The Association for Psychological Type International (APTi) is the international membership organization for professional users of personality type and assessments such as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI®) Tool. Psychological Type is the study of personality development originated by C. G. Jung.

APTi started in Philadelphia, in the fall of 1979. On Thursday, October 18th, Type enthusiasts from around the country and the world met at the third MBTI Conference. That evening, Peter B. Meyers announced the members of the constitution committee and the nominating committee. Katherine D. Myers presented the Interest Area Coordinators to those assembled before their individual meetings.

The next day, the constitution was accepted, with a few changes proposed by Otto Kroeger and Gordon Lawrence. The first officers of APT were elected and annual dues were set at just fifteen dollars. The number one song in the United States that day was Rise by Herb Alpert.

A lot has changed in the thirty years since that October Conference. APT has been headquartered all over the country: Illinois, Florida, Maryland and Virginia to name a few. The conference has taken us to even more places, all across North America. We’ve added “International” to our name (APTi) and now have members across the globe. We’ve come a long way, and we still have much to do.

In the coming years, we have much to look forward to. We are growing our membership and assembling a collection of truly brilliant minds in the field of psychological type. We are fostering a community to engage younger audiences.

We are working to bring Type to a new generation that interacts with their world in a fundamentally different way than any before them. We are expanding the reach and influence of our Interest Area Consultants to make Type experts available to inquiring minds. We are strengthening our relationships with our international sister organizations. We are growing, and we are thriving.

It is truly an exciting time to be a member of APTi. We have visionary minds on our board and surrounding us every day. We look forward to being an important part of the Type world for a long time.

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