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Enneatypes in Psychotherapy

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Claudio Naranjo heads a gathering of 9 therapists, each representing a unique point on the Enneagram, who come together with the express purpose of seeing how they each relate to one another. They submit themselves to this process, sharing anecdotes of professional relationships with clients, in order to grow in understanding as to how they might better help their clients heal. They also perform various exercises in smaller group settings to gather data from first-hand experiences.

This book is from a time before the Enneagram became widely popularized in the mainstream self-help movement. It is a captivating read because this sort of information is just not found these days. And the format was original, as well, in that it was mostly conversation style. Each therapist had a turn to speak about their experience of each type, and it is not just their words, but their way of speaking that informs the reader. One can see "type-in-action".

This book comes highly recommended for those who wish to understand how to employ the enneagram therapeutically, to help others and not just themselves. Gratefully, there is no suggestion of quick cures, and preferred remedies, only the meat of personal experience coupled with the wish to help and grow with others and some insightful commentaries by Naranjo. Those already well-versed in therapeutic modalities are likely to find that the information in this book helps tie up many ends left loose in university-style teachings.

This review was written with the idea that the reader would already be acquainted with the basics of the Enneagram study. While I do not recommend this book as an introduction to Enneagram, I believe that it would serve nicely as supportive material for any interested. I say this specifically because modern day books, while full of potentially useful information, are of the 'talking at you' style which impacts the reader primarily in his intellectual center. The book in review, once again, has a conversational style to it and this will have the effect of impacting the reader emotionally. You must see for yourself.

Good luck. I hope this helped.

ps. I believe myself to be an evolving 7w6.

An enlightening and very clean exploration into the determining blind points of our personality, based on real life human types, which will help you know yourself and others with extraordinary accuracy. An invaluable tool for core searchers.