Graphology - handwriting analysis - can be traced back as far as Roman times. Based on the belief that it can give insights into an individual's personality, skill areas, and even compatibility in relationships, this book, by a founder-member of the Graphology Society, explains the basics of graphology and how to make a detailed handwriting analysis. Many handwriting samples of size, spacing, slant and other features are included for examination and assessment, as well as sample worksheets.
Learn the many ways handwriting can reveal personality traits in this comprehensive introduction to graphology. In Handwriting Analysis, graphology expert Karen Kristin Amend offers a fresh approach to the principles of graphology. Covering all aspects of handwriting, from size and spacing to pace and form quality, this book is designed to help readers learn the skills of whole-person profiling. Amend demonstrates how to determine various personality traits ranging from mood to moral character, self-confidence, and emotional needs. She also shows how to detect emotional disturbance or mental illness. With new material for understanding the significance of the writing rhythm, this volume also provides handwriting samples of famous people.
Handwriting Analysis: Laws/Principles... And More is Mr. Cammarata's presentation of handwriting's inherent scientific base from which handwriting is analyzed. Like any other scientific study, handwriting is based upon inescapable laws/elements/principles which are exhibited each time a person writes. These form the stable rock of its foundation. Part of that rock is the only two possible movements when writing. These movements are stated with instant proof. No different than any other science, handwriting's silent but dynamic portrayal of personality is a wonderment of human analytical and historical development. Handwriting is actually brain writing. By assessing the permanent inescapable elements, a personality can be traced just like the infamous duck tracks. Besides describing the elements/principles/laws, original concepts of handwriting will be presented. A 20-year study to determine the very necessary average standard size for writing is given with statistics and insight into the power of handwriting. A presentation is made implying handwriting's reality source base. Further, the generally accepted copybook "standard" writing size is challenged with various arguments. The process of personnel selection (before hiring) is also presented and much to the employer's advantage. It's the personality that DOES the job, not experience nor education. Yes, the latter help but they do not DO the job. Only the inherent qualities matched to the job description can produce a known performance level prior to hiring. This book is an inspiration to the understanding of handwriting's foundation scientific base and why handwriting analysis is real and works. Forget about what you may have learned or heard of previously. This book gives you the truth about handwriting. You'll be surprised and totally engaged in this most fascinating true presentation. Does your handwriting actually change? The answer is in this book. Is handwriting analysis good for evaluating a mate? Absolutely... before the ring. Those and much more in this most forthright scientifically based presentation. Welcome.
By working with the nuances of one's handwriting to represent more positive traits, a person can steer his or her mind to think in a more productive and self-assured way. Graphology expert Sheila Kurtz tells readers how to make this innovative method work for them.
"Forensic document examination is the study of physical evidence and physical evidence cannot lie. Only its interpretation can err. Only the failure to find it, or to hear its true testimony can deprive it of its value." - Roy Huber, author A definitive review of handwriting identification, this book presents, in a general manner, how to approach document examination and then, in particular, how to apply handwriting identification to the document. Types of handwriting are discussed in detail. For the first time in the field of questioned document examination, Handwriting Identification: Facts and Fundamentals consolidates the pertinent information from published and unpublished sources respecting writing, that is essential to the expansion of a practitioner's general knowledge of handwriting identification and to the proper education of novices. Written in a question and answer format, the book suggests some of the questions that one might ask of an examiner and provides the answers that knowledgeable and competent examiners should be expected to give. This book is a valuable addition to law libraries and to every practicing document examiner, as well as every lawyer handling cases in which the authenticity of handwriting might be disputed.
Faced with challenging economic times, contemporary clinicians require assessment tools which can accelerate the therapeutic process and facilitate brief psychotherapy. This text introduces graphology, or handwriting analysis, which has been used clinically in Europe for decades alongside other projective techniques. In Clinical Graphology: An Interpretive Manual for Mental Health Practitioners, this clinical application becomes accessible. The text provides a compelling rationale for the clinical evaluation of handwriting and demonstrates how therapists can access rich personal data by examining clients’ graphic behaviors. The text is designed to systematically present clinical graphology in theory and practice. A review of the literature demonstrates that the clinical use of graphology is consistent with the tenets of clinical practice. Graphological interpretive theory is presented in detail, providing a theoretical understanding of those graphic features which are meaningful indices of psychological phenomena. In this context, the inherent congruity between graphological and psychological theory is explored. Diverse handwriting samples, including many of contemporary public figures, illustrate graphic phenomena while demonstrating and encouraging the graphologist’s unique type of visual acuity. To facilitate the reader’s ability to synthesize graphic traits into a holistic personality profile, an interpretive schedule is provided which summarizes graphic indices and their interpretations. A method of assessing handwritings is provided which permits a degree of standardization and so facilitates research. Using this text, readers can integrate graphological theory and cultivate interpretive skills. Providing a comprehensive treatment of the psychology of handwriting, this volume includes a discussion of caveats which guide the clinical use of graphology as well as research considerations and guidelines for sharing graphological findings with clients. To date, clinicians in North America remain unaware of the merits of graphology usage although they continue to seek out methods of assessment which will facilitate their clinical efforts. This volume will demonstrate graphology as a tool which can be applied by those with virtually any theoretical orientation or practice model, speaking to the interests of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, art therapists, vocational counselors, pastoral counselors, and naturopaths, and paraprofessionals.
"The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis is a must for all serious students of graphology." —Iris Hatfield, Professional Graphologist, HuVista International The complete guide to graphology from the winner of Flandrin-Michon AHAF President’s Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation The ability to write by hand is a pinnacle of human achievement. As a form of self-expression, handwriting reflects a person's thoughts about the self and reveals aspects of a person's personality. Written in a step-by-step fashion, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis begins with the history of the field and then teaches you how to analyze any handwriting, starting with objective criteria, including variables such as organization, speed, size, shape, slant, and symbolic features. Then you learn how to combine these variables to create a full personality profile. There are more than 100 handwriting samples, including those from Paul Newman, Bill Clinton, Marlon Brando, Donald Trump, Sigmund and Anna Freud, Thomas Edison, Osama bin Laden, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bruce Springsteen, Benito Mussolini, Napoleon, Michael Jackson, Robert Redford, Barak Obama, and Charles Darwin. Part II discusses how handwriting is organized by the brain and includes many examples of the link between handwriting and various illnesses and brain disorders, from dyslexia and epilepsy to stroke and coma. It ends with a discussion of the link between different personality types, their brain organization, and their handwriting. Part III is an in-depth look at the field of questioned documents, including such topics as free-hand forgeries, tracing, disguised handwriting, and anonymous notes. It features an in-depth discussion of how forgeries are created and how they are detected. If you are interested in any aspect of this topic, The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis is definitely the book you need!
