顾问型理想主义者在语言和思想上很抽象。他们在为了达到他们的目的上是很能和人合作的。他们很注意他们在人与人之间关系上的角色。INFJ注重人的潜能，并以道德价值作为行为准则的出发点。INFJ想对他人幸福做贡献的欲望超乎想象的强烈。他们真诚的享受帮助他们的朋友的过程。虽然INFJ一般来说是比较敏感并且独处的人，而且一般来说不是让人看得到领导者，他们却非常热情的，安静的对他们的家人，朋友，以及同事产生影响。这种类型的人格有着巨大的深度。他们的自身是复杂的，并且能够理解处理复杂的问题和人。

INFJ一般来说很难被人了解。他们有着非同寻常的内心世界。但是他们是内敛的,而且他们不于自己不信任的人分享个人的想法和感情。和他们所爱的人，INFJ能自如的表达他们的感受。因为他们的很强的能够感受他人情感的能力，INFJ会经常很容易的被他们周围的人伤害，这可能就是为什么他们一般来说是独处不喜分享自己感受的人--把自己从人与人的互动中抽离开。同时，于INFJ熟识多年的朋友常常会被突然涌现的不同人格侧面而惊讶。这并不因为INFJ是不一致不协调的。他们重视个人的完整性，但是尤其他们人格的个方面是复杂的交织的，这有事甚至使他们自己感到惊讶。

INFJ是真正的内向者。他们只能在感情上于少数的的人--老友，家人，等--有着亲密无间的关系。 INFJ有时会突然拒绝与人来往，有事甚至把他们最亲密的伙伴拒之于千里之外。这表面的矛盾其实是他们的逃脱的方式，给予他们时间去减少他们情感上的负担。

INFJ对朋友有选择性，但是他们的友情通常是一种共生的关系，比超越了单纯的语言的交流。他们渴望有意义的关系，对他们的朋友在精神上很亲密。 在这样的关系种，他们争取平等相对性，并不想妥协他们的理想。

通常，对INFJ来说，他们更容易在纸上进行自我表达，所以他们一般有着非常强的写作能力。另外，他们也有着非常强的个人魅力。他们通常适合在“给人灵感”的职业工作，比如高等教育以及宗教的领导。

“The Counselor Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in reaching their goals, and enterprising and attentive in their interpersonal roles. Counselors focus on human potentials, think in terms of ethical values, and come easily to decisions. The small number of this type (little more than 2 percent) is regrettable, since Counselors have an unusually strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others and genuinely enjoy helping their companions. Although Counsleors tend to be private, sensitive people, and are not generally visible leaders, they nevertheless work quite intensely with those close to them, quietly exerting their influence behind the scenes with their families, friends, and colleagues. This type has great depth of personality; they are themselves complicated, and can understand and deal with complex issues and people.

Counselors can be hard to get to know. They have an unusually rich inner life, but they are reserved and tend not to share their reactions except with those they trust. With their loved ones, certainly, Counselors are not reluctant to express their feelings, their face lighting up with the positive emotions, but darkening like a thunderhead with the negative. Indeed, because of their strong ability to take into themselves the feelings of others, Counselors can be hurt rather easily by those around them, which, perhaps, is one reason why they tend to be private people, mutely withdrawing from human contact. At the same time, friends who have known a Counselor for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that they are inconsistent; Counselors value their integrity a great deal, but they have intricately woven, mysterious personalities which sometimes puzzle even them. An INFJ is selective about their friends, but such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that transcends mere words... They hunger for deep and meaningful relationships, provide spiritual intimacy for their mates. In such relationships, they strive for mutuality, don't believe in compromising their ideals.

Usually self-expression comes more easily to INFJs on paper, as they tend to have strong writing skills. Since in addition they often possess a strong personal charisma, INFJs are generally well-suited to the "inspirational" professions such as teaching (especially in higher education) and religious leadership.