I created the CoreTypes system and I read personality type from speech. I’ve written books on the 16 types and the relationships between them.
A type doesn’t show up in a questionnaire. It shows in how a person talks: how they build a sentence, what they notice first, how they explain their decisions. CoreTypes picks up those signs in live speech and narrows them down to one of 16 types. A type shapes a lot: what you notice and what you miss, how you decide, which way you tend to lean. It doesn’t shape everything. Experience, character and values aren’t part of it.
I read your type from speech and show how it plays out in real life: with a partner, in a team, at work, in choosing a line of work. People come to me to understand themselves and the people close to them. Companies come when a team and its leader need to understand each other. It all happens online, by video call or from a recording of your speech. It’s an assessment, not therapy. We look at what to do with your type, not at what’s wrong with you.
Books
- Profiles of the sixteen types
- Guides to the relationships between the types
- A Field Guide to the 16 Types
I’m not a psychologist or psychotherapist. I don’t work with crises, depression, anxiety or trauma. I don’t do couples or family therapy, and I don’t “save relationships”. I read a type only from speech, never from a photo, a form or a description, and I don’t assess anyone under 18. If you’re going through a hard time, the right person to see is a psychotherapist.
I’ve worked with personality types since 2008, and I built CoreTypes in 2022. You’ll find more on my website, lextarrel.com.