The ENNEAGRAM 9 Personality Types That Lead to Self-Discovery PSY 201, 204, 238 Bob Reese, MA Asst. Professor Jefferson College of Health Sciences Handouts

Enneagram Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Loyalist Motivator Investigator Individualist

Enneagram Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Loyalist Motivator Investigator Individualist

The Triads Instinctive Thinking Feeling Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Thinking Feeling Loyalist Motivator Investigator Individualist

ENNEAGRAM 2. HELPER  Feeling Triad Basic Desire: To be loved Caring, nurturing, concerned, generous Basic Desire: To be loved Basic Fear: Being unloved At Best: Disinterested (Unselfish) Altruist Mother Teresa, Eleanor Roosevelt At Worst: Self-Deceptive Manipulator, ‘Maestros of Guilt’ Co-Dependent

ENNEAGRAM 3. Motivator  Feeling Triad Success & Image oriented, adaptable, ambitious Basic Desire: To be accepted & valued Basic Fear: Being rejected At Best: Authentic Person Christopher Reeve, Tony Robbins, Arnold Schwarzenegger At Worst: Exploitative Opportunist “Lady Macbeth”

ENNEAGRAM 4. INDIVIDUALIST  Feeling Triad Basic Desire: To be loved Caring, nurturing, concerned, generous Basic Desire: To be loved Basic Fear: Being unloved At Best: Disinterested Altruist Rudolph Nureyev, Bob Dylan At Worst: Self-Deceptive Manipulator “Blanche DuBois”

ENNEAGRAM 5. Investigator  Thinking Triad Original, observant, intellectual, provocative Basic Desire: Be capable of dealing w/ environment Basic Fear: Being threatened or overwhelmed At Best: Pioneering Visionary Bill Gates, Albert Einstein, Julie Taymor At Worst: Isolated Nihilist Vincent Van Gogh, Howard Hughes

ENNEAGRAM 6. LOYALIST  Thinking Triad Committed, traditional, engaging, responsible Basic Desire: Find security by identifying w/ others Basic Fear: Unable to survive on own At Best: Self-affirming person Robert Kennedy, Malcom X, Tom Hanks At Worst: Insecure person “George Costanza”, Richard Nixon

ENNEAGRAM 7. ENTHUSIAST  Thinking Triad Spontaneous, enthusiastic, uninhibited, accomplished Basic Desire: Be satisfied, euphoric Basic Fear: Being deprived At Best: Ecstatic Appreciator John F. Kennedy, Stephen Spielberg At Worst: Impulsive Escapist John Belushi, “Martha” (Virginia Wolfe)

ENNEAGRAM 8. LEADER  Instinctive Triad Protective, powerful, self-confident, decisive Basic Desire: To be independent, strong, self-reliant Basic Fear: Being weak, helpless, vulnerable At Best: Magnanimous Hero Martin Luther King, Jr., John Wayne At Worst: Ruthless Tyrant Saddam Hussein, Napoleon, Jim Jones

ENNEAGRAM 9. PEACEMAKER  Instinctive Triad Easy-going, receptive, optimistic Basic Desire: Union w/ other Basic Fear: of individuation (of becoming themselves) At Best: Self-Possessed Person Abraham Lincoln, George Lucas, Carl Jung At Worst: Neglectful Person “Edith Bunker”, “Marge Simpson”

ENNEAGRAM 1 REFORMER  Instinctive Triad Basic Desire: To be right Conscientious, idealistic, rational, principled Basic Desire: To be right Basic Fear: Being imbalanced, corrupt, evil At Best: Wise Realist Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Mister Spock At Worst: Intolerant Person Joan of Arc, “Fundamentalists”

Move toward ‘Stress Point’ Disintigration Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Move toward ‘Stress Point’ Loyalist Motivator Investigator Individualist

Integration Unity Understanding Love Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Understanding Love Loyalist Motivator Investigator Individualist

ENNEAGRAM WINGS 9 with 1 wing = 9w1 See Handout Numbers on either side are wings One is Dominant (usually) 9 with 1 wing = 9w1 See Handout

ENNEAGRAM 9 Levels of Development See Handout 1, 2, 3 = Healthy (Integrated) 4, 5, 6 = Average 7, 8, 9 = Unhealthy (Dis-integrated) Levels 8 & 9 = Pathological See Handout