Understanding Type Six
A 42-page, PDF guide for coaches, students of the Enneagram, and Sixes seeking deeper self-understanding
The Six is the most frequently misunderstood type on the Enneagram, including by Sixes themselves. They are tied with Nines as the most common type and the most frequently mistyped, often appearing as Fours, Ones, Twos, Eights, or Nines depending on subtype and Trifix. This booklet offers a fuller, more nuanced portrait than the average overview, drawing on the Ichazoan and Naranjo traditions, current ego defense theory, and over two decades of teaching the Six structure in classrooms and coaching practice.
Inside, you will find an in-depth treatment of the core type, including the meta-fear that organizes the entire Six structure, the phobic-counterphobic spectrum, the workhorse-and-loaf dichotomy at the heart of the Adventurer's relationship to work, and the Six's complicated relationship to authority. You will find a recognition guide that covers the body, the face, the language patterns, and the behavioral signatures of the Six in motion, along with a section on the false flag phenomenon that explains why Sixes are so commonly mistyped and how to see past the protective camouflage to the structure underneath.
The three subtypes (Self-Preservation Warmth, Social Duty, and Sexual Strength and Beauty) each receive their own substantial treatment, followed by a chapter on wings and Trifix that reflects the trialectic system as Empathy Architects teaches it. The inner world chapter offers the full narcissistic wound formulation for Six, an examination of the rumination cycle, the cutoff dynamic that often baffles the people who love Sixes, and a meditation on courage as the Six's earned and defining gift. The booklet closes with two practical chapters, one for the people who work with and love Sixes, and one for Sixes doing the work themselves, including specific practices for moving from vigilance to trust.
Designed for coaches, therapists, Enneagram practitioners, students of the system, and Sixes who want to understand themselves with greater clarity and self-compassion.
By Sterlin Mosley, PhD and Aaron Addonizio, MHR, MPA
Understanding Type Six
A 42-page, PDF guide for coaches, students of the Enneagram, and Sixes seeking deeper self-understanding
The Six is the most frequently misunderstood type on the Enneagram, including by Sixes themselves. They are tied with Nines as the most common type and the most frequently mistyped, often appearing as Fours, Ones, Twos, Eights, or Nines depending on subtype and Trifix. This booklet offers a fuller, more nuanced portrait than the average overview, drawing on the Ichazoan and Naranjo traditions, current ego defense theory, and over two decades of teaching the Six structure in classrooms and coaching practice.
Inside, you will find an in-depth treatment of the core type, including the meta-fear that organizes the entire Six structure, the phobic-counterphobic spectrum, the workhorse-and-loaf dichotomy at the heart of the Adventurer's relationship to work, and the Six's complicated relationship to authority. You will find a recognition guide that covers the body, the face, the language patterns, and the behavioral signatures of the Six in motion, along with a section on the false flag phenomenon that explains why Sixes are so commonly mistyped and how to see past the protective camouflage to the structure underneath.
The three subtypes (Self-Preservation Warmth, Social Duty, and Sexual Strength and Beauty) each receive their own substantial treatment, followed by a chapter on wings and Trifix that reflects the trialectic system as Empathy Architects teaches it. The inner world chapter offers the full narcissistic wound formulation for Six, an examination of the rumination cycle, the cutoff dynamic that often baffles the people who love Sixes, and a meditation on courage as the Six's earned and defining gift. The booklet closes with two practical chapters, one for the people who work with and love Sixes, and one for Sixes doing the work themselves, including specific practices for moving from vigilance to trust.
Designed for coaches, therapists, Enneagram practitioners, students of the system, and Sixes who want to understand themselves with greater clarity and self-compassion.
By Sterlin Mosley, PhD and Aaron Addonizio, MHR, MPA
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