What is AutoGnosis?

Self-knowledge and personal development

We are a school of self-knowledge and personal development

100% online training

Our courses are 100% online so that people from anywhere in the world can take part. Our students are mostly Spanish-speaking. We have many students from Spain and Latin America. Ultimately, we want our “Virtual Agora” to be able to be used from anywhere in the world.

Monthly Events

Every month at the AutoGnosis School we hold a social event in Madrid and Barcelona. These meetings are currently being prepared in Rome and Mexico.

What do we specialize in?

We are specialized in personality psychology and psychotherapeutic guidance.

That is, we help people to understand themselves in order to better direct their lives.

Who do we specifically help?

For people who feel lost, confused and disoriented and who wish to gain security, confidence and clarity on how to progress appropriately on a personal, emotional or professional level.

Do we only work with people with problems?

No. We also deal with people like you, who, even if you don’t have any serious problems, simply want to know yourself and understand others better; either out of intellectual interest, to better understand your partner, or to acquire the power to know people within a short time of seeing them and the ability to communicate in a more influential way.

How can we be of service to you?

You can do with us 3 things

What method do we use?

After 12 years of therapeutic and teaching experience, we have created a method of self-knowledge and guidance that we have called “AutoGnosis Therapy.”

We use the Enneagram and Morphopsychology as a diagnostic system to help you understand your personality type (and that of others) both at a cognitive level (your way of thinking) and temperamental level (your way of feeling and reacting); and we use Stoicism and Strategic Brief Therapy as a treatment system to solve your problems with “ingenious ideas” and to “philosophically” guide your life.

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Who are we?

We are teachers of self-knowledge

Our Enneagram training courses are accredited by the “International Enneagram Association”; our Morphopsychology courses by the “French Society of Morphopsychology” through the Corman Institute. We also certify teachers, coaches and therapists.

We are teachers of self-knowledge

Our Enneagram training courses are accredited by the “International Enneagram Association”; our Morphopsychology courses by the “French Society of Morphopsychology” through the Corman Institute. We also certify teachers, coaches and therapists.

We are teachers of self-knowledge

Our Enneagram training courses are accredited by the “International Enneagram Association”; our Morphopsychology courses by the “French Society of Morphopsychology” through the Corman Institute. We also certify teachers, coaches and therapists.

Why is our school called AutoGnosis?

At the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi was written the famous aphorism:

«Gnothi Seauton»

(«Know thyself»)

The ancient Greek philosophers warned us that we cannot guide our lives properly if we do not first know ourselves.

In ancient Greece, students attended philosophical schools with the aim of acquiring valuable knowledge about themselves, about human beings and about the world.

Philosophical schools were authentic centers of practical psychology for life, where strategic thinking and persuasive communication skills were acquired.

The concept of “self-knowledge” comes from the Greek word “autognosis.” Lexically, “ autos” means “by oneself,” “ gnomai” means “to know, to understand,” and the suffix “ -sis” means “action.” In other words, “autognosis” is the practical action of knowing oneself.

That is why we decided to call our school “AutoGnosis” because it means:

“putting self-knowledge into action.”

“Philosophizing about self-knowledge” is meaningless if it is not used in a practical way.

We want AutoGnosis to be for you a true school of self-knowledge and practical philosophy of life, where you can discover the most incredible advances in modern psychology together with the ancestral wisdom of ancient Greco-Roman Stoic philosophy.

What is our purpose?

If knowledge is power, “self-gnosis” or “self-knowledge” is personal power .

That’s what we’re looking for:

Help our students acquire greater inner strength through self-knowledge (or self-gnosis) of their personality.

And this is what you can expect from us:

Whether you take an individual consultation or an Enneagram training course, we will help you develop a virtuous character and a sense of purpose, and acquire skills to progress in your life, your relationships, and your career.

What does our symbol mean?

Our logo (isotype) is an enneagram inside a circular Greek meander.

With this we want to associate self-knowledge with ancient philosophy.

And at the AutoGnosis school we firmly believe that the Enneagram is the best personality system to know yourself, and Stoicism is the best practical philosophy of life.

On a religious level, even Christianity has stoic and enneagram origins.

Getting to know each other to live in harmony with nature

At our school we want to pick up the baton left to us by the ancient Greek philosophers when they warned us of the vital importance of self-knowledge.

Let us remember that the maxim of the temple of Apollo at Delphi said:

«Know thyself».

But many will think: what is the point of knowing each other?

The ancient Stoic philosophers also said that the key to happiness in life is to “ live according to nature.”

So, combining both ideas, at AutoGnosis we have come to this conclusion:

Knowing ourselves helps us to know how to live in harmony with our nature.

And for this reason we give so much importance to self-knowledge going hand in hand with philosophy, because to increase its transformative power they must always go hand in hand.

  1. Knowing yourself helps you develop a philosophy of life that suits your personality.
  2. And philosophizing – which basically means clarifying your values ​​and putting your priorities in order in life – helps you live ecologically with your personality type.

Thus, the maxim of our school “AutoGnosis” is:

«Know yourself to live in harmony with your nature»

Our "CODE OF HONOR"

CORRECTION

Being “fair, moral and correct” means that we must provide the good education that our students expect to receive for their investment of time, energy and money.

If you come to our school to learn about the enneagram, morphopsychology or to learn how to do “autognostic coaching” (coaching and self-knowledge therapy), the right thing to do is to receive quality training that meets your expectations; and that when you finish our courses you feel satisfied with what you have learned for the price you have paid.

Enneatype 1 values ​​being fair and correct with themselves and with others; healthy 1s know how to create clear expectations and do not promise what they cannot deliver.

At AutoGnosis we want to emulate this virtue of 1 by completing our training programs and, if you ask, giving you a good individualized therapeutic service.

SUPPORT

AutoGnosis is a General Health Psychology center. This means that, above all, we are HEALTH PROFESSIONALS : we are dedicated to improving the mental and emotional health of our patients, consultants and students.

In medicine, the “Hippocratic oath” is taken, by which doctors have to promise that they will not harm their patients and will fulfill their ethical commitment to cure them.

At AutoGnosis we have the “enneagram oath”: we are committed to supporting our clients and students in their process of self-knowledge and personal development, respecting at all times their individuality and the ecology of their personality.

Enneatype 2 has the virtue of supporting people in their good and bad times, and that virtue is what we want to emulate at AutoGnosis: we are here to provide you with human support, both therapeutic and educational.

EXCELLENCE

The value of excellence implies doing things well, with quality. Excellence is difficult to achieve, but it is a value worth striving for by trying to do things better and better. At AutoGnosis we are constantly improving our materials and content, to update them and make them more practical for our students.

Enneatype 3 is the person who seeks excellence and quality in everything they do, not only to give a good image, but for the mere pleasure of feeling good about surpassing themselves. In this sense, we want to emulate Enneatype 3: we aspire to offer excellent Enneagram training and self-knowledge guidance services.

Authenticity

The value of excellence implies doing things well, with quality. Excellence is difficult to achieve, but it is a value worth striving for by trying to do things better and better. At AutoGnosis we are constantly improving our materials and content, to update them and make them more practical for our students.

Enneatype 3 is the person who seeks excellence and quality in everything they do, not only to give a good image, but for the mere pleasure of feeling good about surpassing themselves. In this sense, we want to emulate Enneatype 3: we aspire to offer excellent Enneagram training and self-knowledge guidance services.

Freedom

We understand that each person is unique, so we want to respect the singularity of their individuality: their values, their idiosyncrasies, their temperament and their aspirations. Although with the Enneagram we identify people with “numbers”, for us people are much more than a number, a label or a rigid personality archetype.

At AutoGnosis we will not treat you as an “enneatype 4”, but rather as a unique and unrepeatable person, since there is not and will not be another “4” like you. We may make jokes about the archetypes of the enneatypes, but we do so in a pedagogical way and without the intention of anyone taking the humor personally. We respect the authenticity of each of our students and we love getting to know them in depth. For us, your enneatype is simply a way in which you transmit your uniqueness as a person.

Trust

At AutoGnosis we want to create a true “social oasis” of trust, where all our students feel safe to be themselves, and to be with people who they know will want the best for them, not just their admiration or their money.

Enneatype 6s know that people often tell you what you want to hear in order to gain your appreciation and affection; but only a good friend tells you what you need to hear.

At AutoGnosis we are not “brutally honest”, but we will tell you what we believe will help you most to change positively, progress in the different areas of your life and improve your personal development.

Autognosis Team

Meet our teachers and AutoGnosis team

Alberto Peña Chavarino

SCHOOL DIRECTOR

I am the director of the school and author of the teaching content.

I studied economics and psychology because I wanted to feel safe since I was a child, and to do so I became interested in understanding people’s personalities: “Why are people the way they are? Who can I trust and who can’t I? How can I relate to each person? And what am I like? Why am I the way I am? What is my personality like? How can I change and improve to feel safe and more confident?”

During college I became fascinated by social psychology and personal development, and researched the different therapeutic approaches that evidence showed were useful and functional.

I came to the conclusion that “one size fits all” doesn’t work; that advice that one person may give good advice to another person may not work at all, and if we want to help a person change, we first have to understand their personality.

I designed a method to evaluate personality by associating “the Enneagram, Morphopsychology and Psychobiology” and I currently teach it as a “self-knowledge map” to my clients and students.

Enneatype 3 is the person who seeks excellence and quality in everything they do, not only to give a good image, but for the mere pleasure of feeling good about surpassing themselves. In this sense, we want to emulate Enneatype 3: we aspire to offer excellent Enneagram training and self-knowledge guidance services.

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