Enneagram Training for Therapists
Live Online & In-Person Enneagram Trainings for Therapists, Group Practices, and Agencies in the U.S.
Learn how to incorporate the Enneagram system of personality into your client work. I offer live online and in-person Enneagram trainings designed to help therapists integrate the Enneagram into clinical practice.
What You’ll Learn in Enneagram Training for Therapists
The fundamentals of the 9 Enneagram types
How to use the Enneagram ethically in your practice
The inner dynamics of the 9 types, including how and why each type gets stuck
The growth paths of each type and how you can help your clients move toward their individual paths of growth
The energetics—how each type’s patterns form a somatic body energetic and how to work with it
How the Enneagram overlaps with and connects to the therapeutic work you are already doing
Specific interventions for each Enneagram type, designed from over a decade of my clinical experience working with all of the Enneagram types
How to type yourself and understand how your Enneatype is showing up in your work and personal life
Why Enneagram Training for Therapists?
The Enneagram has become an increasingly popular tool for self-growth and personal development in recent years. I’ve had many therapists approach me over the years saying, “My client told me their Enneagram type and wants to use the Enneagram in therapy. This system looks dynamic and complex—how can I incorporate it?”
The Enneagram is complex and dynamic. I’ve been teaching the system and incorporating it into my own clinical work for over a decade, and I’m still learning new things all the time. With that experience, I’ve also learned how to teach the Enneagram in a way that is digestible, useful, and highly adaptable to the therapeutic tools you are already using.
Enneagram Training for Therapists Who Want to Grow in Self-Awareness and Resilience
One of the most meaningful outcomes of Enneagram training for therapists is learning how to apply it to yourself. “Know thyself, counselor” certainly didn’t stop when grad school ended.
Learning the Enneagram is a powerful way to continue your journey of self-awareness, self-care, and self-growth. Understanding the core motivations, core wounding, and patterns of the Enneagram types can help you reflect on what’s hindering your growth and contributing to stress. It can also help you identify what needs to be challenged so you can move more fully into health and recognize what truly supports your growth — as a therapist and a human.
Learning the Enneagram can also improve communication and collaboration within your team. My trainings are often filled with laughter and “aha” moments as therapists see themselves and their colleagues in the Enneagram type descriptions. This leads to dynamic group conversations, increased awareness, and new perspectives on what individuals need to thrive in a workplace setting.
Often during the training itself, teams begin discussing changes they’d like to make to better support one another. It’s really meaningful to witness, and it makes me happy that the Enneagram can serve as a jumping-off point for these collaborative and useful conversations.
Impact and New Perspectives: What Therapists Say After Enneagram Training
“This was amazing! As you were talking about all of the types I could see my clients, my family members, my friends. This has given me so many ideas on how to work with my clients.”
“I realized that I’ve been taking on too much because I’m not actually telling people no. I don’t want to make anyone mad, but I see now how avoiding conflict is making things worse.”
“I didn’t realize that others are intimidated by me. I don’t want them to feel like they can’t come to me with problems. I’m going to work on shifting that.”
“I have so much more compassion for everyone. I always assume others are thinking the same way that I am, and I realize that’s not at all the case.”
Embodiment-Based Enneagram Training for Therapists
Something that makes my Enneagram training for therapists unique is my training in The Embodiment Tradition of the Enneagram. The Embodiment Tradition contains all of the same patterns and teachings of the traditional Enneagram, with the added layer of energetics.
Energetics are the somatic expressions of a type that go beyond just movement. For example, when an Enneagram Type 1 is actively suppressing anger—judging themselves constantly and holding a high sense of morality while trying to avoid making mistakes—this impacts their body and the expression of their personality in a unique way. We can help our clients recognize these somatic expressions and work with the expression itself to notice when it shifts.
Just as people of the same Enneagram type share core motivations, traits, and ways of approaching how they get their needs met, they also share patterns in energetics. During my trainings, I demonstrate the energetics of each type so you can gain a clearer understanding of what that looks like in the body.
Live Online & In-Person Enneagram Trainings (U.S.)
Level 1: Introduction to the Enneagram, the 9 types, and how to use it in therapy
Level 2: Subtypes, Movement, and Wings
Length: 5 hours each
Your Investment: $4,500 each
Location Options:
In-Person Training
Available in Asheville, NC (with added cost of venue)
I can also travel to your location (with added cost of travel and lodging)
Live Online Training
Trainings are broken into smaller sections over several days or weeks to avoid screen fatigue
Utilizes Zoom for face-to-face interaction
I offer live online and in-person Enneagram trainings for group practices and organizations across the U.S. If you’re ready to explore bringing Enneagram training to your group practice or organization, schedule a consultation. We’ll discuss your goals, your team, and determine whether this training is the right fit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Enneagram training for?
These Enneagram trainings are designed for licensed therapists, associates, and clinicians working in group practices or agency settings who want to integrate the Enneagram ethically into therapy and professional development.
If you are a solo practitioner and interested in training, you’re welcome to gather colleagues from your private practice community and host a group training.
Do you offer online Enneagram training for therapists?
Yes. I offer live, interactive online Enneagram trainings for therapists and clinical teams across the U.S.
To avoid screen fatigue (for you and for me), I break the training into shorter sections across several days or weeks rather than meeting for five straight hours. I also incorporate movement and embodied demonstrations of the types, so you won’t be sitting the entire time unless you choose to.
Do you provide an Enneagram test during your trainings?
I do not provide a formal Enneagram test. In my experience, tests are frequently inaccurate and can lead people away from deeper self-reflection.
Instead, I teach participants how to type themselves. During the training, I provide a structured self-reflection tool to help you narrow down your type.
It’s common for many participants to immediately recognize their type when they hear the descriptions. Others use the tools provided to clarify their type over time. It’s also completely normal to remain unsure after the training.
The good news is that you do not need to know your Enneagram type to begin integrating the system into therapy or to benefit from the training.
Do you lead group discussion during the training?
Yes! I intentionally carve out time during each training for group discussion, sharing insights, and questions. If your team would like to explore the specific dynamics of your practice in more depth or learn how to integrate the Enneagram into clinical work beyond the initial training, additional time can be added to support those conversations.
Enneagram Training for Therapists Across the U.S.
I offer live online and in-person Enneagram training for therapists, group practices, and agencies throughout the United States, with in-person trainings available in Asheville, NC and by travel to your location.
If you’re interested in bringing Enneagram training to your team, schedule a consultation and we’ll talk through what you’re looking for, the needs of your clinicians, and whether this work is the right fit.
If you’d like to explore how I think about the Enneagram more deeply, you can also visit my blog, where I write about the Enneagram types, the Enneagram and trauma, and how this system shows up in therapeutic work.
If you’d like to explore the Enneagram more deeply—how the types show up in therapy and how I work with them—you can visit my detailed Enneagram page.