ISFJ - Protector Supporter

*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 ISFJ theme is protecting and caretaking, making sure their charges are safe from harm.

Talents lie in making sure everything is taken care of so others can succeed and accomplish their goals.

Desiring to serve individual needs, often work long hours.

Quietly friendly, respectful, unassuming. Thrive on serving quietly without fanfare.

Devoted to doing whatever is necessary to ensure shelter and safety, warning about pitfalls and dangers and supporting along the way

ISFJ - Pattern of Processes

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

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