Enneagram for Therapists, Enneagram Workshops and Training

What therapists say

“Learning personality development through the eyes of David Daniels and Helen Palmer is being given the gift of deep insight into how temperament and attachment intertwine – both personally helpful and professionally useful in understanding our many layers of perception, emotion and habits of mind. Thank you for providing such exciting new vistas.”
Daniel Siegel, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development, is a world-renowned expert in Attachment Theory and co-author of Parenting from the Inside Out.

“I’ve used the Enneagram as a clinical diagnostic tool for 28 years. It’s the roadmap for both clients and therapists that reveals the core of behavioral fixation and then teaches how to characterologically and spiritually transcend that abyss. My clients have loved it and have benefited from it tremendously.”
Kathleen C. Tamm, MFT

“As a licensed clinical psychologist for 20 years, I have attended numerous workshops, classes and training throughout my career. Never have I come across an opportunity for both personal and professional growth anything like what is offered in the Enneagram Professional Training Program. Far beyond advancing my clinical skills, this program has helped me move forward as a full human being.”
Dan Simmons, Ph.D.

The Enneagram for therapists, counselors and coaches

Transform your practice with the Enneagram

The Enneagram is one of the most powerful clinical tools available to
enhance your therapy process or coaching practice. With its accurate descriptions of nine unique personality types, the Enneagram embraces all traditions and works well with virtually all forms and schools of therapy and change. Our trainings in the Narrative Tradition provide therapists and counselors with a deep self-understanding that enhances your ability to work with others.

You will learn:

How to quickly assess clients by identifying core personality issues

Effective life-changing strategies and interventions for each personality type

The keys to each type’s core motivation, driving energy and organization of attention

A fundamental basis for working with personal suffering, character structure, core adaptive strategies, transference and counter-transference

Insights about how and why your clients think, feel, and physically experience reality

Practices for individuals and couples to build upon their key strengths and resolve relationship issues and life challenges through spiritual and psychological development

We teach in the Narrative Tradition of the Enneagram types speaking for themselves, often in panel format, as a starting point to understand the path of healing, development, and ultimately the integration of psychological life with the spiritual qualities of being. In this way, the therapist can experience directly the difficulties and strengths of each type that can then be used in the therapy session. Also, we provide the therapist and counselor with a deep self-understanding that builds the ability to work with counter-transference and better “walk the talk.” Our courses also include guided meditations, self-observation practices, movement exercises, guided interactions and small group exercises to create a powerful, living experience of oneself and others.

Continuing education units

Our five-day program, The Enneagram Intensive is pre-approved for 42 hours of Continuing Education credits (CEUs) for LEPs, MFTs and LCSWs through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Deepening Spiritual Awareness and The Typing Process each grant 22 CE hours (44 hours total for the week). Contact us to learn more.

Many of our other Enneagram workshops also offer CEUs, depending on the length of the program. Contact us to learn more.

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