The Enneagram Perspective:
A typography I’ve found especially useful is the Enneagram (Any-agram) with its spectrum of nine personality styles. It’s quite comprehensive and provides a framework for pulling together many features we all share in common; it is remarkably perceptive in delineating the dimensions of nine different personality styles that we have in common with some people; and it leaves a lot of leeway for the particulars of our unique selves. With its numerous applications for personal growth, therapy, spirituality, education, business, etc., the Enneagram theory generates many helpful hypotheses.
In Greek Ennea means nine and gram means point. The word refers to a circle inscribed by nine points that is used as a symbol to arrange and depict nine personality styles. In its current formulations, the Enneagram brings together insights of perennial wisdom and findings of modern psychology. The figure itself is derived from arithmology while the nine personality styles are validated by experiential observations and, more recently, by experimental research.
Th e roots of the Enneagram are disputed. Some authors believe they have found variations of the Enneagram symbol in the sacred geometry of the Pythagorians who 4000 years ago were interested in the deeper meaning and significance of numbers. This line of mystical mathematics was passed on through Plato (who also contributed his ideas about higher and lower forms which become essence and ego or authentic self and compensating personality in the Enneagram system), Plato’s disciple Plotinus (who in the Enneads spoke of nine divine qualities manifesting in human nature), and subsequent neo-Platonists. Some believe this tradition found its way into esoteric Judaism through Philo, a Jewish neo-Platonist philosopher, where it later appears embedded in the branches of the Tree of Life in the Kabbalah. (Apparently to belong to this tradition your name had to begin with a “P”!) Variations of this symbol also appear in Islamic Sufi traditions, perhaps arriving there through the Arabian philosopher al-Ghazzali. Supposedly a group of Sufi s in the fourteenth century founded the Naqshbandi Order, known as the “Brotherhood of the Bees” (because they collected and stored knowledge) and the “Symbolists” (because they taught through symbols). This community is said to have preserved and passed on the Enneagram symbol.
Speculation has it the Enneagram found its way into esoteric Christianity through Pseudo-Dionysius, who was influenced by the neo-Platonists, through Evagrius and his catalog of logismoi and vices, and through the Franciscan mystic Ramon Llull, who distilled all philosophy and theology down to nine principles in his attempt to integrate Muslim, Jewish, and Christian traditions.
An Enneagram-like figure appears on the frontispiece of a textbook written in the seventeenth century by the Jesuit mathematician and student of arithmology Athanasius Kircher.
More recently George Gurdjieff , born in the 1870’s in the Caucasus region of what is now Russia, a teacher of esoteric knowledge and a contemporary of Freud, used the Enneagram to explain the laws involved in the creation and unfolding of the universe. He alludes to his acquaintance with the Enneagram in the 1920’s during his visit to Nine Lenses On The World: The Enneagram Perspective 20 the Sufi Sarmouni monastery in Afghanistan. Th is is the site of the Naqshbandi Order mentioned earlier. Quite appropriately, it is located near a great East-West trade route, where not only goods but also ideas crossed regularly.
In yet another culture and part of the globe, the Enneagram was taught by Oscar Ichazo (1976; 1982) as part of his Arica Training in South America. He found that the Enneagram (or Enneagon, as he calls the nine-sided figure) comprehensively organizes the various laws operating in the human person. So while Gurdjieff applied the Enneagram’s process to all of reality, including a rudimentary application to the human person, Ichazo made use of the Enneagram figure and dynamics to explain more fully the functioning of the human psyche. Ichazo claims to have arrived at his understanding of the Enneagram through his own independent studies and research.
Claudio Naranjo (1990; 1994), a Chilean psychiatrist, learned the tradition from Oscar Ichazo and brought the Enneagram further into Western psychology by elaborating and formulating in contemporary psychological language Ichazo’s explorations of the psyche.
In Greek Ennea means nine and gram means point. The word refers to a circle inscribed by nine points that is used as a symbol to arrange and depict nine personality styles. In its current formulations, the Enneagram brings together insights of perennial wisdom and findings of modern psychology. The figure itself is derived from arithmology while the nine personality styles are validated by experiential observations and, more recently, by experimental research.
Th e roots of the Enneagram are disputed. Some authors believe they have found variations of the Enneagram symbol in the sacred geometry of the Pythagorians who 4000 years ago were interested in the deeper meaning and significance of numbers. This line of mystical mathematics was passed on through Plato (who also contributed his ideas about higher and lower forms which become essence and ego or authentic self and compensating personality in the Enneagram system), Plato’s disciple Plotinus (who in the Enneads spoke of nine divine qualities manifesting in human nature), and subsequent neo-Platonists. Some believe this tradition found its way into esoteric Judaism through Philo, a Jewish neo-Platonist philosopher, where it later appears embedded in the branches of the Tree of Life in the Kabbalah. (Apparently to belong to this tradition your name had to begin with a “P”!) Variations of this symbol also appear in Islamic Sufi traditions, perhaps arriving there through the Arabian philosopher al-Ghazzali. Supposedly a group of Sufi s in the fourteenth century founded the Naqshbandi Order, known as the “Brotherhood of the Bees” (because they collected and stored knowledge) and the “Symbolists” (because they taught through symbols). This community is said to have preserved and passed on the Enneagram symbol.
Speculation has it the Enneagram found its way into esoteric Christianity through Pseudo-Dionysius, who was influenced by the neo-Platonists, through Evagrius and his catalog of logismoi and vices, and through the Franciscan mystic Ramon Llull, who distilled all philosophy and theology down to nine principles in his attempt to integrate Muslim, Jewish, and Christian traditions.
An Enneagram-like figure appears on the frontispiece of a textbook written in the seventeenth century by the Jesuit mathematician and student of arithmology Athanasius Kircher.
More recently George Gurdjieff , born in the 1870’s in the Caucasus region of what is now Russia, a teacher of esoteric knowledge and a contemporary of Freud, used the Enneagram to explain the laws involved in the creation and unfolding of the universe. He alludes to his acquaintance with the Enneagram in the 1920’s during his visit to Nine Lenses On The World: The Enneagram Perspective 20 the Sufi Sarmouni monastery in Afghanistan. Th is is the site of the Naqshbandi Order mentioned earlier. Quite appropriately, it is located near a great East-West trade route, where not only goods but also ideas crossed regularly.
In yet another culture and part of the globe, the Enneagram was taught by Oscar Ichazo (1976; 1982) as part of his Arica Training in South America. He found that the Enneagram (or Enneagon, as he calls the nine-sided figure) comprehensively organizes the various laws operating in the human person. So while Gurdjieff applied the Enneagram’s process to all of reality, including a rudimentary application to the human person, Ichazo made use of the Enneagram figure and dynamics to explain more fully the functioning of the human psyche. Ichazo claims to have arrived at his understanding of the Enneagram through his own independent studies and research.
Claudio Naranjo (1990; 1994), a Chilean psychiatrist, learned the tradition from Oscar Ichazo and brought the Enneagram further into Western psychology by elaborating and formulating in contemporary psychological language Ichazo’s explorations of the psyche.
Enneagram Values & Visions
Enneagram Values and Visions
Values orient and focus our vision. They tell us what’s important and what to live for. From the Enneagram perspective there are nine sets of values and visions that are at the core of the following personality paradigms with their lenses on the world.
Lens One: You value and are attracted to goodness. You envision making the world a better place to live in. You want to realize all of your potentials and help others actualize theirs.
Lens Two: You value and are attracted to love. You envision making the world a more loving place to live in. You want to nurture others and foster relationships
Lens Three: You are attracted to and value productivity, industry, competence. You envision making the world more productive, organized, efficient and smooth running. You want to really make it a cosmos, a harmonious and orderly system.
Lens Four: You are highly individual and value originality and uniqueness. You envision putting your personal touch on everything you are involved in. You also value beauty and want to make the world a more beautiful place to live in.
Lens Five: You value and are attracted to wisdom, understanding, knowledge, truth. You envision discovering what is real and true, understanding the world, and making it more intelligible. You want to make the world a more enlightened place.
Lens Six: You are attracted to and value loyalty. You stand by your commitments. You envision making the world a safer, more secure, more reliable, more trustworthy place to live in.
Lens Seven: You want to enjoy life and experience all its possibilities. You value joy and were born to play. You envision making the world a more delightful place to live in.
Lens Eight: You are attracted to, appreciate, and effectively use power. You envision using your strength to influence others and bring about a more just world where power and resources are equitably distributed. You want to live life fully and freely.
Lens Nine: You value and seek peace, harmony, unity. You seek to make the world a more harmonious, ecumenical, and comfortable place to live in. You want to feel at one and at home.
This is an excerpt from Dr. Jerome P. Wagner's book, "The Nine Lenses on the World: The Enneagram Perspective - Enneagram Spectrum
Enneagram Spectrum's Values and Points of View
Values and Points of View:
Our perspectives and motivations are influenced by the values we are attracted to and prize. We look for and move towards what’s important to us. Viewed through the lens of the Enneagram, nine clusters of values appear.
Depending on whether you take a theological, philosophical, or psychological point of view, you could say these values correspond to particular facets of divinity that each type manifests, or they represent nine qualities of being that each type participates in, or they correlate with nine human strengths and capabilities that each type possesses.
From a spiritual point of view, divinity descends and shows itself through nine earthly manifestations. While each person, as a child of God, contains all of the characteristics of divinity, it is our destiny to manifest one or a few of God’s features in a particularly clear fashion. Just as we often say of our human lineage: “She is just like her father;” or “He is just like his mother;” and then go on to specify: “He has his father’s humor;” or “She has her mother’s kindness;” so can we comment about our divine parentage.
In most religious traditions, God has been variously characterized as Good, Loving, Creator, Original, Wise, Loyal, Joyful, Powerful, Peaceful, etc. While every human person possesses these facets of divinity, some types are particularly attracted to and spontaneously show forth certain of these attributes. For example, some people are naturally inclined towards being good and perfect as their heavenly father is perfect;
Nine Lenses On The World: The Enneagram Perspective while others naturally manifest and are drawn to being loving, or productive, or unique, or wise, or faithful, or playful, or strong, or harmonious.
As each style is introduced in detail in the chapters which follow, we will see how each is an epiphany of certain attributes of divinity.
From a philosophical point of view, Being is disclosed through nine essential characteristics. Our individual being participates in, and seeks to return to, Being. Philosophers have long reflected that Being is One, True, Good, and Beautiful. In addition to these “big four,” the Enneagram perspective espies at least nine properties that Being possesses and shares with human beings.
From a psychological phenomenological point of view, human nature shows up in nine fundamental ways. Each of the nine styles represents a way of being in the world with a particular worldview and an accompanying manner of experiencing, perceiving, understanding, evaluating, and responding to the world.
Values and Proficiencies:
Our values and visions give us a perceptual and behavioral edge. Each of the nine styles possesses an intuitive capacity to see certain realities very clearly and also demonstrates a facility in these areas. We become experts in what we attend to and passionately pursue. In a reciprocally rewarding loop, we value what we are good at and we become good at what we value.
1) The Good Person has high standards and ideals, intuitively senses how things could be, recognizes where they currently are, and instinctively nudges reality from a less perfect to a more perfect state. They naturally strive for excellence.
2) The Loving Person is naturally empathic, sensitive to others’ needs, and generous with their time and energy. They know what you need before you do.
3) The Effective Person is naturally well organized, knows how to set goals and work towards them, and accomplishes things efficiently. They have an uncanny sense for packaging and marketing their image and product.
4) The Original Person has an aesthetic sense for appreciating and expressing beauty. They have an innate sense for quality. Their sensibility easily puts them in touch with their own and others’ moods. They are particularly attuned to pain and suffering.
5) The Wise Person can easily detach and be observant. They naturally analyze to get to the heart of the matter and synthesize to get the whole picture. They intuitively see connections.
6) The Loyal Person gives their word and keeps it. They hold tenaciously to what they believe in and have committed themselves to. They intuitively sense what might go wrong. They have a sixth sense for danger.
7) The Joyful Person can facilely find the good in everything. They intuitively sense what might go right. They possess a natural childlike responsiveness, optimism and spontaneity. They are also adept at seeing into the future and visioning possibilities.
8) The Powerful Person intuitively senses where strength resides. They understand power and know how to get, keep, and use it. Sensitive to justice and injustice, they are naturally self-assured, magnanimous, and protectors of the underdog.
9) The Peaceful Person has an intuitive sense for when things fit together. They readily sense conflict. They are natural conciliators and easily go with the flow. They have an uncanny ability to merge with the people around them.
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Enneagram Spectrum's Values and Points of View
Values and Points of View:
Our perspectives and motivations are influenced by the values we are attracted to and prize. We look for and move towards what’s important to us. Viewed through the lens of the Enneagram, nine clusters of values appear.
Depending on whether you take a theological, philosophical, or psychological point of view, you could say these values correspond to particular facets of divinity that each type manifests, or they represent nine qualities of being that each type participates in, or they correlate with nine human strengths and capabilities that each type possesses.
From a spiritual point of view, divinity descends and shows itself through nine earthly manifestations. While each person, as a child of God, contains all of the characteristics of divinity, it is our destiny to manifest one or a few of God’s features in a particularly clear fashion. Just as we often say of our human lineage: “She is just like her father;” or “He is just like his mother;” and then go on to specify: “He has his father’s humor;” or “She has her mother’s kindness;” so can we comment about our divine parentage.
In most religious traditions, God has been variously characterized as Good, Loving, Creator, Original, Wise, Loyal, Joyful, Powerful, Peaceful, etc. While every human person possesses these facets of divinity, some types are particularly attracted to and spontaneously show forth certain of these attributes. For example, some people are naturally inclined towards being good and perfect as their heavenly father is perfect;
Nine Lenses On The World: The Enneagram Perspective while others naturally manifest and are drawn to being loving, or productive, or unique, or wise, or faithful, or playful, or strong, or harmonious.
As each style is introduced in detail in the chapters which follow, we will see how each is an epiphany of certain attributes of divinity.
From a philosophical point of view, Being is disclosed through nine essential characteristics. Our individual being participates in, and seeks to return to, Being. Philosophers have long reflected that Being is One, True, Good, and Beautiful. In addition to these “big four,” the Enneagram perspective espies at least nine properties that Being possesses and shares with human beings.
From a psychological phenomenological point of view, human nature shows up in nine fundamental ways. Each of the nine styles represents a way of being in the world with a particular worldview and an accompanying manner of experiencing, perceiving, understanding, evaluating, and responding to the world.
Values and Proficiencies:
Our values and visions give us a perceptual and behavioral edge. Each of the nine styles possesses an intuitive capacity to see certain realities very clearly and also demonstrates a facility in these areas. We become experts in what we attend to and passionately pursue. In a reciprocally rewarding loop, we value what we are good at and we become good at what we value.
1) The Good Person has high standards and ideals, intuitively senses how things could be, recognizes where they currently are, and instinctively nudges reality from a less perfect to a more perfect state. They naturally strive for excellence.
2) The Loving Person is naturally empathic, sensitive to others’ needs, and generous with their time and energy. They know what you need before you do.
3) The Effective Person is naturally well organized, knows how to set goals and work towards them, and accomplishes things efficiently. They have an uncanny sense for packaging and marketing their image and product.
4) The Original Person has an aesthetic sense for appreciating and expressing beauty. They have an innate sense for quality. Their sensibility easily puts them in touch with their own and others’ moods. They are particularly attuned to pain and suffering.
5) The Wise Person can easily detach and be observant. They naturally analyze to get to the heart of the matter and synthesize to get the whole picture. They intuitively see connections.
6) The Loyal Person gives their word and keeps it. They hold tenaciously to what they believe in and have committed themselves to. They intuitively sense what might go wrong. They have a sixth sense for danger.
7) The Joyful Person can facilely find the good in everything. They intuitively sense what might go right. They possess a natural childlike responsiveness, optimism and spontaneity. They are also adept at seeing into the future and visioning possibilities.
8) The Powerful Person intuitively senses where strength resides. They understand power and know how to get, keep, and use it. Sensitive to justice and injustice, they are naturally self-assured, magnanimous, and protectors of the underdog.
9) The Peaceful Person has an intuitive sense for when things fit together. They readily sense conflict. They are natural conciliators and easily go with the flow. They have an uncanny ability to merge with the people around them.
Chicago Enneagram Certification July 2012
Enneagram Spectrum Training and Certification Program
9 Jul 2012 - 13 Jul 2012 | 09:00 AM-5:00 PM | Skokie
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING?
Anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of the Enneagram to enhance their work with individuals or groups.
therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers
35 CEU’s are available for social workers and counselors (license no: 159-001178)
spiritual and retreat directors
business coaches and consultants
managers, human resource personnel
teachers
Anyone interested in personal development and insight into their own personality style and the styles of people in their life
WHAT WILL YOU TAKE AWAY?
You will learn the following content:
the historical roots of the Enneagram
what streams of perennial wisdom and contemporary psychology feed into this system?
the theoretical framework on which the Enneagram is based
how do the pieces of the Enneagram puzzle fit together?
the key features of the nine Enneagram styles
what does each style look, sound, and feel like?
the resourceful and less-resourceful cognitive, emotional, and behavioral schemas of each style
what are the adaptive and maladaptive features of each style?
the paradigm shifts in response to inner and outer stressors
what happens when each style is relaxed or under pressure?
the influence of neighboring styles and subtype variations
what else influences the expression of each style?
different traditions and approaches to the Enneagram and resources available
books, audio and video tapes, test instruments, newsletters, organizations, etc.
methods of presenting the Enneagram
workshop outlines, exercises, marketing suggestions, etc.
You will receive the following materials:
Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles: an Introductory Guide
136 page introductory text containing 30 reflection questions and a structure for understanding and presenting the Enneagram system
Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective
537 page comprehensive text on the theory and styles of the Enneagram
excellent companion to the training
Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales
Participants will learn how to administer and interpret this questionnaire, the only Enneagram inventory published by a major psychological test company with sufficient research to be reviewed in Buros’s Mental Measurements Yearbook
Enneagram Spectrum Training and Certification Manual
Contains powerpoints, handouts, and workshop formats
174 Power Point slides
WHAT IS THE PROCESS INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING?
Didactic input from an internationally known Enneagram teacher and IEA Founder Experiential exercises to foster a practical understanding of the Enneagram’s theory and dynamics Audio and video tape material Panel interviews and discussions to hear the various styles in vivo Reproducible handout materials and resources
WHEN IS THE TRAINING?
July 9-13, 2012. Monday-Friday 9-5
WHERE IS THE TRAINING HELD?
DoubleTree by Hilton: Chicago – North Shore Conference Center, 9599 Skokie Blvd; Skokie, IL 60077; 847-679-7000 A conference rate of $109 + taxes is available for the Training and 3 days before and after the Training. The deadline to reserve these rates is 30 days before the Training. The hotel is easily reached from O’Hare airport. It is approximately 45” from downtown Chicago and is across the street from an upscale mall with many restaurants.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
For additional questions contact Jerry Wagner: training@enneagramevents.com
Contact the hotel directly for room reservations: 847:679-7000 and mention that you are attending the Enneagram Spectrum Training.
9 Jul 2012 - 13 Jul 2012 | 09:00 AM-5:00 PM | Skokie
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING?
Anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of the Enneagram to enhance their work with individuals or groups.
therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers
35 CEU’s are available for social workers and counselors (license no: 159-001178)
spiritual and retreat directors
business coaches and consultants
managers, human resource personnel
teachers
Anyone interested in personal development and insight into their own personality style and the styles of people in their life
WHAT WILL YOU TAKE AWAY?
You will learn the following content:
the historical roots of the Enneagram
what streams of perennial wisdom and contemporary psychology feed into this system?
the theoretical framework on which the Enneagram is based
how do the pieces of the Enneagram puzzle fit together?
the key features of the nine Enneagram styles
what does each style look, sound, and feel like?
the resourceful and less-resourceful cognitive, emotional, and behavioral schemas of each style
what are the adaptive and maladaptive features of each style?
the paradigm shifts in response to inner and outer stressors
what happens when each style is relaxed or under pressure?
the influence of neighboring styles and subtype variations
what else influences the expression of each style?
different traditions and approaches to the Enneagram and resources available
books, audio and video tapes, test instruments, newsletters, organizations, etc.
methods of presenting the Enneagram
workshop outlines, exercises, marketing suggestions, etc.
You will receive the following materials:
Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles: an Introductory Guide
136 page introductory text containing 30 reflection questions and a structure for understanding and presenting the Enneagram system
Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective
537 page comprehensive text on the theory and styles of the Enneagram
excellent companion to the training
Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales
Participants will learn how to administer and interpret this questionnaire, the only Enneagram inventory published by a major psychological test company with sufficient research to be reviewed in Buros’s Mental Measurements Yearbook
Enneagram Spectrum Training and Certification Manual
Contains powerpoints, handouts, and workshop formats
174 Power Point slides
WHAT IS THE PROCESS INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING?
Didactic input from an internationally known Enneagram teacher and IEA Founder Experiential exercises to foster a practical understanding of the Enneagram’s theory and dynamics Audio and video tape material Panel interviews and discussions to hear the various styles in vivo Reproducible handout materials and resources
WHEN IS THE TRAINING?
July 9-13, 2012. Monday-Friday 9-5
WHERE IS THE TRAINING HELD?
DoubleTree by Hilton: Chicago – North Shore Conference Center, 9599 Skokie Blvd; Skokie, IL 60077; 847-679-7000 A conference rate of $109 + taxes is available for the Training and 3 days before and after the Training. The deadline to reserve these rates is 30 days before the Training. The hotel is easily reached from O’Hare airport. It is approximately 45” from downtown Chicago and is across the street from an upscale mall with many restaurants.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
For additional questions contact Jerry Wagner: training@enneagramevents.com
Contact the hotel directly for room reservations: 847:679-7000 and mention that you are attending the Enneagram Spectrum Training.
Phoenix Training May 2012
There Is Wisdom In The Shadows
5 May 2012 - 6 May 2012 | 09:00 AM-4:00 PM | Phoeniz, AZ
Whenever we identify with idealized aspects of our personality (me), we tend to dis-identify with our opposite attributes (not-me). For example, if we think of ourselves as being loving and kind, then we don’t want to be thought of as being selfish and cruel. To avoid these unacceptable parts of ourselves, we put them in the basement (our unconscious) where we can forget about them. We manage this through repression and splitting. We can also throw out our garbage into others and process it there. We do this through projection and projective identification.
When we are divided against ourselves, we appear as one-dimensional personalities with internal conflicts and exasperating relationships. Re-owning our disavowed parts and integrating our inner polarities lead to inner wholeness with an enriched sense of self, increased energy, and undistorted connections with others.
Through illustrations, exercises, and dialogue this workshop will explore each Enneagram style’s ego identifications (me) and their shadows(not-me), the defenses used against our unacceptable parts, and ways of reacquainting us with and reintegrating our disowned characteristics. In short we’ll learn how to re-label, re-own, and re-use all of ourselves. This workshop presumes some prior knowledge of the Enneagram.
May 5-6, 2012 9am-4pm both days
Location Paradise Valley United Methodist Church, Phoeniz, AZ
$225 Non-AEA Members before April 20; $250 thereafter
Other discounts available for AEA general and professional members
12 CEU’s available
Contact: www.AZenneagram.comMary Bencomo marybedu@cox.net602-266-4228
Chicago Training March 2012
Nine Lenses On The World: Using Cognitive Therapy To Check Our Enneagram Prescriptions
31 Mar 2012 - 1 Apr 2012 | 09:00 AM-4:00 PM | Chicago, IL
Schemas are stable and enduring patterns of thinking that develop during childhood and are elaborated throughout our life. We view the world through our schemas or lenses, which are important beliefs and constructs about the world and ourselves. Since we accept these schemas without question, they become self-perpetuating and are very resistant to change. To the extent that our schemas accurately represent reality, they clarify our vision and are useful and self-serving. If our schemas are out of date, they distort reality and end up being self-defeating.
We’ll discover some adaptive or useful schemas for each Enneagram style and what are some typical maladaptive not-so-helpful schemas for each type.
Schemas exert their influence on our behavior and strive to ensure their own survival through three processes of schema maintenance,schema avoidance, and schema compensation. In this workshop we’ll consider how these processes operate in the nine Enneagram styles.
We’ll see how our schemas maintain themselves by exaggerating information that confirm them or minimizing data that contradict them. We’ll discover how we cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally avoid triggering our maladaptive schemas to escape the negative emotions they stir up. And we’ll investigate how we compensate for these schemas by doing the opposite of what they suggest so we can evade triggering the pain they cause.
Finally we’ll learn some techniques to recognize and challenge our maladaptive schemas and replace them with more adaptive ones.
This workshop, which presumes a basic knowledge of the Enneagram styles, will involve input, personal reflection, small group sharing, and large group feedback.
March 31, 2012: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
April 1, 2012: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location:
Loyola University, Chicago: McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall
Cost: $100
12 CEU’s available
To register make check made out to First Analysis Institute of Integrative Studies for $100 and send it to them at P.O. Box 06236, Chicago, IL 60606-0236
Contact:
Jerry Wagner
jeromewagnerphd@gmail.com; 847-400-6507
San Francisco Training March 2012
Nine Lenses On The World: Using Cognitive Therapy To Check Our Enneagram Prescriptions
10 Mar 2012 - 11 Mar 2012 | 09:00 AM-5:00 PM | San Francisco
Schemas are stable and enduring patterns of thinking that develop during childhood and are elaborated throughout our life. We view the world through our schemas or lenses, which are important beliefs and constructs about the world and ourselves. Since we accept these schemas without question, they become self-perpetuating and are very resistant to change. To the extent that our schemas accurately represent reality, they clarify our vision and are useful and self-serving. If our schemas are out of date, they distort reality and end up being self-defeating.
We’ll discover some adaptive or useful schemas for each Enneagram style and what are some typical maladaptive not-so-helpful schemas for each type.
Schemas exert their influence on our behavior and strive to ensure their own survival through three processes of schema maintenance,schema avoidance, and schema compensation. In this workshop we’ll consider how these processes operate in the nine Enneagram styles.
We’ll see how our schemas maintain themselves by exaggerating information that confirm them or minimizing data that contradict them. We’ll discover how we cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally avoid triggering our maladaptive schemas to escape the negative emotions they stir up. And we’ll investigate how we compensate for these schemas by doing the opposite of what they suggest so we can evade triggering the pain they cause.
Finally we’ll learn how to recognize and challenge our maladaptive schemas and replace them with more adaptive ones.
This workshop will involve input, personal reflection, small group sharing, and large group feedback.
Conference rate $109/night plus tax (must be booked before Feb.9) mention Northern California IEA
Workshop fees:
Before February 1, 2012
General: $225
IEA Member: $175
After February 1, 2012
General: $250
IEA Member: $200
Make check payable to NC-IEA and send to Kathryn Grant, 9493 E. Belmont, Sanger, CA 93657
Contact: Kathryn Grant 805-479-4117 kathryn7grant@gmail.com
13 CEU’s for MFTs and LCSWs ($10 administration fee)
Portland Training March 2012
Nine Lenses On The World: Using Cognitive Therapy To Check Our Enneagram Prescriptions
3 Mar 2012 - 4 Mar 2012 | 09:00 AM-5:00 PM | Schemas are stable and enduring patterns of thinking that develop during childhood and are elaborated throughout our life. We view the world through our schemas or lenses, which are important beliefs and constructs about the world and ourselves. Since we accept these schemas without question, they become self-perpetuating and are very resistant to change. To the extent that our schemas accurately represent reality, they clarify our vision and are useful and self-serving. If our schemas are out of date, they distort reality and end up being self-defeating.We’ll discover some adaptive or useful schemas for each Enneagram style and what are some typical maladaptive not-so-helpful schemas for each type.Schemas exert their influence on our behavior and strive to ensure their own survival through three processes of schema maintenance,schema avoidance, and schema compensation. In this workshop we’ll consider how these processes operate in the nine Enneagram styles.We’ll see how our schemas maintain themselves by exaggerating information that confirm them or minimizing data that contradict them. We’ll discover how we cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally avoid triggering our maladaptive schemas to escape the negative emotions they stir up. And we’ll investigate how we compensate for these schemas by doing the opposite of what they suggest so we can evade triggering the pain they cause.Finally we’ll learn how to recognize and challenge our maladaptive schemas and replace them with more adaptive ones.This workshop will involve input, personal reflection, small group sharing, and large group feedback.Contact$175 early registration by January 15. $195 general registration after January 15.Click on this link to register: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=yuf6lwcab&oeidk=a07e54znk0e2300e15b
Nine Lenses On The World: Using Cognitive Therapy To Check Our Enneagram Prescriptions
3 Mar 2012 - 4 Mar 2012 | 09:00 AM-5:00 PM |
Schemas are stable and enduring patterns of thinking that develop during childhood and are elaborated throughout our life. We view the world through our schemas or lenses, which are important beliefs and constructs about the world and ourselves. Since we accept these schemas without question, they become self-perpetuating and are very resistant to change. To the extent that our schemas accurately represent reality, they clarify our vision and are useful and self-serving. If our schemas are out of date, they distort reality and end up being self-defeating.
We’ll discover some adaptive or useful schemas for each Enneagram style and what are some typical maladaptive not-so-helpful schemas for each type.
Schemas exert their influence on our behavior and strive to ensure their own survival through three processes of schema maintenance,schema avoidance, and schema compensation. In this workshop we’ll consider how these processes operate in the nine Enneagram styles.
We’ll see how our schemas maintain themselves by exaggerating information that confirm them or minimizing data that contradict them. We’ll discover how we cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally avoid triggering our maladaptive schemas to escape the negative emotions they stir up. And we’ll investigate how we compensate for these schemas by doing the opposite of what they suggest so we can evade triggering the pain they cause.
Finally we’ll learn how to recognize and challenge our maladaptive schemas and replace them with more adaptive ones.
This workshop will involve input, personal reflection, small group sharing, and large group feedback.
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$175 early registration by January 15. $195 general registration after January 15.
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