WELCH RESPONSIVE TEMPERAMENT ASSESSMENT

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Two Levels of Training Available

90 minute training to learn the basics of the WRTA and how to use it to help clients improve their relationships.

Six (6) hour training, qualifying for 6 CEUs accepted by CAMFT, to learn advanced concepts related to using the WRTA in a clinical setting

The Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment, or WRTA, was developed over decades and is based on sound, evidence-based research. It is an innovative, scientifically based, on-line psychological assessment giving individuals detailed, practical insights into the ways they interact with their world through the mental and emotional traits woven into their being and adjusted by life experiences. These insights then empower the individual to enact targeted adaptations to their temperament expression, thereby improving the quality of their relationships. The 204 question self-assessment measures two distinct factors that directly impact the quality of a person’s relationships:

  • TEMPERAMENT: the permanent, enduring characteristics of an individual that govern how they interpret events and interact with their world

  • TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION: the controllable display of an individual’s temperament to others in either RESPONSIVE or REACTIVE ways:

    • RESPONSIVE EXPRESSION = voluntary, deliberate, relationship-enhancing behaviors originating from the cerebral cortex — the “thinking” part of the brain

    • REACTIVE EXPRESSION = involuntary, unregulated, relationship-impeding behaviors originating from the limbic system — the “feeling” part of the brain

An individual’s TEMPERAMENT is measured and reported using the DISC model which consists of four (4), distinct temperament types. The DISC model was developed over a century ago and has proven quite reliable for providing insight into a person’s psychological leanings and tendencies. The WRTA reports a person’s temperament using the following categories:

TEMPERAMENT:

An individual’s temperament tendencies are reported using a percentage distribution model. Participants receive a results report that contains a pie chart showing the percentage distribution of each of the four (4) temperaments within their unique personality construct, as in the example graph below:

  • The temperament with the highest percentage is the PRIMARY TEMPERAMENT. This is the one the individual will display most of the time, especially when under stress.

  • The temperament with the second highest percentage is the SECONDARY TEMPERAMENT. This is the one the individual will display some of the time.

    • In rare cases, the other three temperaments have the same percentage, or are all within one (1) percentage point of each other. In this case, there is no apparent SECONDARY TEMPERAMENT and the person will display a mixture of all three (3) some of the time.

TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION:

When a couple takes the WRTA jointly, in addition to doing a self-assessment, each will also assess the other (“Companion”). The couple then receives a Couple Comparison report with the following additions:

  • Person 1’s self-assessment TEMPERAMENT pie graph will be shown alongside a pie chart depicting Person 2’s assessment of Person 1’s TEMPERAMENT

  • Person 1’s self-assessment TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION columnar line graph will be overlayed with the line graph depicting Person 2’s assessment of Person 1’s TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION

In addition to the graphical representations of TEMPERAMENT and TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION, participants also receive a comprehensive Expanded Report with detailed descriptions of their DISC and Dimensions of Expression profiles along with recommendations for how to reduce reactivity, increase responsiveness, and discuss perspective differences with their Companion. Click HERE to view a sample WRTA Expanded Report.

An individual’s TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION is measured and reported using nine (9) Dimensions of Expression. These Dimensions of Expression are titled with opposite trait pairs, with the first in the pair being healthy for relationships and the opposite trait being unhealthy for relationships. Results for a person’s TEMPERAMENT EXPRESSION are reported using a color-banded, columnar graph with the healthy trait on the top and the unhealthy trait on the bottom. The person’s responsiveness or reactivity within each Dimension of Expression is displayed as a dot within a column’s shades of green, with darker green in the center area being responsive and lighter green at the upper or lower extremes being reactive, as in the example graph below:

COUPLE COMPARISON:

The WRTA is supplemented and supported by the Responsive Relationship Handbook, a comprehensive study and therapeutic aid, available as a downloadable, fillable PDF document or printed workbook, containing informative and helpful narrative, engaging graphics, and practical and innovative tools and techniques within over 70 psychological concepts designed to help an individual or couple reduce reactivity and increase responsiveness in their relationships.

When used in conjunction with the Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment (WRTA), the power of the handbook’s potential to revolutionize a person’s relationship skills is unleashed. The concepts covered in the handbook are listed below:

  1. WRTA Framework

  2. WRTA Objectives

  3. Emotional Intelligence

  4. Core Feelings and Words

  5. Communication Approaches

  6. Welch LOVED Listening Cycle

  7. Giving Your Companion "AIR”

  8. Family of Origin

  9. Attachment Tendencies

  10. Progressive Growth Phases

  11. Gender Differences

  12. Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment Overview

  13. Taking the Welch Responsive Temperament Assessment

  14. DISC Temperaments

  15. Emotional Tendencies

  16. DISC (D) Lion Temperament

  17. DISC (I) Otter Temperament

  18. DISC (S) Dog Temperament

  19. DISC (C) Owl Temperament

  20. Dimensions of Expression

  21. Dimension 1: Outgoing vs. Reserved

  22. Dimension 2: Self-Controlled vs. Anxious

  23. Dimension 3: Upbeat vs. Sullen-Unhappy

  24. Dimension 4: Assertive vs. Vulnerable

  25. Dimension 5: Engaging vs. Withdrawn

  26. Dimension 6: Agreeable vs. Aggressive

  27. Dimension 7: Confident-Controlled vs. Tense-Frantic

  28. Dimension 8: Caring-Concerned vs. Ambivalent

  29. Dimension 9: Resolved vs. Overwhelmed

  30. Relationship Systems

  31. Strengths Enhance Response

  32. Needs and Trust

  33. Prioritizing Life to Increase Response

  34. Giving Attention to What is Important

  35. Welch Relationship Model: Goals

  36. Welch Relationship Model: Foundations

  37. Welch Relationship Model: Obtaining A Full Life

  38. Welch Responsive Cycle

  39. Welch Responsive Cycle: Positive Application Approach

  40. Welch Responsive Cycle: Negative Application Approach

  41. Overcoming Reactivity

  42. Practice Example: Welch Responsive Cycle

  43. Fostering Friendship With My Companion

  44. Awareness vs. Unawareness

  45. Hidden Reactive Emotions

  46. Defense Mechanisms

  47. Understanding Shame

  48. Maintaining Your Sense of Identity

  49. Common Courtesies Increase Individuality and Responsiveness

  50. Relationship Dysfunction

  51. Additional Responsive Steps

  52. Past Unresolved Reactivity

  53. Attachment and Reactive Behavior Modification

  54. Anxiety and Reactivity

  55. The Limbic System

  56. The Cerebral Cortex

  57. Anxiety Management Techniques

  58. Three Steps to Becoming Responsive vs. Reactive

  59. Reestablish Self While Becoming Responsive vs. Reactive

  60. Communicating the Same Language

  61. Intimate Spacing Communication for Healthy Connections

  62. WRTA Dimension 1 Worksheets

  63. WRTA Dimension 2 Worksheets

  64. WRTA Dimension 3 Worksheets

  65. WRTA Dimension 4 Worksheets

  66. WRTA Dimension 5 Worksheets

  67. WRTA Dimension 6 Worksheets

  68. WRTA Dimension 7 Worksheets

  69. WRTA Dimension 8 Worksheets

  70. WRTA Dimension 9 Worksheets

  71. Road Map to a Responsive Relationship

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