Is there a personality type for a healer?

MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) testing is used to identify your personality type - it's a very common psychometric test used by business to understand personality characteristics of an organisation. I'm really interested in seeing what personality types are typical amongst this community.

Testing is simple - please follow the link immediately below and then let us know your type via the poll attached to this thread:

http://sminds.com/mbti/

I took the test last week on a course at work, and my type (INFP) was unusual at work - but maybe not so here...

In business, the received wisdom is that a good spread of types is beneficial in any organisation - along with an understanding among colleagues of each other's types and how that may affect the way they interact.


For more information on the types please see the attached links:-

http://www.businessballs.com/personalitystylesmodels.htm#myers%20briggs%20types%20indicator%20MBTI

http://similarminds.com/personality_types.html

http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=keirsey&f=fourtemps&tab=1&c=overview

I love it. I came out a ESFT
could not post it on the poll.
I believe I was not logged in.
When I have time I will come
back and do it later.Before
you assess you need x amount
of folks to take the test to
get an acurate type amongst
this community.Unless your
going to rely on active
members only but then you
have no way of telling who
voted, except you can only
vote once

Thanks Bridget

These things can be a lot of fun - and useful too in understanding each other.

If even just the active members here respond to the poll then we can understand something about forum representation of types. I don't think it will show any bias one way or the other though...

That was interesting here is mine :Your type is: ESFJ
ESFJ - "Seller". Most sociable of all types. Nurturer of harmony. Outstanding host or hostesses. 12.3% of total population.

Mine is ISTJ: "Trustee". Decisiveness in practical affairs. Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable. 11.6% of total population.

Ok so I'm tired. I got a different
result than before so I'm going to
take it again tomorrow.

This time I got ISTJ the first result
was closest to my personality. I'll
vote according to my 3rd end result.

LightChild wrote:That was interesting here is mine :Your type is: ESFJ
ESFJ - "Seller". Most sociable of all types. Nurturer of harmony. Outstanding host or hostesses. 12.3% of total population.

Are you going to vote? the poll
is at the top of the page

I did vote was the second who did after John hehe

chi_solas wrote:Ok so I'm tired. I got a different
result than before so I'm going to
take it again tomorrow.

This time I got ISTJ the first result
was closest to my personality. I'll
vote according to my 3rd end result.

todays results was ESTJ. I see myself
in ESFJ/ESTJ if I have to choose I'll
go with ESFJ.

Its the same with any test that boxes
I find I'm always a little bit of
everything. I'm right/left brained

chi_solas wrote:
todays results was ESTJ. I see myself
in ESFJ/ESTJ if I have to choose I'll
go with ESFJ.

Its the same with any test that boxes
I find I'm always a little bit of
everything. I'm right/left brained

Hi Bridget,

Nothing strange about that. Everybody flexes to some extent between the types - so sometimes we may answer the questions differently.

I test on the cusp of F(eeling) and T(hinking) - F for Reiki, T more so for work.

But we all flex too - I'm an I(ntrovert) but that doesn't stop me from getting the guitar out to play in company...

John

JohnC wrote:

chi_solas wrote:
todays results was ESTJ. I see myself
in ESFJ/ESTJ if I have to choose I'll
go with ESFJ.

Its the same with any test that boxes
I find I'm always a little bit of
everything. I'm right/left brained

Hi Bridget,

Nothing strange about that. Everybody flexes to some extent between the types - so sometimes we may answer the questions differently.

I test on the cusp of F(eeling) and T(hinking) - F for Reiki, T more so for work.

But we all flex too - I'm an I(ntrovert) but that doesn't stop me from getting the guitar out to play in company...

John

Since my Reiki involvement and
becoming more aware of the 5
precepts. I have grown and made
changes in my thinking. At times
I place my self in the center of
the scale.

polls like this one, does help you
to stop and smell the coffee/roses

Not been in the forum for ages and thought it was about time I popped in

My result was ESFP = Entertainer


Didn't make a note of everything else forgot and hit the wrong button

Hey Curly - that's great...

From the following link we learn... I wonder does this resonate with you...

http://www.personalitypage.com/html/ESFP_car.html

ESFPs generally have the following traits:

* Live in the present moment
* Are stimulated and excited by new experiences
* Practical and realistic
* Warmly interested in people
* Know how to have a good time, and how to make things fun for others
* Independent and resourceful
* Spontaneous - seldom plan ahead
* Hate structure and routine
* Dislike theory and long written explanations
* Feel special bond with children and animals
* Strongly developed aesthetic appreciation for things
* Great people skills

ESFPs are good at many things, but will not be happy unless they have a lot of contact with people, and a lot of new experiences. They should choose careers which provide them with the opportunity to use their great people skills and practical perspective, which will also provide them with enough new challenges that they will not become bored.

The following list of professions is built on our impressions of careers which would be especially suitable for an ESFP. It is meant to be a starting place, rather than an exhaustive list. There are no guarantees that any or all of the careers listed here would be appropriate for you, or that your best career match is among those listed.

Possible Career Paths for the ESFP:

* Artists, Performers and Actors
* Sales Representatives
* Counselors / Social Work
* Child Care
* Fashion Designers
* Interior Decorators
* Consultants
* Photographers

I came out ENFP, Journalist. I took this test once before probably nearly 20 years ago, and despite my change in life outlook, I scored an ENFP then too.

my third test showed Istj
got to go check my chakras

chi_solas wrote:my third test showed Istj
got to go check my chakras

...and what's wrong with ISTJ?

Colin wrote:

chi_solas wrote:my third test showed Istj
got to go check my chakras

...and what's wrong with ISTJ?

nothing wrong with ISTJ just that when
I get so many different readings I am
wondering what it is that changes the
readings. It would be intersting to do
a chakra test before each reading.

Hi,

Apparently Karl Jung and I have something in connon. We are both....


Idealist Portrait of the Counselor (INFJ)

Counselors have an exceptionally strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others, and find great personal fulfillment interacting with people, nurturing their personal development, guiding them to realize their human potential. Although they are happy working at jobs (such as writing) that require solitude and close attention, Counselors do quite well with individuals or groups of people, provided that the personal interactions are not superficial, and that they find some quiet, private time every now and then to recharge their batteries. Counselors are both kind and positive in their handling of others; they are great listeners and seem naturally interested in helping people with their personal problems. Not usually visible leaders, Counselors prefer to work intensely with those close to them, especially on a one-to-one basis, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes.

Counselors are scarce, little more than one percent of the population, and can be hard to get to know, since they tend not to share their innermost thoughts or their powerful emotional reactions except with their loved ones. They are highly private people, with an unusually rich, complicated inner life. Friends or colleagues who have known them for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that Counselors are flighty or scattered; they value their integrity a great deal, but they have mysterious, intricately woven personalities which sometimes puzzle even them.

I do believe this is me to a "T"...should have taken this test along time ago....Thanks John, for posting this idea.

Jim

johnc, I was looking through
some old boxes and came across
a book, "The Sixteen Types"
from."Please Understand Me" by
Keirsey & Bates copyright 1978
Prometheus Nemesis books. In
the back of the book was.. "A
Keirsey Temperament sorter" of
70 questions with multible
choice. It shows my results as
ISTJ that's got to be around the
late 80's when I was enrolled in
a Family Therapy course that
looked at the different styles
from Freud, Maslow, Erickson,
Jung and many others.

Keirsey adopted the theory of
psychological Types of Carl Jung
& Measuring Types of Isabel Myers
(1955) typology

chi_solas wrote:johnc, I was looking through
some old boxes and came across
a book, "The Sixteen Types"
from."Please Understand Me" by
Keirsey & Bates copyright 1978
Prometheus Nemesis books. In
the back of the book was.. "A
Keirsey Temperament sorter" of
70 questions with multible
choice. It shows my results as
ISTJ that's got to be around the
late 80's when I was enrolled in
a Family Therapy course that
looked at the different styles
from Freud, Maslow, Erickson,
Jung and many others.

Keirsey adopted the theory of
psychological Types of Carl Jung
& Measuring Types of Isabel Myers
(1955) typology

Hi Bridget,

It's interesting that personality theories have been around so long and still get good traction. They are a useful tool to help understand and interact positively with each other I think through giving insight into both strengths and weaknesses.

Was there anything else intersting in your boxes?

John

JohnC wrote:

chi_solas wrote:johnc, I was looking through
some old boxes and came across
a book, "The Sixteen Types"
from."Please Understand Me" by
Keirsey & Bates copyright 1978
Prometheus Nemesis books. In
the back of the book was.. "A
Keirsey Temperament sorter" of
70 questions with multible
choice. It shows my results as
ISTJ that's got to be around the
late 80's when I was enrolled in
a Family Therapy course that
looked at the different styles
from Freud, Maslow, Erickson,
Jung and many others.

Keirsey adopted the theory of
psychological Types of Carl Jung
& Measuring Types of Isabel Myers
(1955) typology

Hi Bridget,

It's interesting that personality theories have been around so long and still get good traction. They are a useful tool to help understand and interact positively with each other I think through giving insight into both strengths and weaknesses.

Was there anything else intersting in your boxes?

John

Personalities never change people are the same
down through the generations. Technology changes
the way we operate in our new life styles

Yes, in that box were some written parts of that
Family Therapy course we had to do a family tree
going as far back as we can. Then we had to look
for family patterns from our family tree. We were
given family trees of famous people like,Henry Ford
etc; that had patterns like sucicide, early child
deaths, age difference in husband/wives,divorces etc;
I had some letters from home that gathered family info.

We had to write a summary of the characters from
the movie 12 angry men (1957) about an open/shut
murder case that becomes a mini drama when Henry
Fonda challenges each of the jurors prejudices &
preconceptions about the trail, and the accused
Spanish American guilty of murdering his father.
The movie takes place in the jury room lots of
drama in a one room Black/white stage