1. 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

2. Enneagram Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Loyalist
Motivator
Investigator
Individualist

3. Enneagram Peacemaker Reformer Leader Helper Enthusiast Loyalist
Motivator
Investigator
Individualist

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

5. 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

6. 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”

7. 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”

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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”

13. 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”

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

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

16. 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

17. 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