Josh Batchelder, CGA, AB

Josh Batchelder has been performing expert handwriting analysis services for businesses and individuals for 30 years. He was originally trained and Certified by the International Graphoanalysis Society in 1976. He is Vice President of the Southern Chapter (scigas.org) in Columbia, South Carolina.

How Josh Got Started

During a gap in Josh's Air Force Reserve flying activity he took an introductory course in Handwriting Analysis sponsored by the International Graphoanalysis Society; it was a natural extension of his Harvard University field of concentration, Social and Personality Psychology; he went on to complete the training and certication (1976) by the International Society.

Josh was thrilled by the possibility to glean practical insights from the well-defined science of graphology with its early European and American advances. Over two decades ago, Graphology was moved out of the New Age area into the psychology category by libraries around the country. The panoramic viewing of personality traits to clearly describe characters seemed preferable to much of the jargon used by many psychologists.

Over the years, Josh's study and practice shifted from hobbyist to professional. He served more businesses with employee screening. His career coaching helped clients best use their talents; he helped couples to better understand their partners; and compatibility studies for individuals and businesses helped managements. QP Venues

Luxury Cruise Line Gigs that Prompted Josh To Become An Author

His first book, Handwriting Reveals You (published Sep 2003, trafford.com), was in response to audiences asking for a book for the novice to get started. Then, many business and cruise ship audiences asked for a guide to performing quick analyses like Josh was able to do during his lectures and demonstrations. Finding no recently published books, he worked the last two years developing a guide that would not delve into the history of handwriting analysis or psychological issues, but would be an entertaining and easy to grasp approach to the subject, without years of study.