Book Review

Introduction to Type and Conflict  (2003) Killen, D., Murphy, D., California: Consulting Psychologists Press

This booklet, in CPP's introduction to Type series, is at once exciting and disappointing.  Exciting because it throws so much light on differences in personality and orientation that help explain much interpersonal conflict.  Disappointing because the resolution model offered seems overly simplistic given the complexity of the insight into the different types in conflict that is offered.  Those already familiar with the Myers-Briggs and Jungian Typology will find it a useful addition to their repertoire of applications.  Those new to these models will find it a useful aid for reflection on their own and others conflict behaviour and tendencies.  The Thinking-Feeling and the Judging-Perception polarities are seen to be most relevant to the conflict analysis based on the authors experience and research, though details of the research or references are not provided.  The conflict model offered is a resolution focused one but I think the booklet's primary value is reflected in the authors' quote from Proust "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes"

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