The Enneagram Field Guide: Notes on Using the Enneagram in Counseling, Therapy, and Personal Growth

By Carolyn Bartlett

This book is truly the "Therapists Companion". The ENNEAGRAM FIELD GUIDE is a great reference for therapists, counselors, and anyone who wants quick help understanding the Enneagram or themselves.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932601015
• ISBN13: 9781932601015
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Stellar Pr
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Bartlett's Book is Good

Prior to reading Carolyn Bartlett's Enneagram Field Guide in 2004, I thought of personality typologies as a sometimes useful tool, but not central to effective communication with clients. As I read through the book, certain clients in my psychotherapy practice came to mind, as well as approaches that I hadn't previously considered. I've run across numerous publications on the enneagram but have yet to find one that provides the focus and level of detail of Bartlett's book. It's good. I've since retired from my practice and now spend most of my time writing. The enneagram provides a valuable credibility gauge when developing fictional characters. I recommend Bartlett's book every chance I get. Marie Schaffner, LCSW Fort Collins, Colorado

Informative, even if you're not a conselor

I found the professional perspective really useful for revealing detail in how various Enneagram "types" react. I am NOT a counselor or therapist, but can make use of this information in my interactions with people nevertheless.

of highest value

I own about twenty books on the Enneagram, and, along with The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Riso and Hudson, this is one that I regularly turn to, and give to others. Once we have a working knowledge of the types, what can we DO with our understanding? We live at a time in which all of us are, in the words of adult development researcher Robert Kegan, "over our heads" -- our development has not caught up to the complex demands of the lives that we find ourselves in -- both personally and globally. For each of us to move toward the stabilization of higher stages of development, we must know and know well "what works" and "what doesn't work" for each personality type. This is what Bartlett offers, as described by those who identify as the types themselves. Thank you, Carolyn! And please find a bigger publisher so that more of us can have access to your book!

An invaluable resource

Carolyn Bartlett has combined her years of experience as a therapist and her knowledge of the enneagram to compile the real stories of individuals who have used the enneagram in their own life situations. Her skill at communicating and explaining this material is the key to the usefulness of this book -- both by individuals seeking to better understand themselves and for therapists seeking to better assist their clients. I find it a great help in working with executives in coaching situations as it provides clear, concise definitive examples of type related patterns.

Excellent resource for the client

Carolyn Bartlett's book, The Enneagram Field Guide, is an excellent resource for the psychotherapy client using the Enneagram as part of the therapeutic process. When I first read her book, her insights were so accurate that I felt as if she herself had worked with me! I have returned to her book time and again in my personal journey, to "check in" to see if my thoughts and feelings are common to those of my Enneagram type, for reassurance, and for suggestions on moving forward. I recommend this book as a helpful adjunct to personal growth and development.