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Type Nine: The Peacemaker
Personality Identification
What do I want most?
- I want peacefulness, to keep things as they are (or as they were).
What is most important to me?
- It is important to me that everyone get along with each other.
What is the worst thing that could happen to me?
- The worst thing that could happen to me is to have to say "no"
to someone and have that person get angry at me.
How do I see myself (on a good day)?
- I am a person who is friendly and easygoing, but I can be very stubborn
sometimes.
Path of Peace: Nine (Peacemaker) looks to Three (Performer)
When a Nine comes to believe in its self-worth, it develops the freedom
of expression and assertiveness of a healthy Three, the priniples of a
healthy One, the responsibility of a healthy Six, and the self-confidence
of a healthy Eight.
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I am assertive.
[3. Performer] |
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I am confident.
[8. Chief] |
I am somebody.
[9. Peacemaker] |
I am principled.
[1. Judge] |
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I am responsible.
[6. Defender] |
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Path of Storms: Nine (Peacemaker) looks to Six (Defender)
When a Nine retreats from the demanding world, it develops the panicky
cowardice of an unhealthy Six, it fears failure like an unhealthy Three,
becomes rigid like an unhealthy One, and turns angry like an unhealthy
Eight.
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I am a failure.
[3. Performer] |
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I am hostile.
[8. Chief] |
I am lost.
[9. Peacemaker] |
I am strict.
[1. Judge] |
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I am self-defeating.
[6. Defender] |
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A Counseling Approach
- Yes, once you assert your own individuality and do what you need to
do for yourself, you become a successful person.
- Yes, once you decide to determine your own life you come to realize
that everyone must do this, and you no longer need to feel guilty about
insisting that others take care of themselves.
- Yes, although you sometimes feel scared and confused, when you go ahead
and make those hard, important decisions that you need to make, life gets
easier, Making timely decisions and sticking to them will make you stronger
than you can imagine.
- Yes, it is great to be able to stand tall and strong on your own. What
other people do or don't do no longer bothers you.
- Yes, you are somebody worthwhile. You always were.
Rev. William J. Callahan, S.J.
The Enneagram for Youth
Counselor's Manual
Loyola University Press, 1992, 156 pages
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