The Enneagram

The Enneagram is a system that describes people through nine basic personality patterns. Each type is organized around a particular core motivation, fear, and desire; for example, one moves with a search for perfection, one for helping, one for success. Its origins rest on various traditions and its modern form developed in the twentieth century; its scientific validity is debated, so it is treated less as a diagnosis than as a tool of self-discovery. Its value is that it makes visible the deep motivation behind a behavior. The coach uses it so the client can recognize, with curiosity, their own pattern and its blind spots.