Psychological type and counselling psychology trainees' choice of counselling orientation

Authors: Varlami, Evi¹; Bayne, Rowan¹

Source: Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Volume 20, Number 4, December 2007 , pp. 361-373(13)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Clarifying the factors which influence choice of counselling orientation is important. This study investigated whether psychological type is associated with choice of orientation in counselling psychology trainees. Sets of questionnaires were sent to 210 counselling psychology trainees in four universities, which resulted in a sample of 84 participants. The measures were the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II and a short demographic questionnaire which also asked open-ended questions about chosen orientation. Participants who preferred SJ (Sensing-Judging) were more likely to choose the CBT model, NFJ (Intuition-Feeling-Judging) types the Psychodynamic model and NFPs (Intuition-Feeling-Perceiving) the Person-Centred model.

Keywords: Psychological type; counselling psychology trainees; choice of counselling orientation

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09515070701633283

Affiliations: 1: University of East London, London, UK

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