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PERSONALITY AND WHOLENESS IN THERAPY

Daniel J. Siegel

Integrating 9 Pattersn of Developmental Pathways in Clinical Practice

A new way to consider patterns of personality, with the combined application of neurobiology and traditional wisdom.

Personality and Wholeness in Psychotherapy applies the perspective of interpersonal neurobiology to a traditional wisdom framework widely known as the Enneagram of Personality. This framework describes a lifespan developmental personality model of nine distinct, key strategies that people use to make sense of and cope with their experiences and interactions with the world. These strategies can be understood as nine Patterns of Developmental Pathways, or PDPs. This book provides mental health practitioners with both a theoretical understanding of PDPs and practical tools for implementing the framework in clinical settings. Readers will find detailed descriptions of the nine core patterns of personality as well as integrative practices specific to each of these patterns that can help people work towards states of well-being and wholeness. This innovative book has the potential to unlock deep and lasting change in problematic and perplexing patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, transforming personality from a prison to a playground for readers and clients alike. Noted neuropsychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, MD, is clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, and executive director of the Mindsight Institute in LA. He is founding editor of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.

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Book Published 2024-11-01 by Norton Professional Books

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At the heart of the fascinating approach presented in this book is what the authors call patterns of developmental pathways. They root these pathways in an ancient model of individual differences called the Enneagram, which suggested nine dimensions for personality. Dr. Siegel and the PDP Group collapse these into three domains of agency, bonding, and certainty, linking them to evolved motivational systems and neurobiological infrastructures. These three domains are subject to various genetic and social-contextual influences, giving rise to nine different patterns of personality and, importantly, different ways of helping people. As with so much of Siegel's writing, here we are provided with scholarly and fascinating new insights, as well as wisdoms to consider when empathically engaging with clients and seeking to help them. Much to savor and learn from.

This weave of neurobiology, contemporary psychology, and deep wisdom offers the most fascinating and helpful framework for understanding personality that I've encountered! Professionals and lay people alike will find a fresh perspective on how humans develop, and the compassion that allows us to relate to ourselves and others in a truly healing way.

Daniel Siegel and the PDP Group have done something extraordinary. For many years, people in the Enneagram field have sought to find a neurological basis for the Enneagram types as we have come to understand them, and those within the healing professions have looked for ways to meaningfully integrate the Enneagram's powerful insights into their work. This wonderful book accomplishes both goals. It opens a new conversation about the nature of personality and looks at how we can best work with it as professionals. The authors do a marvelous job of bringing many powerful new perspectives to the field of Enneagram studies while maintaining a respect for the integrity of its core teachings. This is no small feat. I suspect this book is destined to be a classic in the field of personality studies, and highly recommend it for serious Enneagram students and professionals in psychology alike.

Daniel Siegel and his colleagues have created a brand-new dimension of theoretical and clinical understanding by combining science and the enneagram. There is much to learn here.