Part of it...
The Counselor Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in reaching their goals, and directive and introverted in their interpersonal roles. Counselors focus on human potentials, think in terms of ethical values, and come easily to decisions. The small number of this type (little more than 2 percent) is regrettable, since Counselors have an unusually strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others and genuinely enjoy helping their companions. Although Counselors tend to be private, sensitive people, and are not generally visible leaders, they nevertheless work quite intensely with those close to them, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes with their families, friends, and colleagues. This type has great depth of personality; they are themselves complicated, and can understand and deal with complex issues and people.
Counselors can be hard to get
to know. They have an unusually rich inner life, but they are reserved
and tend not to share their reactions except with those they trust. With
their loved ones, certainly, Counselors are not reluctant to express
their feelings, their face lighting up with the positive emotions, but
darkening like a thunderhead with the negative. Indeed, because of their
strong ability to take into themselves the feelings of others,
Counselors can be hurt rather easily by those around them, which,
perhaps, is one reason why they tend to be private people, mutely
withdrawing from human contact. At the same time, friends who have known
a Counselor for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise.
Not that they are inconsistent; Counselors value their integrity a
great deal, but they have intricately woven, mysterious personalities
which sometimes puzzle even them.
Counselors
have strong empathic abilities and can become aware of another’s
emotions or intentions – good or evil – even before that person is
conscious of them. This “mind-reading” can take the form of feeling the
hidden distress or illnesses of others to an extent which is difficult
for other types to comprehend. Even Counselors can seldom tell how they
came to penetrate others’ feelings so keenly. Furthermore, the Counselor
is most likely of all the types to demonstrate an ability to understand
psychic phenomena and to have visions of human events, past, present,
or future. What is known as ESP may well be exceptional intuitive
ability-in both its forms, projection and introjection. Such supernormal
intuition is found frequently in the Counselor, and can extend to
people, things, and often events, taking the form of visions, episodes
of foreknowledge, premonitions, auditory and visual images of things to
come, as well as uncanny communications with certain individuals at a
distance.
They are
proud of themselves in the degree they are empathic in action, respect
themselves in the degree they are benevolent, and feel confident of
themselves in the degree they are authentic. Idealist types search for
their unique identity, hunger for deep and meaningful relationships,
wish for a little romance each day, trust their intuitive feelings
implicitly, aspire for profundity. This is the “Identity Seeking
Personality” – credulous about the future, mystical about the past, and
their preferred time and place are the future and the pathway.
Educationally they go for the humanities, avocationally for ethics, and
vocationally for personnel work.
Social
relationships: In their family interactions they strive for mutuality,
provide spiritual intimacy for the mates, opportunity for fantasy for
their children, and for themselves continuous self-renewal. Idealists
do not abound, being as few as 8% and no more than 10% of the
population.
