Projection and Truth in Relationships:
Understanding Ourselves and Others

October 15 – December 17, 2008 Berkeley, CA Weekly panel interviews with Helen Palmer, Sharon Berbower and Peter O'Hanrahan (leading three panels each) and representatives of the nine personality types

Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm, starting October 15 (no class on November 26)
Drop-ins OK. See schedule below.

The Enneagram is a powerful way to understand ourselves and the people in our lives. Knowing our own patterns of personality, and those of our partners, family members and colleagues is invaluable in creating more successful relationships. People in many countries around the world find it enormously helpful in developing empathy and rapport, learning to communicate better and to resolve conflict. If you know the Enneagram, you know how helpful it can be!

In our fall panel series, we will explore the role of projection – one of the major ways that relationships go off track. Each personality type has a particular way of misreading reality through projection. In a positive projection you seem to be the source of my well being, while negative projections cast you as causing my distress.

Each type projects but with a different scenario. For example, Threes see approval for accomplishments, Sixes perceive the problems and pitfalls, and Nines see others' agendas as a way of forgetting their own. Especially when emotions run high, our projections intensify until we are caught in a subjective illusion that looks accurate, truthful and well reasoned.

The basic projection for all types is that we attribute our own feelings to the other's intentions. "You are the cause of how I feel." In this class, we will discuss the patterns of each of the nine personality types and how we can come back to a more centered state, learning to distinguish projection from what is really happening. We'll look at how we can relax our type structure and type bias, improve our relationships and develop inner freedom.

The format includes panel interviews, guided inner practices and breakout groups.

Schedule: Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm

October 15 - Type 6
October 22 - Type 5
October 29 - Type 7
November 5 - Type 3
November 12 - Type 4
November 19 - Type 2
November 26 - No class
December 3 - Type 9
December 10 - Type 1
December 17 - Type 8

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

Nine-class series: $245 if paid by October 1; $275 after October 1. Two people who register together receive a discount: $450 by October 1; $500 after October 1. Payment for the series only includes audio recordings for missed classes. The first 15 people to register for the series may bring a guest to any single class for free (a $35/value).

Student rate: $180/series with student ID. Please call first to request a student- or low-income discount.

“Drop-in” fee for individual sessions: $35/class (or $25/class with student ID). No pre-registration required. Pay at the door by cash, check or credit card.

18 CEUs are available for MFTs and LCSWs (nine-class series only)

REGISTRATION

To register by phone, check availability or learn more about the class series, contact Pat O’Hanrahan at 510-234-1600.

CHECK: Make your check payable to EPTP and send to: EPTP, 1442A Walnut St. #75, Berkeley CA 94709.

CREDIT CARD: To register with Visa or Mastercard, call 510-234-1600 or fax 510-232-7520.

CASH: You may pay at the door for the series or drop-in classes. (We also accept checks and credit cards at the door.)

SPECIAL OFFERS

• Register by October 1 and save $30/individual or $50/couple. The discounted rate for the series is $245 or $450 for two.  

• The first 15 people to sign up for the series may bring a guest to any single class for free (a $35/value).

• Previous class or EPTP participants who bring or send someone new for the entire series will receive a copy of the Breaking Out of the Box DVD, the Enneagram program made for public television, narrated by Helen Palmer. (Let us know whom you bring/send!)