Subtypes in Relationships

Introductory Evening
March 3
Berkeley, CA
Introduction to the Enneagram with Peter O'Hanrahan

This will be an overview of the Enneagram system, the nine personality types and the instinctual subtypes for those who are new to the system, plus an opportunity for continuing students to ask questions and talk about how they are using the Enneagram. Please join us for an interesting evening of lecture, discussion, and class participation. The cost is $20 as a stand-alone workshop, or included in the panel series price. Send – or bring – your friends who are curious!

The Enneagram describes three centers of energy and intelligence that shape the structure and behaviors of our personality type. The intellectual center holds our point of view, habit of attention and mental fixation. The emotional center is home to our feelings, our empathy function, and the "passion" of our type. The body center contains three major instincts:

1) Self preservation – guiding our relationships with home, food, security, family, and warmth in personal relationships

2) One-to-One – fueling our personal vitality, sexuality, intimate relationships, and our experience of spiritual union

3) Social instinct – forming our friendships, our participation in groups and community, and our social identity.

Everyone has all three instincts, but one instinct becomes more central in our daily lives and relationships. This primary instinct determines our Enneagram subtype.

Our subtype affects how we spend our time and attention in daily life and our way of being in relationship. Understanding subtype differences (and similarities) is a powerful way to improve communication and empathy. Many people find that subtype is as important as type itself when it comes to intimate partners, family and friends. Understanding our subtype style helps us make more informed choices about how, and how much, we invest our time and energy with people and projects. It's also a key to working with the emotional habit (passion) of our personality type, which is expressed and discharged through our subtype activity.

In our spring class, we will hear through panel interviews with the nine personality types about their experience with subtypes in relationship and the path of inner work.

Teachers

Helen Palmer	Sharon Berbower	Peter O'Hanrahan

Helen Palmer has been teaching the Enneagram in Berkeley and around the world for 35 years. She is the author of several best-selling books, including The Enneagram in Love & Work.

Sharon Berbower is a longtime psychotherapist, with an extensive background in meditation and spirituality. She teaches the Enneagram at JFK University.

Peter O’Hanrahan is an Associate of the Enneagram Professional Training Program who teaches workshops in the U.S., Europe and China.

Schedule
March 3 – Introduction
March 17 – Type 1
March 24 – Type 2
March 31 – Type 3
April 7 – Type 4
April 14 – Type 5
April 21 – Type 6
April 28 – Type 7
May 5 – Type 8
May 12 – Type 9

Location
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley (The cross street is Dana, seven blocks from the downtown Berkeley BART). Use street parking or the UC garage on Channing.)

Fees
For the entire series: By March 11, $245/person or $400/for two for the series.
After March 11, $275/person, $450/for two.
Drop-ins: $35/class.
Students with ID: $180/series, $300/for two; drop-ins with ID $25/class.

(If you are registered for the entire series but miss a class, a CD recording will be available).

Registration
To register by phone with credit card, or to learn more about the class series, contact Pat O’Hanrahan at 510-234-1600.
Or send a check to: Enneagram Work, 1442A Walnut St. #75, Berkeley CA 94709.
At the door: You may pay for the series or single drop-in classes by check, credit card with ID, or cash.

Special Offer
The first 15 people to sign up for the series may bring a guest to one class for free (a $35/value).