Pros & Cons of becoming a philosophical counselor/Jungian Analyst
Created by anonymous on 04/02/2011
trying to decide whether I want to become a philosophical counselor and possibly a Jungian analyst
1. get to tie in with philosophy
2. Learn about Jung
3. I've wanted to for a long time
4. Can empathize easily
5. more meaningful
6. greater interpersonal connection
7. I'm passionate about Jung
8. I know personality types better than most people who do it professionally
9. stable
10. make own hours
11. Other people's problems help to take me outside of myself
12. I was more in touch with my feelings when I was a psych major
13. I was more socially connected when I was a psych major
14. I do enjoy helping students' with serious emotional problems
15. one-on-one
16. less minutiae
17. not really an authority
18. could opt-out of external pressures by having my own practice
19. could probably supplement substantially by being a certified MBTI practitioner
20. still lots of different "hats" I could wear
1. people scare me
2. afraid I won't be a good enough listener
3. possible burn out
4. too much extraversion
5. I didn't click with psych majors as an undergrad
6. If I didn't like it, there wouldn't be much else that I could do.
7. Don't know if I can handle Jungian analysis myself
8. It could be difficult when people don't want to change
9. I'd find it difficult to handle personal attacks
10. It's very isolated, being alone in an office
11. If a client was aggressive or frightening, I'd feel very unsafe in the one-on-one office atmosphere
12. It would be very hard not to carry their problems home with me
13. atmosphere of programs seems...weird. Just weird.
14. Self-doubt about interpersonal skills
15. Possibly same sort of self-interested pseudo-moral headgames from the powers that be
16. May become cynical
17. May feel that I'm pressured to act in a way that is more in the interest of institutions than the client's per se
Balanced results
calculates based on both emotional weights, rational weights and user opinions
Emotional results
calculates based only on emotional weights, and user opinions
Rational results
calculates based only on rational weights, and user opinions
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