WORKING WITH OUR INNER CHILD VULNERABILITIES
Every human being shares
common human needs such as those for self-consistency, esteem, acceptance, and
relationship. If these basic needs
are met, then higher needs for self-actualization and self-transcendence come to
the foreground. If these basic
needs are not met, then they remain figural and our energy gathers around them
to get them met or to protect us from experiencing the vulnerability that arises
when they are not met. Paradoxically,
we are most sensitive around those areas that we highly value, where we are
naturally gifted and proficient. We
develop compensatory strengths around our areas of primary vulnerability.
Through input, reflection, and
dialogue, this workshop will explore the following personality dynamics from the
Enneagram perspective:
