Enneatypes in Psychotherapy

by Claudio Naranjo MD, International Symposium on the Personality Enneagrams

A lively and instructive consideration of the Enneagram's application in the therapeutic environment. Transcribed from the First International Symposium on the Personality Enneagrams, held in Spain, in December 1993, this book reflects the direct experience of notable practitioners from a wide range of disciplines including psychoanalysis, TA, Gestalt, bodywork and other psychological approaches.

150 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Suphatra · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not a book for the casually curious Enneagram enthusiast. This is specifically for psychologists, and isn’t really a book but a bunch of professional and academic papers strung together, with the middle chunk of the book being a transcript from an industry symposium where a half dozen psychologists shared their therapeutic experience with each of the Enneatypes. You could still enjoy the book, but there is a lot industry jargon, deep dives into little known therapy methods like the Hoffman Quadrinity Process, and references to source material from Freud, Klein and Strachey that would confuse and bore the lay reader.

[loop zoop · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once you've read all the individual type books, this is a good book to tie everything together.

Though Naranjo probably had no intention, I find many parts of the book funny. I had a hunch that Annie Chevreux (the E5 therapist) was not a 5, and later Enneagram books seem to have confirmed it.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this far better than Character and Neurosis. It is presented as a little bit of a scramble, by theme rather than type, but this also makes it a little easier to read all the way through and give a bit more understanding to how the types are related and react to each other.