Carol Summers, MS, CMFT, CMHC Founding Associate Vision Point Associates Seattle, Washington
I can't rave enough about the new Stanford Enneagram Discovery Inventory and Guide (SEDIG). I love the graphic design and use of color; the layout adds to easy readability and understanding. The "Summary of the Key Discriminators" for each of the nine types supports clear recognition of the differences between types. The authors have condensed the complexity and wisdom of the Enneagram into essential, easily accessible nuggets. I feel indebted to Dr. Daniels and Dr. Price for this valuable tool.

Book Description
The First And Only Scientifically Determined Enneagram Personality Test And GuideA centuries-old psychological system with roots in sacred tradition, the Enneagram can be an invaluable guide in your journey toward self-understanding and self-development. In this book, Stanford University Medical School clinical professor of psychiatry David Daniels and counseling psychologist Virginia Price offer the only scientifically developed Enneagram test based upon extensive, time-tested research.The most fundamental guide to the Enneagram ever offered, this book features effective self-tests for the simple, accurate, and confident determination of your own personality type. Daniels and Price provide step-by-step instruction for taking inventory of how you think, what you feel, and what you experience. They then guide you in your discovery of what your type means for your personal well-being and your relationships with others, and they show how to maximize your inherent strengths. Brimming with empowering information on each of the nine personality types-Perfectionist, Giver, Performer, Romantic, Observer, Loyal Skeptic, Epicure, Protector, and Mediator-this one-of-a-kind book equips you with all the tools you need to dramatically enhance your quality of life.

From the Publisher
The Essential Enneagram is the first scientifically determined Enneagram personality test combined with a detailed guide to both discovering your type and furthering your personal growth. It was originally published as the Stanford Enneagram Discovery Inventory and Guide (SEDIG). It is now greatly expanded to include a comprehensive section on "What To Do When You Have Discovered Your Type."

From the Author
We feel that our book gives the reader several important benefits: *Precise probabilities for each type and clear, straight forward steps for discovering your type: All that any personality assesment can provide are probablities. Here we provide precise probabilities. You, the reader, must discover your type for yourself. This fact actually supports the fundamental philosophy that the Enneagram is about your internal stance and motivation, literally how you perceive the world, and not just about your external behavior. *Key differences of every type from every other type: Here we help assure the reader that what you choose to be your correct type is in fact your correct type. *Concise and comprehensive type description pages: These pages give the basic proposition, pricipal characteristics, stressors and associated causes of anger, the steps and hindrances in personal development, and how others can support the type. We like it that these pages give a holographic view of the Enneagram types, showing how everything about type fits together and flows from the basic proposition of the type. *The universal practices and principles: Here, in addition to a basic attention skill building breath practice, we give the three laws of behavior, three intelligences, three life forces, three survival behaviors, three levels of knows, and the nine elements for personal growth! *Specific practices for each type: We think is it groundbreaking to provide practices that are tailored for each type and go far beyond assertions and suggestions. Thus, we give an awareness practice, action practice, preview-review practice, and reflection practice that are distinct for each type. We believe that you will find _The Essential Enneagram_ highly readable, concise (only 96 pages), inexpensive, and useful.

About the Author
David Daniels, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Stanford Medical School, and is a leading developer of the Enneagram.He lives in Palo Alto, California, where he has a private practice.

Excerpted from The Essential Enneagram : The Definitive
Here is our response to the question, "What is the Enneagram?" The Enneagram is a powerful and dynamic personality system that describes nine distinct and fundamentally different patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. Each of the nine patterns is based on an explicit perceptual filter. This filter determines what you pay attention to and how you direct your energy. Underneath each of the nine patterns is a basic proposition, or belief, about what you need in life for survival and satisfaction. Each one of us developed one of the nine patterns to protect a specific aspect of our self that felt threatened as our personality was developing. As you discover your Enneagram personality type, you will discover more about your original whole self. You will also understand more about the unconscious motivation from which you operate. Discovering your Enneagram personality type can help you achieve an understanding of how to bring positive change into your life. It can help change the way you relate to yourself and others, as well as give you a greater understanding of the circumstances and issues facing you. Here is an example of the keys to differentiating two very common look-alike types on the Enneagram: Types Two (The Giver) and Nine (The Mediator): Givers and Mediators can be considered look-alike types because they share the characteristic of pleasing others and meeting others' wants and needs. In the process they orient toward the claims made upon them by others, losing awareness of their own needs and priorities. The main differences are that Givers more actively focus their attention and energy on what others need and alter themselves to meet those needs, while Mediators are more reactive, allowing themselves to be pulled by whatever claims are made upon them. They blend in and disperse their energy to make things comfortable without changing their image.