A317 Empowering Life with the Enneagram

Therapists are increasingly using the Enneagram--a dynamic personality system--as a powerful tool for assessing clients' motivation and perceptions. Learn the nine distinct patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting identified by the Enneagram, and how to use them to understand your client's pattern of attention and motivation. Discover why each of the personality types behaves as they do, along with practical applications of the Enneagram in therapy. By the end of the course, you'll know how to use the Enneagram to develop a greater awareness of yourself and your clients.

Meet The Instructor

David Daniels, M.D. is a clinical professor at Stanford, psychotherapist, and an Enneagram pioneer. He is the author of The Essential Enneagram and co-founder of the Enneagram Professional Training Program (EPTP).

Course Contents

Session 1: Introduction to the Enneagram and its central value in change and development • The Three Centers of Intelligence Determining type: The Essential Enneagram Test • Steps in the healing process using the Enneagram

Session 2: Working with the three mental types: The Observer, the Loyal Skeptic and the Epicure • Countertransference themes for each • Integrating the psychological and spiritual aspects

Session 3: Working with the three heart types: The Giver, the Performer, and the Romantic Countertransference themes for each • Role of the defense mechanism of the nine types

Session 4: Working with the three body types: The Protector, the Mediator, and the Perfectionist • Countertransference themes for each • Practices for clients to sustain change and growth

Learning Objectives

1. Describe the relationship of the Enneagram to therapeutic goals
2. Using the Enneagram, identify your own personality type and how it affects your countertransference
3. Explain the use of the Enneagram to understand clients' personal reactivity
4. Identify the nine personality types

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