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The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge Paperback – July 31, 2013

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The Enneagram―a universal symbol of human purpose and possibility―is an excellent tool for doing the hardest part of consciousness work: realizing, owning, and accepting your strengths and weaknesses. In this comprehensive handbook, Beatrice Chestnut, PhD, traces the development of the personality as it relates to the nine types of the Enneagram, the three different subtype forms each type can take, and the path each of us can take toward liberation. With her guidance, readers will learn to observe themselves, face their fears and disowned Shadow aspects, and work to manifest their highest potential.
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“I am especially pleased to see Chestnut’s credible research support for the renewal of this historic system in a postmodern setting. Work of this caliber invigorates the dialogue between science, mysticism, and psychology, streams of thought that have become estranged.”
―Helen Palmer, author of The Enneagram: Understanding Yourself and the Others in Your Life and The Enneagram in Love and Work

“The Complete Enneagram title befits this work beautifully. This work is clear, thoughtful, comprehensive, and compelling. Examples of the types speaking for themselves, along with the historical roots of the Enneagram, further enrich Chestnut’s work. She artfully interweaves theoretical and practical information and enhances this work with her insightful psychology background. This book is a must-read.”
―David Daniels, MD, Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, and Enneagram pioneer in the Narrative Tradition

“With the best subtype information currently available in print and an exquisite intermixing of the psychological, spiritual, and developmental, The Complete Enneagram more than deserves its title. Pleasurable to read and with abundant theory and practice for both the personal and professional arenas, I will encourage all of my clients to read it, even those who are already Enneagram-savvy. It is solid, classic, bold, even-handed, and original!”
―Ginger Lapid-Bogda, PhD, Founder, The Enneagram in Business Network, and author of Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work

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Beatrice Chestnut is a practicing psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco. She holds graduate degrees in communication studies and psychology and has been working with the Enneagam for over twenty-three years. An experienced teacher and group facilitator, she has taught at Northwestern University and trained students in interpersonal learning groups at Stanford University and the University of San Francisco's Law School. She was the president of the International Enneagram Association (2006–2007) and founding co-editor of the IEA's Enneagram Journal (2008–2009).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ She Writes Press; Illustrated edition (July 31, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 494 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1938314549
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1938314544
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Beatrice Chestnut grew up in Palo Alto, California, went to college in Los Angeles, and attended graduate school in Chicago and San Francisco. A licensed psychotherapist, coach, and business consultant based in San Francisco, she has graduate degrees in communication and clinical psychology. Her PhD dissertation describes how Reagan and Bush got away with their Iran-Contra crimes in the 1980s by managing public opinion (and Congress) through the story they created for a lazy press corps. She has taught at Northwestern University and facilitated interpersonal learning groups at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and University of San Francisco’s School of Law. She has been studying and working with the Enneagam for 23 years. She was certified to teach the Enneagram in 1997 through the Helen Palmer/David Daniels Enneagram Professional Training Program. She served as president of the International Enneagram Association in 2006 and 2007 and was founding co-editor of the IEA’s Enneagram Journal in 2008.

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Michael George
5.0 out of 5 stars an interesting perspective on the enneagram
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2017
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This book provides some very helpful points of view on the enneagram. The discussion is well-organized around the nine basic types and the esoteric structure of the enneagram, itself. These types are considered as arising out of archetypal patterns of responses children might have to their environments, especially with respect to making adaptations for survival that are irreversible and carry into adult life. These adaptations have a shadow side of human characteristics that cannot be adequately incorporated in the survival strategies. Dr. Chestnut discusses all of this remarkably clearly. It is relatively complicated by the dynamics of the enneagram. She is very interested in discussing how we can grow as human beings, given our natural, often adaptive, survival strategies. Each enneagram type has three subtypes (hence a total of 27 subtypes) based on whether our mode of adaptation focuses on a more solitary orientation to life, a more social orientation, or an intimate intersubjective orientation. All of this is discussed in a way that clearly shows how the 27 subtypes can help us to understand human behavior. The book represents a considerable achievement, and is especially to be recommended if you have some knowledge, already, of the enneagram. I would have liked to have seen a fuller treatment, especially of the wings, but the author has done an excellent job with what she does consider. There is an even more complex side to the enneagram, and this relates to comparing the types in pairs, such as comparing type 5 and type 6. The author gives a presentation of these 36 comparisons in an appendix. This is extremely helpful for roughly identifying your type, if you do not already know it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
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So my Enneagram journey has had a lot of twists and turns. I first learned about the Enneagram in February 2020. The first book I read was The Road Back to You. I was convinced that I was a 5w5. But then about a month ago, I posted in an Enneagram Facebook Group and someone said they thought I was actually a Type 6. That seemed to resonate with me too. So then I didn’t know if I was 5w6 or a 6w5. I decided that I was a 6 with a super strong 5 wing. But there was a lot about 6 that just didn’t resonate with me. To confuse things even more, I have been diagnosed with OCD. Most of my compulsions worst case scenario, what ifs, second guessing yourself, rumination, researching, are also 6 traits. I didn’t know if I had OCD because I was a 6 or if I was exhibiting 6 traits because I have OCD. Then a couple days ago, I had a thought. You need to look more into type 4. I was still struggling to determine if I was a 4 or a 6. As I dug more into Type 4, I realized that I was most likely exhibiting 6 traits because I have OCD not the other way around. I actually purchased this book in July 2021, but had never read it. In fact, I had forgotten all about it. I decided to focus on the three numbers that I most resonated with 5 and 6 which are both in the head triad and 4 which is in the heart triad. I was able to eliminate 5 as my core type pretty quickly. I didn’t resonate with any of the 5 subtypes or profiles. I do have some 5 traits, but I knew it wasn’t my core type. 6 was a bit more tricky. While I did resonate with some of the 6 traits, the core fears and motivations didn’t really resonate with me. Again. I could eliminate it as my core type. I recently listened to a podcast with tips on how to find your type. There was one tip that really stuck out “Finding your type isn’t going to be all sunshine and rainbows. It’s going to make you squirm. If it doesn’t make you very uncomfortable, it’s not your type” As soon as I started reading about Type 4, it resonated with me far beyond what 5 or 6 ever did. The more I read, the more uncomfortable I got. So much so, that I wanted to quit reading. This book goes DEEP into each type. As soon as I read the description of the Social 4, I knew that was me. One of the reasons I thought I was a 5 is because I felt very disconnected from my emotions. I realized that the reason why I felt so disconnected from my emotions is because I was actively suppressing them. I am also an HSP. After reading through the chapter on 4, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that was my type. The odd thing is that Ennegram tests always came up as either Type 5 or Type 6.

The only critique I have about this book is that the author doesn’t discuss wings at all.

But if you want to confirm your type or if you are having difficulty figuring out your Enneagram type, get this book. It is by far the best book on the Enneagram. Highly recommend for both beginners and people who are more advanced.
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5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive, authoritative, engaging
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2013
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Beatrice Chestnut extends the theory and application of the Enneagram of personality with this book. She builds a clear and systematic framework for understanding the 27 subtypes as the 3x3x3 natural dimension for understanding the habits of mind we call our character. She explains the Enneagram's history and esoteric context well and is well placed herself in its modern lineage to offer personal insights as a long-time student, teacher, and practicing therapist. Chestnut's personable writing style is a good match for the task as she combines extensive (and annotated) research, first-person self descriptions, psychological theory and examples from great literature. (The stops on Homer's Odyssey track the obstacles each personality type confronts in becoming more self-aware, and vivid analogies from Dante's Inferno help underscore the Shadow side of each type.) The subtype sections show how basic human instinct (self-preservation/broad social/personal one-to-one) refines the passion in each Enneagram type into three different expressions - or 27 personalities. This book is not lightweight, and experienced Enneagram students might indulge the urge to skim some of the background theory. I say, So be it. The Complete Enneagram goes the extra mile to add both depth and breadth to a harmonic system for distinguishing personality from reality. And perhaps most importantly, Chestnut explains what we can choose to know about ourselves and others when we do so.
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Sandra Modell
4.0 out of 5 stars Practical, organized, and detailed
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2014
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A very helpful and practical guide to the instinctual variants. The book is very tightly organized and methodical which is my only problem with it, as it can be repetitive at times and a little too organized for those of us who prefer a looser structure. This is not intended to take away from her profound insights. She goes into greater detail than other books I have read on the subject and her concept of the "counter type" for each variant is quite intriguing.
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RightOnHighFive
5.0 out of 5 stars Great detail comprehensive overview
Reviewed in Canada on May 10, 2023
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Beatrice wrote a good book, this thing is like a manual for each type and how they move. Also includes good comparison between types at the end.
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Max
5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT !
Reviewed in France on June 6, 2021
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If you truly answered an enneagram test, (there is some online) you will discover so much about your inner self that you'll think they wrote that some chapters just for you... If you haven't taken any enneagram test, you will possibly identify some friends/family types by the way they react and help you understand them... I do recommend it to everyone in search of self-knowledge ! (Type 9, Take care everyone )
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Bright Bridge
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Spain on January 12, 2021
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Muy buena recapitulación de los tipos con excelentes ejemplos psicológicos sutiles
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful Contribution to Enneagram Literature
Reviewed in India on February 20, 2019
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Beatrice’s book The Complete Enneagram is an excellent resource on how the Enneatypes are, psychologically speaking. It is comprehensive, very well written with outstanding descriptions of the types, their psychological make-up, how the subtypes differ, similarity to other types and most importantly pathways for growth. I am an Enneagram researcher myself and have worked on various aspects of the subject. I find Beatrice’s approach very effective and I got a lot of information, clarity and depth reading her book. The descriptions are accurate and detailed. I however felt that there was not much of a discussion on wings – may be because the focus was more on subtypes. I also found the discussion on inner lines a little less. Overall, it is a very effective book, a must have for every Enneagram enthusiast and surely something I would consult in my practice. Although she cites Naranjo a lot I am sure Beatrice has read Ichazo as well as drawing a lot from her psychotherapy practice. There is however an air of negativity inevitable in this kind of work, I feel. Definitely worth the money I paid to buy my edition.
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Mandy H
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Enneagram Book I Own
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2016
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This is the best Ennegram book I have owned to date. I love typology and Enneagram is my favourite system. This is because it allows so much healing and personal growth. However, this can only be done if you can find figure out your type. Not everyone fits into the descriptions and behaviours of the broad 9 types and either struggle to find their type or mistype themselves.

The 27 subtypes allow a much deeper wealth of information. You could be a counter-type which does not act like the traditional 7 model. More specifically, a social 7 can at times appear to be a 2 or 9 in their behaviour because they are a counter-type. This information about the 27 subtypes is incredibly valuable in accurate typing. If you are stuck on your type, this book will surely add some clarity.

The book is well written. Despite this book being packed with information, is it very readable. I found myself fascinated from cover to cover.
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