Why is learning the different types of empathy and the different types of empaths so important? Personal development begins by understanding the differences within Type, Tritype® and Instinctual Type as well as Empathy styles.

In this online course, Katherine teaches about her study of empathy. She will cover the subtleties of the 9 Types of Empathy, The 7 levels of Empathy, and The 9 Types of Empaths. In addition, she is including what is needed to understand your type of empathy and the steps to become more personally empowered.

Katherine expands on:
• The 9 Types of Empathy including Empathy shutdown
• The 7 Levels of Empathy beginning with zero empathy
• The 9 Types of Empaths as expressed by the 9 Enneagram Types
• Tips on Personal Empowerment for the 9 Types
• Understanding types of Empathy increases emotional intelligence
• How the expression of Empathy can differ by Tritype®

For example, some Tritypes® like the 269 express empathy in the way they personally tend to others and other Tritypes® like the 358 will express empathy by providing for others. Another example is that the 146 Tritype® is focused on their sensitivity to pressure and "getting it right," so they will express empathy by helping to find and implement accurate and specific solutions in a caring way.

 Katherine's study of Empathy began with a term paper in 1969. Empathy, like the Enneagram, has the power to transform people and situations. She came to learn that empathy is the invisible thread that ties us to one another.  When we have empathy for others and ourselves, we have the ability to express and speak the language of compassion. With empathy, limiting beliefs fall away and all differences can be understood in a new way and lead to forgiveness.

Since that first term paper she has taught her findings in a number of diverse settings — from the board room, and executives in department stores, to high schools and universities, and even in the county jail. Over the years, she has learned a great deal more about empathy and how to recognize the different ways empathy can be expressed and why. She has conducted interviews in businesses, in courses, within families and in coaching sessions.  She has continued to learn more about the ways in which people think in terms of empathy. And, like the Enneagram, empathy, when more fully understood and correlated with the Enneagram Types, is deeply compelling and life-affirming.