Intersects with the 16 Types

A current trend in the MBTI community is the heavy incorporation of the Enneagram.

The presentation will be geared around the most common Enneagram types for each of the 16 types. I describe an overview of the Enneagram types, how it overlays with the MBTI, and why it is becoming a trend in the MBTI community to combine these two systems.

The session outcome will be to teach people about the correlations between the Enneagram and MBTI and to teach the basics of the Enneagram. Audience members will walk away with a better understanding of type and why the Enneagram is becoming more popular in the MBTI community.

Joyce Meng

Joyce is a multi-disciplined typology practitioner, coach and profiler, and the founder of TypeTalks. As a certified MBTI® Master practitioner, Enneagram coach, master NLP practitioner, and certified Gallup® CliftonStrengths coach, Joyce entered the world of typology and coaching to fulfill her love for helping others and her passion for psychology. Her business was founded upon the community of type enthusiasts she created through her YouTube channel, TypeTalks. To learn more, here is a link to her YT channel: youtube.com/c/JoyceMeng22

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference

Download a 2 page pdf of the program here:

AusAPT-Online-2022-Conference-Program

$100 – $150 $100AU for AusAPT members, other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for 17 sessions

Online Event

AusAPT

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AusAPT 2022 Time and Tide Conference

The Trimorphic Ethoi of Psychological Types—Vicky Jo Varner

October 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Australia/Sydney

Psychological Types is typically presented as a singular idea within one discipline. However, within that discipline, it can be discerned that there are three prevalent perspectives, or ethoi, in conveying the types. This session delves into these three different ethoi and relates them to the psychological types model, interspersed with interactive exercises to help attendees experience each of them and confront their differences. This presentation is academic in nature with cutting-edge content, so be prepared to immerse yourself in something that is philosophically challenging yet rewarding.

Vicky Jo Varner

Dr. Vicky Jo Varner holds a PhD in Depth Psychology with an emphasis on Jungian and Archetypal Studies. An MBTI Master Practitioner and certified Life Coach, she is ranked as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. She is a certified Interactive Guided Imagery and Symbolon Reflection practitioner; she successfully taught Jung’s Structure of the Psyche to graduate students at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles. Find more at DrVickyJo.com

Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference

Download a 2 page pdf of the program here:

AusAPT-Online-2022-Conference-Program

$100 – $150 $100AU for AusAPT members, other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for 17 sessions

Online Event

AusAPT

View Organiser Website

conference@ausapt.org.au

AusAPT 2022 Time and Tide Conference

Type For All: Making Personality Type Ubiquitous—Brian Lawrence

October 9, 2022 @ 10:15 am – 11:15 am Australia/Sydney

How do we make Type more ubiquitous? Competing with the myriad self-awareness products, how do we attract more enthusiasts to accreditation programmes and interest groups?
The outcome will be a set of practical strategies that Practitioners can use to re-ignite the enthusiasm for Personality Type in the world.

Brian Lawrence

Brian Lawrence, BPsych(Hons), MSc (Org Psych), PGDipEd, is a certified coach and facilitator specializing in the field of Leadership and Team Development. He is an MBTI Master Trainer and a Type Coach professional. He has been using personality type in his professional work for the last 13 years and loves creating new and innovative ways of engaging his audience through the use of games. His latest programme is called Dancing with Your Inner Wolves.

This session is a keynote session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference

Download a 2 page pdf of the program here:

AusAPT-Online-2022-Conference-Program

$100 – $150 $100AU for AusAPT members, other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for 17 sessions

AusAPT

View Organiser Website

conference@ausapt.org.au

Online Event

AusAPT 2022 Time & Tide Conference

Type in Tandem: The Magical Alchemy of Connecting Opposing Functions – Sue Blair

October 8, 2022 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Australia/Sydney

Pivoting is a skill we have all had to master over the past two years. Flexibility is the key, in our outlooks, our expectations and aspirations. Many of us have had plenty of time for introspection.

This gift of time has lead many of us to ask questions. Lots of them! This session explores how we can integrate the perceiving functions to find the wisdom we need to keep on track.

We will explore:

Cognitive function combinations
Helpful graphics to simplify our explanations
Questions which can be posed relating to each of the perceiving functions
The importance of intentional application of the functions

Sue Blair

Sue Blair has been working with psychological type for 20 years. She is an international presenter and keynote speaker, as well as a qualified MBTI practitioner and adult educator. She is the author of The Personality Puzzle coaching cards, now used worldwide by coaches and counsellors. She has taught thousands of teachers, parents, students and businesses about the importance of self-awareness and communication. Sue is the recipient of the APTi 2015 Gordon Lawrence Award. This award recognises an outstanding achievement to the field of education.

Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference

Download a 2 page pdf of the program here:

AusAPT-Online-2022-Conference-Program

$100 – $150 $100AU for AusAPT members, other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for 17 sessions

AusAPT Conference Team

View Organiser Website

conference@ausapt.org.au

Karstens Convention Centre

123 Queen St
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia + Google Map

AusAPT 2022 Time and Tide Conference link

AusAPT 2022 Conference—Time & Tide: Traditions and Trends in Type

October 7, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – October 9, 2022 @ 12:00 pm Australia/Sydney

The AusAPT 2022 Conference, ‘Time & Tide: Tradition and Trends in Type’, 7-9 October online is now over.

You are still able to purchase the conference via the links below and we will give you access to the Conference Hub. It contains recordings of all sessions and handouts and slide presentations from presenters.

Below are all the details of the conference, sessions and presenters.

About the Conference:

It’s our 30th anniversary conference with:

17 engaging online sessions
16 internationally renowned psychological type presenters.
a skilled and welcoming community of type professionals and enthusiasts.
ongoing access with all sessions recorded & resources online
life-changing type insights to apply in your life & work.

Access to all Conference recordings, handouts and presenter resources is $100AU for AusAPT members, APT and ILP members and $150AU for guests

Here is the AusAPT 2022 conference presenter line-up! Further details below.

16 images of people showing our 2022 presenter lineup for the AusAPT type conference including keynote speakers Dario Nardi, Sue Blair, Susan Nash, Mary McGuiness and Brian Lawrence. — AusAPT Conference speakers for 2022

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Renew or start your membership now for 2022/3 and receive a discount of 33%. The conference recordings are just $100AU for AusAPT members. Maximise your membership by renewing now with many benefits to enjoy until 1 July 2023.

If you are a current financial member of another APT (eg BAPT, APTI, AFTP) or of ILP you can enjoy the same 33% conference discount: $100AU for financial members of other APTs or ILP.

First register on our website (once only and if not already registered) so we can keep in touch about the conference and so you receive all the recordings, resources, conference access and more via your customised profile.

Once registered, make sure you are logged in and head below to book your conference place and start or renew your AusAPT membership – or book in as an APT or ILP member – in one easy step.

Conference recording access is $150AU for guests/non-members.

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Overview of Program + Speakers for AusAPT 2022 Conference

All times are AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne, UTC +11) Check your local time – all sessions recorded

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Day 1 – Friday 7 October

Time	Session	Session Details
5:00 – 5:15pm	WELCOME + GATHERING
5:15 – 6:15pm KEYNOTE	Managing Energy Dario Nardi	How can we better manage energy? We will address this question several ways. First, our tertiary function is a “neurotic boundary” area that needs care. Second, our favorite perceiving function plays a major role. And third is the “yin” side of our inferior function. Includes handouts.
6:15 – 6:30pm	BREAK
6:30- 7:30pm CONCURRENT	Temperament: Tradition or Trend? Bringing Temperament up to date for 21^st Century Leaders Catherine Stothart	Find out how you can apply temperament theory and practice to build the key leadership capabilities to meet the needs of 21st century teams. In this session Catherine will share a practical framework for leaders to engage, develop, delegate to, and connect with their teams.
6:30- 7:30pm CONCURRENT	Cognitive Functions and Enneagram: Complementary Power Teodora Paucean	This session promotes the usage of type (cognitive functions) and Enneagram together, as two systems that can complement each other beautifully in the process of improving emotional well-being, as well as relational and professional satisfaction.
7:30 – 7:45pm	BREAK
7:45 – 8:45pm CONCURRENT	Midlife Development: A Crisis? A Crash? Or a Cruise? Angelina Bennet	Midlife is a time when many of us take stock of our life and think about what we want for our future. In this session we will review theories of midlife from the type perspective, consider the possible accelerating impact of the pandemic, and consider how to craft the life we want for ourselves.
7:45 – 8:45pm CONCURRENT	Against the Tide: Repositioning the 8 Functions in Psychology Richard Owen	For both to be valid, surely type and mainstream psychology are talking about the same ideas and concepts, just in different ways with different names? Richard explores some analogous concepts from cognitive psychology and other areas that could help us reinterpret Jung’s 8 functions.

Day 2 – Saturday 8 October

Time	Session	Session Details
8:30 – 9:00am	SOCIAL FOYER
9:00-10:00am KEYNOTE	Type in Tandem: The Magical Alchemy of Connecting Opposing Functions Sue Blair	Pivoting is a skill we have all had to master over the past two years. Many of us have had plenty of time for introspection. This gift of time has lead many of us to ask questions. Lots of them! This session explores how we can integrate the perceiving functions to find the wisdom we need.
10:00-10:15am	BREAK
10:15 – 11:15am CONCURRENT	Underutilized Oppositions in the Lenses We Use: Essential Motivators and Interaction Styles Sterling Bates	Get everything you need for an underutilized resource in the world of psychological type, the 6 dynamics from Essential Motivators (Temperament) and Interaction Styles. Leverage them across best-fit, communication, workplace problems, delegation, Situational Leadership®, and relationship issues.
10:15 – 11:15am CONCURRENT	Making and Keeping Type in the Conversation Sharon Lovoy	Type is losing ground in the corporate setting and less than 50% of those who are certified buy Type related materials. As Type Practitioners, we must be dedicated to keeping Type relevant. Sharon Lovoy reveals the practical steps in her strategy for keeping Type relevant.
11:15 – 11:45am	BREAK + SOCIAL FOYER
11:45am -12:45pm CONCURRENT	Type and Music Preferences Ian Ball	There are many reasons why particular pieces of music attract us and why we go back to those preferences. We will listen to and rate several musical excerpts from the categories of Mellow, Unpretentious, Sophisticated, Intense and Contemporary, (the MUSIC model) on a scale from Love it! to Turn it off!
11:45am -12:45pm CONCURRENT	Work-Life Balance, Stress and the Process of Individuation Mary McGuiness	Carl Jung described individuation as growth towards wholeness, to be our most creative selves. Constant stress can inhibit growth. Finding work-life balance is important to reduce stress and promote growth. We will look at several ‘best practices’ that will reduce stress and ideas to promote growth.
12:45 – 1:30PM	LUNCH + SOCIAL FOYER
1:30 – 2:30pm KEYNOTE	Traditions and Trends in Delivering Type Learning Events Susan Nash	This unique session will show how we can combine virtual and in-person sessions to create more effective type learning experiences. Be prepared to experience blended learning in action using a variety of virtual tools and practical activities.
2:30 – 2:45pm	BREAK
2:45 – 3:45pm CONCURRENT	C. G. Jung’s Rational and Irrational Types: a presentation and a discussion Peter Geyer	C.G. Jung arranged his typology in a different way to what appears emphasised in current models and interpretations. This session presents its core aspects, aiming to both discover and discuss his intent and perspective as well as what insights can be gained from his approach.
2:45 – 3:45pm CONCURRENT	Creating a Type Community & Business in Japan: How I went from charging 100 to 100,000 yen a session Harumi Gondo	Harumi Gondo will share her experience in building a growth-based Type community and how she as an ENFJ avoided poverty and poor health to achieving a six-figure income through knowing and developing her Type.
3:45 – 4:15pm	BREAK + SOCIAL FOYER
4:15 – 5:15pm KEYNOTE	The Early Days of Psychological Type and AusAPT in Australia Mary McGuiness	An overview of the people, events and struggles that were part of the type community in the latter part of last century. Hear stories about the spread of type in Australia and the beginning of AusAPT. Who were the pioneers? What outside influences shaped our history? How have things changed?
5:15 – 6:30pm	30th ANNIVERSARY VIRTUAL DRINKS + CATCH UP

Day 3 Sunday 9 October

Time	Session	Session Details
8:30 – 9:00am	SOCIAL FOYER
9:00 – 10:00am CONCURRENT	The Most Common Enneagram Types of Each MBTI Type \| How the Enneagram Intersects with the 16 Types Joyce Meng	A current trend in the MBTI community is the heavy incorporation of the Enneagram. Attend to learn more about why it is becoming a trend in the MBTI community to combine these two systems together and what the most common 16 types and Enneagram combinations are.
9:00 – 10:00am CONCURRENT	The Trimorphic Ethoi of Psychological Types Vicky Jo Varner	Psychological Types is normally presented as a singular idea but there are actually three prevalent perspectives, or ethoi, in conveying the types. This academic session combines cutting-edge content with interactive exercises to help attendees experience and appreciate each of them.
10:00 – 10:15am	BREAK
10:15 – 11:15am KEYNOTE	Type For All: Making Awareness of Personality Type Ubiquitous Brian Lawrence	How do we make Type more ubiquitous? Competing with the myriad self-awareness products, how do we attract more enthusiasts to accreditation programmes and interest groups? The outcome will be a set of practical strategies that Practitioners can use to re-ignite the enthusiasm for Personality Type in the world.
11:15am – 12 noon	Wrap up and closing comments

Get all the 2022 Conference Recordings and Resources now

Download a handy 2-page pdf summary of the conference program here:

AusAPT Online 2022 Conference Program Download

We look forward to connecting with you and celebrating traditions and trends in type in October! Any questions, email us at the conference email below.

$100 AU for AusAPT members, APT and ILP members, $150AU for guests.

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A Young Type Coach’s Journey – Joe Arrigo

November 14, 2021 @ 10:15 am – 11:15 am Australia/Sydney

After a year as an MBTI coach, what lessons have been learned?

Topics that will be covered:
*What it’s like to coach someone older than you?
*Where are the new Type enthusiasts making their names known?
*How do you gain traction in a crowded (Type) space?
*How do we fix the disconnect between veterans and amateurs?
*How Type will be applied in the future

Joe Arrigo

Joe Arrigo is a newbie to the professional Type space. What started as a mild interest exploded into an obsession and a coaching business. His goal is to help people find their place in the world by bringing clarity to their personality type. If it can impact a stubborn INTJ like himself, it can certainly do the same for others. He resides primarily on Linkedin and YouTube, and tries to bridge the gap between the Old Guard and New Guard of type.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

You can find the full conference program and details here:

AusAPT 2021 Online Program + Ticket info

Or download a PDF copy of the conference program:

AusAPT-Online-2021-Conference-Program-FINAL Download

Karstens Convention Centre

123 Queen St
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia + Google Map

$100 – $150 $100 for AusAPT members, ILP & APT members, $150 for guests.

AusAPT

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info@ausapt.org.au

Archetype & Type – Kesstan Blandin & Yvonne Nelson-Reid

November 14, 2021 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Australia/Sydney

C.G. Jung’s theories of archetype and psychological type are seminal works underlying the psychic structure of personality in individuals. In this session, an analysis of a large correlational study with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument and the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator (PMAI) assessment will be presented, analyzed, and discussed. We will attempt to weave theories (e.g., Jung, Hillman, Pearson, Beebe, Hunziker) with the empirical data to discover together how archetypes and psychological types complement, challenge, and deepen one another.

Kesstan Blandin

Kesstan Blandin, PhD is the VP, Research & Development for the Center for Applications of Psychological Type in Gainesville FL, where she oversees research for Jungian assessments on type (MBTI/MMTIC) and archetype (PMAI). For several years, Kesstan was an academic professor and researcher in a graduate psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in CA and at the Dartmouth Centers for Health & Aging in NH. She has published on psychological type, archetypes, and dementia.

Yvonne Nelson-Reid

Yvonne Nelson-Reid, PhD, is the Senior Development Associate at the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT®), a mother of 5, writer, teacher, depth psychologist – Jungian and archetypal studies (MA, PhD), and career coach. Yvonne’s MA in Educational Research focused on Jungian theory where her thesis explored insights into the MBTI® assessment. As a certified MBTI® (master practitioner) and certified MMTIC® professional, she uses typology as a tool for helping others understand differences and communicate more effectively.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

You can find the full conference program and details here:

AusAPT 2021 Online Program + Ticket info

Or download a PDF copy of the conference program:

AusAPT-Online-2021-Conference-Program-FINAL Download

Karstens Convention Centre

123 Queen St
Melbourne, VIC 3000 Australia + Google Map

$100 – $150 $100 for AusAPT members, ILP & APT members, $150 for guests.

AusAPT

View Organiser Website

info@ausapt.org.au