Friday, May 10, 2013

MBTI Thought: Good counselors

MBTI thought of the day: Are the best female counselors thinkers and the best male counselors feelers?

2 comments:

Dave Marthaler said...

Depends on what degree you believe that women are more naturally F and men are more naturally T. I suppose it brings up another question: is there a "most natural" balance of F and T that works for counselors?

[Also, this is such an N thing to post. :) ]

Unknown said...

Holy mackerel a comment! Thanks DMarth.

So, tests show that 2/3 of women are feelers and 2/3 of guys are thinkers. So, though a significant chunk, the male feelers are a bit more rare (hmm... wonder if I know any of those?)

I think the T/F balance thing has some validity, but I wonder if it's maybe having enough common experience to identify with the person they're counseling, while also bringing a foreign, fresh perspective to the conversation.

Oh and also, by counselor, I didn't mean it in the formal sense- just people who seem to speak really well into people's lives.

You came to mind as I wrote this post!