JDQ Radar showing the typical personality type demands made in a counselling career.
Key: darker areas indicate high demand, lighter ones less demand. That is, if your personality type is a darker area, then this career matches your personality.
Below you will find comments by people in this career. They were asked to rate their job (out of 6) and what they liked or did not like about their job. Their comments are sorted by the rating they assigned. The actual job title they gave is in brackets with, if provided, the personality type they declared.
Rating 6/6
I enjoy helping others figure out who they are. (college counselor. I helps students apply to college. - ENFP)
Administrators who try to fit my position into a conventional teaching position (transition specialist-help students move into careers - ENTP)
I like working with the clients who are placed in my care. I do not like the way the system deals with situations arising with the clients. There is no accountability for the clients. (Therapeutic Foster Parent - ESFJ)
Love all aspects (Disability Intergration Officer - INFJ)
Working with young people and helping them make decisions about their future or solve immediate problems. (Personal Adviser - INFJ)
Like: Working with people & having the ability to create new solutions to problems that exist. Helping people find solutions on their own and being able to frame it in such a way that the clients get to their destination on their own. Dislikes: Too much noise and activity. Too much talking and not enough peace and quiet. I am often too tired or sleepy to have time for my friends (Social Worker - INFJ)
Healing work with individuals & groups Autonomy in daily work Support & interaction with colleagues in same & different disclipines Education & growth opportunities Dislike: Counterproductive bureaucracatic practices & policies (counselor - INFP)
Delving in to the minds of others and helping them. (Counselor - ISFJ)
I like talking to people and hearing them out, Because I can read them like a book, I love people. Dislike i dislike conversational regressions. (Conunselor)
helping people to make progress understand and achieve their aspirations. (personal adviser in careers)
working on my own (support officer)
Working with people. (Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist)
Rating 5/6
like that there is variety and that I am always learning. Dislike having to justify what I do for sake of funding. (art therapist in school as consultant - ENFP)
helping people (Behavior Specialist - ENFP)
enjoyed providing support, education women on options, cycle of violence, advocating, empowering disliked legal / social systems that were in the way, disliked enforcing house / community living rules (Crisis Counsellor for women’s shelter - INFJ)
I love working with people to help them resolve conflict or problems in their lives. (Employee Assistance Counsellor - INFJ)
I like helping people and watching them grow and change. I like being of service. I dislike paperwork and billing. I dislike the isolation. (Social Worker - INFJ)
I’m isolated and I dislike billing and paperwork. (Social Worker - INFJ)
like to be participant in the growingproces of other individuals, don’t like the aquisition i have to do (selling myself) (Coach/counselor - INFP)
Delving in to the minds of others and helping them. (Counselor - INFP)
variety (counselor - INFP)
Really enjoy the interaction with adults looking for career change and older people working towards having a meaningful retirement. Love working with people who are proactive. (career counsellor - INTJ)
Like what I do Dislike working conditions/pay (career counselor)
love my job, dislike the working conditions/salary (career counselor)
Assisting motivated people to change Increasing people’s understanding and acceptance of their life situation and individual responses (child and adolescent mental health counsellor)
Like the people I work with and like helping others. I dislike how the employees are disrespected by management. (psychotherapist)
Rating 4/6
I’m not very good at getting inside other people’s minds. (Counselor - INFJ)
Too chaotic (Counsellor - INFP)
not having enough time to get everything done (group psychotherapist in acute partial hospital - INFP)
I dislike the deadlines and interruptions. (social worker - INFP)
setting long term goals vision (Casework Manager - INTP)
Independence (Counselling - ISTJ)
The lack of structure. Lack of clear opportunities. (Academic Adviser)
Working with a variety of different people. I like the knowledge base and skills required to do the job, and quite autonomous working. (CAMHS practitioner)
paperwork (careers adviser)
Being by myself, constantly marketing (COach)
not enough time to do everything that has to be done (group psychotherapist in acute partial hospital)
not enough time to get things done (group psychotherapist in acute partial hospital)
I would like more room for artistic expression. I like interacting and motivating students. (high school counselors assistant)
poor management at times; lack of support (Lead Therapist)
Like that I have to analyze what people are saying. Dislike that I don’t get to conjure up new ideas and that it’s not flexible (lifecoach)
Rely too much on other banking entities and at the discretion of their interpretation of guidelines. (Loan Consultant)
dislike - ongoing pressure - never ending. paperwork and jumping through government hoops. like - individual contact with people, advocacy, exploring new approaches, imagination (support worker and team coordinator)
Rating 3/6
Very fast paced. Many rules to follow. (Guidance Counsellor - ENFP)
Intangible results No practical aspect (Careers Adviser - ESTP)
Spending so much time meeting with people one-on-one to discuss their career goals is difficult and draining when I am struggling so much to clarify my own goals! (Career Counselor - INFP)
low pay (school counselor - INTP)
I deslike the lack of creativity and investigating/research (coach)
Drained by too much interaction with others. (drug and alcohol counselor)
empowerment inspire others organise (social worker)
Varied, challenging, at times rewarding, meet lots of interesting people, learning new skills especially with communication, social issues. I don’t like the stress, often dealing with very difficult situations, not great pay. (support worker)
Rating 2/6
Dislikes: Too organised, too formal, little room for new ideas, creative discussions, time pressure. (management consultant - ENTP)
I like helping people. I dislike the abundance of down time. (Social Worker - ISTJ)
Interaction with people all day. (Babysitter)
Rating 1/6
My incompetent bosses (environmental consultant - INFP)
not exciting or creative enough. (The latter is meant in terms of self-expression.) I am bored, and while introverted, would like to have some involvement with co-workers. ( - INFP)
too much emotional baggage comes with this job. Transferrence of clients emotions and issues is inevitable. (Social work)
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