Written by Catherine Rains
Before I knew how to use Type for career counseling, I
basically used the same counseling strategies with every client. One student at a time (also known as the road of hard knocks), I learned that clients
responded more positively when I flexed my counseling strategies to meet the
type preference of my client, rather than use a “if it works for me (and others
like me), it will work for you” approach. For the next few months, we’re going
to delve into specific ways to tailor the career counseling experience to the
individual preferences of each client.
Let’s start with students who prefer Extroversion. What specific thing can you do to work most
effectively with this preference? Let me start with the first two suggestions:
Provide
lots of verbal interaction. Seems
obvious, but this preference is uncomfortable with silence, so I put more
energy into keeping the conversation going.
I also count on this session to last longer, or to require a 2nd
or 3rd session to finish the discussion that we started.
Allow
client to think out loud. This can
appear like the student is scattered sometimes, but hearing their own words,
and even having those same words repeated back to them by you, helps them sort
out what they really mean. They can
start with one idea, and through thinking out loud, end up with a decision in a
very different direction.
Can you list some examples of how to go about this? Stay tuned for more suggestions for Extroversion.
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