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Graphology - Handwriting Analysis
Graphology is the study of behavior as it manifests in handwriting. It comes from two Greek words, ‘graphein,' which means "to write," and ‘ology', meaning "the study of..." Therefore, when combined, Graphology means ‘study of writing.'
Graphology - also known as Handwriting analysis - is used worldwide as a psychoanalytical tool to give us insights into someone's personality. There is considerable scientific evidence to suggest that since our hand (and thus writing) moves as a result of electrical impulses from our brains, our handwriting is a very accurate representation of our state of mind, and the way we think and behave.
Just as your personality may change over time, so can your handwriting. Various external factors, such as physical or emotional trauma, like a death in the family, divorce, health problems, or a job change, may cause a writer's handwriting to undergo some alteration. Some medications, as well as alcohol and "recreational" drugs, may also have either a temporary or a lasting effect on the writing and potentially affect the handwriting analysis results somewhat. Because there is such an enormous range of variation in people, no method of personality assessment is perfect, including handwriting analysis. However graphology is a highly reliable and accurate tool when used as instructed.
Graphotherapy is a process where by making small changes in your handwriting you can positively alter unconscious patterns of thinking and behaviour; helping you to live life in a more self-aware and ultimately more productive way.
Graphology Articles
How is Handwriting Analysis Used?
Pre-employment screening and profiling is probably the most widely used application for handwriting analysis. Handwriting analysis is also used for self-understanding, to discover where blocks to success may lie. Other applications are vocational counseling, compatibility guidance, and general counseling.more
How to Prepare a Handwriting Sample
In order for the handwriting analyst to produce the most accurate report, it is important to provide the best possible sample. Following are a few easy instructions...more
What are the 10 most revealing and prominent traits in Graphology?
Graphologists use a number of techniques to decipher your handwriting. The ten most revealing and prominent traits are: Slant; Baseline; Margins; Spacing; Pressure; Size; Speed; Zones; Style; and Signature.more
What Can and Can't Handwriting Reveal?
Handwriting tells a great deal about the writer's personality and behavior, and provides many clues to his or her potentials, fears, and areas for development. However, it definitely cannot tell "everything." A well-trained handwriting analyst uses handwriting to paint an accurate picture of the core personality of the writer -- the way the writer organizes his life and time, his ego development, social skills, thinking style, fears and defenses, etc.more
What is Graphotherapy? Does Handwriting Change?
Graphotherapy (otherwise known as handwriting remediation) consists of a program of "form drawing" exercises done to music, to facilitate the deliberate alteration personality traits. Graphotherapy can help calm the brain, allowing the writer to become more relaxed, better organized, or deal with past trauma in a non-threatening format.more
What is the difference between Gestalt and Trait-stroke Graphology?
Gestalt graphology means that the analyst views the handwriting as if looking at a photograph. Trait-stroke graphology is more like seeing through a microscope, one element at a time.more