ESFJ - Facilitator Caretaker

*Content on this page is adapted from Linda V. Berens and Dario Nardi, Understanding Yourself and Others: An Introduction to the Personality Type Code (Used with permission)

ISTJ	ISFJ	INFJ	INTJ
ISTP	ISFP	INFP	INTP
ESTP	ESFP	ENFP	ENTP
ESTJ	ESFJ	ENFJ	ENTJ

The theme for ESFJs is providing and ensuring that physical needs are met.

Talents lie in supporting others and supplying them with what they need.

Genuinely concerned about the welfare of others, making sure they are comfortable and involved.

Use their sociability to nurture established institutions.

Warm, considerate, thoughtful, friendly.

Want to please and maintain harmonious relationships.

Thrive on helping others and bringing people together.

ESFJ - Pattern of Processes

ROLE	PROCESS	SNAPSHOT
THE PRIMARY PROCESSES
Leading	Extraverted Feeling	Connecting and considering others and the group
Supporting	Introverted Sensing	Reviewing and recalling past experiences and seeking detailed data
Relief	Extraverted iNtuiting	Interpreting situations and relationships and pickup meanings and interconnections to other contexts
Aspirational	Introverted Thinking	Analyzing, categorizing, and evaluating according to principles
THE SHADOW PROCESSES
Opposing	Introverted Feeling	Valuing and considering importance, beliefs, and worth
Critical Parent	Extraverted Sensing	Experiencing and acting in the immediate context.
Deceiving	Introverted iNtuiting	Foreseeing implications, transformations, and likely effects
Devilish	Extraverted Thinking	Segmenting, organizing for efficiency, and systematizing

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