Written by Catherine Rains
One of my favorite counseling strategies for helping a student with a slight score is to have them live a full day in each dichotomy. For instance, if they have a slight score for Extraversion/Introversion, I would have them read a thorough description for Extraversion (preferably in the Introduction to Type® booklet) and then ask them to live a full day exhibiting all the behaviors of this preference. I later have them do the same thing for Introversion, and again, live a full day behaving as this preference. Afterwards, I have them come back to debrief the experience and ask them: 1) which one was easier to do 2) which took little thought to accomplish 3) and which one did they have to put a lot of concentration into. Obviously the one that took little energy or thought would usually be their true preference.
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