Traditions are relevant for our development They organise our knoledge and our values, give us belonging and a path of steps to grow.

Artist

Description: Feeling everything deeply. Artists express their connection with things and intense places. Artists become more themselves as they feel more. The Artist has a self deepening approach, focussing more in their own feelings and experiences, aiming to explore the deepths of the soul.
Shadow: When we polarise into it we may have difficulties with stopping our delightful practices, risking addiction and fixation. The thirst for experience can become an addiction.
Traditions: Jungian analysis, Psychoanalysis(Bion, Klain, Winnicott), Psychodelic treatements, holotropic breathing.
Authors: Jung, Winnicott, Perls
Lider/Group

Description: Belonging and shared identity. Tendencty to merge as a whole for a common vision with a leader who maintains the spirit and the coherence of the group. The Leader has a group approach where they want to find an inspiration that may take them and others to a better place.
Shadow: When we polarise into it we may become too embedded in our group ideals and develop a cult like behaviour, rejecting external opinions. To lose contact with others groups, putting group's dynamics over rational ideas (in the shape of a cult).
Traditions: Confesional therapies, humanistic groups, original group of therapists
Authors: Freud when making seven rings, Rogers, Perls
Coach/Team

Description: Focused on the strategy and a target.Teams are differentiatied and the coach can be a strategist who plans how to use all the talents to achieve a goal. The Coach position works with a team, and aims for its perfecting by following clear techniques and strategies.
Shadow: When we polarise into it we may create a relatiionship where one dominates over the rest because they may 'know more'. The coach-role becoming a despot, not listening to the team or others, and the team preferring control over chaos.
Traditions: Cognitive Behavioural.
Authors: Beck, Ellis, Opazo, Wilber
Warrior

Description: Striking and rigorous. Warriors want to keep developing so they can achieve the next stage, to become more powerful and efficient. The Warrior has a self development approach, aiming to help by becoming stronger, achieving higher concepts and techniques.
Shadow: When we polarise into it we risk to develop a tunel vision towards our fight and projects, not able to see around anymore. Disconnection from others and their own feelings leads to tunnel vision, where they can only go forward.
Traditions: Cognitive Behavioural, Gestalt
Authors: Beck, Ellis, Perls, Wilber