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Instincts and Subtypes Therapy and Counselling

September 6, 2024September 9, 2024

Enneagram Styles & Cyclical Psychodynamics

Jerry Wagner It’s always nice to discover that some of your ideas are not totally out in left field, not that there’s anything wrong...

by Jerry Wagner

subtypes revisited part 2

Gloria Davenport Instinctual Subtypes in Relation to Essence In Ennea-type Structures, (1990, p.5.), Naranjo presents an intriguing diagram of his perception of how we...

by Gloria Davenport August 22, 2024August 21, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Type 4

Enneagram Type Four: Navigating the Loop of Comparison and Identity Part 2

Psychological Roots and Key Patterns that Create Stress for Four Like all heart types, Fours have a primary need for mirroring. When the need...

by Dr. Chad Prevost August 14, 2024August 8, 2024

Comparative Systems History Instincts and Subtypes

Turning to the source: enneagram Revisited

Frederic and Bernadette Schmitt We would like to introduce you to a novel reading of the Enneagram. The Enneagram is like a puzzle, and...

by Frederic and Bernadette Schmitt August 13, 2024August 3, 2024

Communication Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

Confusion Over Instincts and Subtypes

Gloria Davenport It is possible that many of you may not be familiar with the history of both the instincts and the development of...

by Gloria Davenport July 21, 2024July 18, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

27 Characters in Search of a Self

Claudio Naranjo What these 27 Characters in Search of a Self have in common is the applicability of the enneagram to personality. For those...

by Claudio Naranjo July 18, 2024

Biological Markers Instincts and Subtypes Latest Research

Venus: Close encounter of the fourth subtype

Bernadette Schmitt and Frederic Schmitt, M.D Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli (1486) Ouranos (a.k.a. Uranus in Greek or Caelus for the Romans) is a...

by Bernadette Schmitt and Frederic Schmitt, M.D July 14, 2024July 8, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

27 Characters in Search of a Self

Claudio Naranjo What these 27 Characters in Search of a Self have in common is the applicability of the enneagram to personality. For those...

by Claudio Naranjo July 10, 2024July 17, 2024

Instincts and Subtypes

A Primer on the Instincts, Sequences, and Subtypes

One of the fundamental ways that our passions create their disguise is through our subtype behavior. Understanding how the instincts become distorted through our...

by Dr. Chad Prevost June 19, 2024October 8, 2024