The Enneagram: An Innovative Approach
Matise, Miles, Journal of Professional Counseling, Practice, Theory, & Research
The enneagram (pronounced any-a-gram) is a tool consisting of nine points that depict personality styles. It is a tool that can be integrated into theoretical counseling approaches to better serve the therapeutic relationship and is adaptable to the unique personality of each client. This manuscript includes correlations between the enneagram and psychological precepts such as the diagnostic criteria found within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV, Ivey's Developmental Counseling theory, and Transactional Analysis theory. To demonstrate the enneagram's compatibility with other counseling theories, each of the nine styles is explained with corresponding theories recommended for each …
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Publication information:
Article title: The Enneagram: An Innovative Approach.
Contributors: Matise, Miles - Author.
Journal title: Journal of Professional Counseling, Practice, Theory, & Research.
Volume: 35.
Issue: 1
Publication date: Spring 2007.
Page number: 38+.
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