The Therapist's Companion
The Enneagram Field Guide is a great reference for therapists, counselors
and anyone who wants quick help understanding the Enneagram or themselves.
Based on years of clinical experience and field interviews by therapist Carolyn
Bartlett, the book presents reports from therapy clients and individuals,
all of who know their Enneagram style. As they describe their experiences
with therapy and counseling, they reveal what has helped them successfully
grow and change as well as what has not worked for their personality style.
Therapists and counselors will find clear guidance about how to create meaningful
change in their clients. Spiritual directors will discover stories that illuminate
the Enneagram’s transpersonal meaning, plus ways to evoke the essential spiritual
qualities of each style. Enneagram enthusiasts, who already know the power
of this profound system, will find inspiration and insights from fellow travelers
_ pointing you towards fulfilling your own true potentials.
About the Author
Carolyn Bartlett is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing psychotherapy
in Ft. Collins, CO. She also consults and gives workshops on the Enneagram,
Money Psychology, and other dynamic areas of interest. For current workshops,
articles and general information, visit her website at: www.insightforchange.com
What People are Saying about The Enneagram Field Guide
"These chapters offer excellent advice and delicious examples of appropriate
psycho-therapy for the nine types. This level of work is most helpful for
spiritual practice. Those of us pursuing spiritual truth and freedom,
whatever our path or tradition, can easily be distracted by the insistent
demands, hurts, needs, and projections of ego. When enough of these are relaxed
and ameliorated, we more easily see that which is beyond 'me' and 'mine.'"
- Ven. Santikaro Bhikkhu, Buddhist Monk
"The line between spirituality and therapy blur at a certain depth. Carolyn
Bartlett reaches that depth as she uses the Enneagram and draws on her years
of experience. She reveals the struggle of each Enneagram style and,
most importantly, how each style grows within it. She is realistic about
the intensity of the struggle, but I find a lot of hope in her work."
- Richard Rohr, author of Discovering the Enneagram, Experiencing the Enneagram
"A must-read for therapists and counselors, Carolyn Bartlett's superb Enneagram
Field Guide is also illuminating for anyone seeking personal growth or insights
into the complexities of the nine personality styles."
- Judith Searle, author of The Literary Enneagram
"The Enneagram Field Guide is compelling and comprehensive. It builds an
important bridge between the Enneagram and mainstream psychology. Carolyn
Bartlett offers valuable insights about personality type from the therapy
client's perspective, gleaned from interviews and years of therapeutic experience.
This book is for anyone interested in personal growth, as well as for therapists
who want to better understand the inner world of their clients."
- Andrea Isaacs - Co-founder and editor, Enneagram Monthly; creator of EnneaMotion
and Physical Intelligence Trainings
"The Enneagram is most effective when it is grounded in disciplined observation,
the kind that trained therapists do well. Carolyn Bartlett is such a therapist
and this book bristles with specific, in-depth examples of how Enneagram styles
play out in the flesh. Bartlett takes the painful revelations of real people
in therapy and illustrates how they can be helped by therapists who understand
the Enneagram. Realist that she is, she also tells us what will not work.
If you are a therapist or serious student of the Enneagram, here is much
gold to mine."
- Clarence Thomson, Author of Parables and the Enneagram; editor, Enneagram
Applications, The Electric Enneagram
“Carolyn Bartlett has provided us with a very thorough and easy to read
resource guide for understanding the nine Enneagram types in a new and refreshing
way. I use the Enneagram in my consulting practice and, while I am not a therapist,
I still found the information invaluable in understanding what makes my clients
tick and why. The information is presented in a way that allows me to understand
each Enneagram style at a deeper level and has helped me to better work with
my clients. The usual result is they become better managers, leaders and
human beings. Carolyn's contribution is invaluable"
- Dennis Tallon, management consultant and OD practitioner, Quantum Consultants,
Denver, Colorado
"Carolyn Bartlett's knowledge of the Enneagram offers therapists a
short-cut in getting to know their clients. Learn how the nine types present
themselves differently in therapy, what usually brings each type in, and what
approach works best. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the Enneagram from
this different and refreshing point of view."
-Elizabeth Wagele, author of The Enneagram Made Easy, Are You My Type, Am
I Yours, The Enneagram of Parenting, and the Beethoven Enneagram
“Practical, smart and clinically astute. An invaluable handbook for therapists
and counselors who want to use the Enneagram with their clients."
- Michael Goldberg, organizational consultant; author, The 9 Ways of Working
"The Enneagram Field Guide is the definitive guide for therapists who want
an in-depth understanding of their clients. With wisdom and compassion,
it clearly illuminates the path of growth for all nine types including insightful
suggestions for therapy."
- Julie Foster, MA, Psychotherapist and Enneagram Teacher
.
"Many clients have come to me reporting that they've been to therapists
who were supportive and competent, but 'nothing changed,' whereas after a
few of our coaching sessions they have begun to experience the kind of breakthroughs
they'd been looking for. Am I better than a good therapist? No.
Do I have a magic wand? Yes. It's the Enneagram, and my therapist
colleagues who are Enneagram-knowledgeable report the same positive results
I find in coaching. Carolyn Bartlett draws from her counseling background
and from interviews with people of all nine styles to show brilliantly and
clearly how therapists who know the Enneagram can enhance their diagnostic
acuity, develop the best treatment plans, and use the skills they already
have to their best advantage"
- Mary Bast, co-author, Out of the Box: Coaching with the Enneagram.
"The Enneagram Field Guide represents a breakthrough effort to bring the
Enneagram understandings into counseling and therapy. Carolyn provides many
insights in what does work and what does not work with each of the types.
This pioneering work synthesizes and systematically reviews therapy strategy
with each of the Enneagram types. She provides clarity, compassion and thoughtfulness
in her writing. All of us in the fields of counseling, ranging from executive
coaching to spiritual direction, will find this guide of great and enduring
benefit. It is a pleasure to recommend it."
- David Daniels, M.D., Clinical professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences Stanford Medical School
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