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Exploring Type One Idealist Themes:

​in 2 Films & 1 Short Story

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3 Tuesday Eves 6:00-8:00pm Pacific Online: January 6 & 13 & 27
Welcome to all types who would like to understand themselves or their Type 1 Idealist friends and family better.  This is something worth doing, and it can make many people feel oh-so-well-and-good.

While *all types* are invited to join this ten-member class, most welcome are the saved seats for at least five Type 1 Idealists who will receive a slight discount at registration in support of their added participation in facilitated dialogues during class sessions.
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For better or worse, this course is facilitated as objectively as possible by Dale Rhodes 4, who has a strong direct connection to Type 1 and plenty of experience with Type 1 Idealists in his professional life and in his personal life by choice!  A Type 1 colleague or buddy is like no other! 

First Session: Introductions, Teaching on the Type, Exploring the One Story
Loosen any pre-judgements and come prepared on the first night having read the *very short story* The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. It's a creative masterpiece of universal psychology, applicable to us all. This can be found in book/audio/graphic-novel via your library and easily right here at Project Gutenberg. This story is a creative way to best begin exploring the influential Type One defense mechanisms: Reaction Formation (Type 1), Repression (Wing 2) and Narcotization (Wing 9).  Don't miss it, and don't let it scare you away. 

Second Session:  Heroine, Character Development 
Come prepared having watched the film and reviewed Dale's notes.
Exploring Idealism, Integrity, Improvement, Avoidance of Pleasure, Discernment, Positive Effects and Being Useful
Wit: A Play by Margaret Edson (HBO Version with Emma Thompson recommended, other versions available online/YouTube)

Third Session: Hero, Character Development
​Come prepared having watched the film and reviewed Dale's notes. 
Exploring Idealism, Integrity, Improvement, Avoidance of Pleasure, Discernment, Positive Effects and Being Useful
The Holdovers (Film: Academy Award winning cast)
Self Study at Home
If you choose, you may review a handout posted online that will highlight type themes on each lit/film selection.   You arrange for the chosen book or film yourself; plan to search library and IMDB.com for options.  Yes, the schedule allows enough time for you to enjoy a book! A bibliography and brief videos are under the Enneawhat? Menu for you to learn more about all the types.

Community Together 
At the first session, we will have introductions and an overview of what to expect ahead. Dale will provide a comprehensive overview of Type One Idealists: Core Values, Habits of Attention, Wings/Connecting Points, Gifts/Challenges, Harmonics, Instinctual Preferences, etc. with plenty of time for your questions.  All of this will contribute to discussions in the next two sessions where you will explore relevant themes in the novel or film.  On those nights we say hello for 10 minutes, have 40 minutes for all who may want to share their own reflections in a listening/reflection session without crosstalk; then we take a 10 minute comfort break, and afterwards move into open lively dialogue for an hour.  This has met the needs of introverts and extroverts for over 10 years in these programs, so we stick to it.  Plenty of time for reflections, reactions, questions and deeper delving amongst the participants.  Dale facilitates each small group session, never recorded.

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  • About Dale
    • More About Dale Rhodes
    • Professional Endorsements
    • Why I Teach the Enneagram
  • Offerings
    • InPerson Saturday Series
    • Four Themes in Film Monthlies
    • Type One Themes in January
    • Enneagram Shadow Film Eves
    • Enneagram Shadow Film Mornings
    • Lit & Film All Community 2025-2026
    • Men's Saturdays
    • Private Sessions
    • 2 on Your Type
    • Couples
    • Trainings for Organizations
  • Enneawhat? Menu
    • Justice Equity Diversity Inclusion (JEDI)
    • What is the Enneagram?
    • Meet Enneagram Portlander Videos
    • Books of Interest
    • Practical Enneagram
    • Programs Since 2002
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