Family Dynamics Archives - Enneagram Monthly

April 22, 2025April 18, 2025

The Enneagram World of the Child

At birth, each child presents us with a profound paradox. Though legally a person, they arrive as both a blank canvas awaiting life’s impressions...

by John Harper

Family Dynamics Relationships

Growing Awareness and Deepening Love: How The Enneagram Helps Couples

Gillian and I had written and re-written her dating profile now for almost two sessions together. We started as you might think, with an...

by Lisa Pisha, MS, LMFT April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Family Dynamics Relationships

Beyond the Wound: Chiron, the Enneagram, and Healing Generational Trauma

We all carry wounds we didn’t choose. Some were handed to us, stitched into the fabric of our lives long before we even took...

by Christopher L. Heuertz January 28, 2025February 26, 2025

Family Dynamics Latest Research Understanding the Enneagram

The Enneagram: Distorted Self-Images

Tom Condon Beyond our biological need for identity is the desire to know who we are in a deep, personal sense. Each of us...

by Tom Condon January 24, 2025January 17, 2025

Family Dynamics Relationships

Honking Horns, Sorting Seeds, and Gathering Wool: Love, Shadow, and the Trials of Relationships

A former co-worker and I found ourselves stuck in a recurring conflict scenario we didn’t quite understand at the time. While the details always...

by Christopher L. Heuertz January 23, 2025February 26, 2025

Family Dynamics Relationships Type 4 Type 6

The Romantic – Detective (4 -6) Couple

Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn A chapter from the recently published reference book, Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to...

by Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn August 11, 2024July 29, 2024

Family Dynamics Relationships Type 1 Type 2

The perfectionist-Giver (One-Two) Couple

Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn From Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram Guide to a Better Relationship.Available on amazon.com as hard...

by Jennifer P. Schneider and Ron Corn July 7, 2024July 18, 2024

Family Dynamics Relationships Type 5 Type 7

the detective-adventurer (6-7) couple

Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn M.S.W. Here is another chapter from our reference book, Understand Yourself, Understand Your Partner: The Essential Enneagram...

by Jennifer P. Schneider M.D. and Ron Corn M.S.W. June 8, 2024January 27, 2025

Family Dynamics Relationships Therapy and Counselling

Relational Psychology of the Enneatypes (Part 1)

Eric R. Meyer Ph.D Enneatype patterns are widely understood as childhood “survival strategies”. While the resulting accounts can sound plausible enough, I will argue...

by Eric R. Meyer Ph.D. May 31, 2024February 11, 2025