ARNO PROFILE SYSTEM

Through years of research, Dr. Richard G. Arno and Dr. Phyllis J. Arno with the National Christian Counselors Association (NCCA) learned to scientifically measure a person's inborn temperament needs with the use of a questionnaire, consisting of 60 key questions, called the Arno Profile System (APS) Response Form.  The questionnaire consists of a series of ten questions asked six times.  The APS Response Form must be answered by the individual quickly and spontaneously in accordance to how they really are, not how they think they should be.  The questionnaire takes less than ten minutes to complete.  It is then processed for analysis.  

The APS test measures the expressive (expressed) and responsive (wanted) scores in all three areas of temperament need: inclusion (intellect), control (will), and affection (emotions).  To an outside observer the test is of little use.  But to a properly trained diagnostician, these questions and answers are of paramount importance in determining and understanding the behavior of the counselee.  A Temperament Analysis gives the counselor the ability to detect areas where the person is vulnerable to spiritual setbacks and emotional breakdown. These areas, once identified, can then be acted upon to stop immediate problems and to prevent future problems before they arise, bringing the individual to emotional health and spiritual maturity.

Some individuals upon learning about temperament attempt to identify other people's temperaments by observation.  This is difficult to do, though, because some temperaments have behavior that is so indirect there is no way to see their needs or understand to what degree these needs are expressed.  There is no way the responsive score can be seen or identified by observation alone.  An environment can have a direct effect on the expressive or responsive needs.  The true inborn part of temperament can only be measured by the APS.

Only a counselor certified by the National Christian Counselors Association in Creation Therapy is qualified to administer the APS questionnaire.