Summary Description
This popular training and certification sequence is now offered in an online two-part format.
Part 1
12 modules over 6 weeks, based on Jerry’s best-selling book The Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles: an Introductory Guide, 25th Anniversary Edition. This is a comprehensive approach to the Enneagram using the Enneagram Spectrum system. At the end of this training, participants will be issued a certificate as a Certified Teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Method.
Part 2
12 modules over 6 weeks, based on Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective. This is a deeper dive into each style. New perspectives, exercises, and techniques for self-transformation and for presenting the Enneagram will be layered onto what was learned in Part 1. At the end of this training, participants will be issued a certificate as a Certified Advanced Teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Method.
My Enneagram Training Programs are accredited by the International Enneagram Association. Participants who want to be recognized as an Accredited Enneagram Professional can count my programs toward their own accreditation through the IEA.
Who Will Benefit from These Trainings?
Anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of the Enneagram to enhance their work with individuals or groups.
- therapists, counselors, psychologists, social workers
- 24 CE’s are available for each training for social workers, and counselors (License no: IL 159-001178)
- 24 CE’s are available for each training for psychologists (License no: IL 268-000036)
- spiritual and retreat directors, ministers
- business coaches and consultants
- managers, human resource personnel
- teachers
- anyone interested in personal development and insight into their own personality style and the styles of people in their life
What is the Process Involved in the Training?
- Didactic input from Jerry Wagner, A clinical psychologist, International Enneagram Association (IEA) Founder, accredited with honor professional teacher, and Enneagram author, researcher, and presenter for over 45 years
- Experiential exercises to foster a practical understanding of the Enneagram’s theory and dynamics
- 12 Modules of Online Training, each module containing input, personal reflection questions, and break-out discussions via Zoom.
What Will You Take Away from the Part 1 Training?
You will learn the following Content:
- the historical roots of the Enneagram
- what streams of perennial wisdom and contemporary psychology feed into this system?
- the theoretical framework on which the Enneagram is based
- how do the pieces of the Enneagram puzzle fit together?
- the key features of the nine Enneagram styles
- what does each style look, sound, and feel like?
- the resourceful and less-resourceful cognitive, emotional, and behavioral schemas of each style
- what are the adaptive and maladaptive features of each style?
- the paradigm shifts in response to inner and outer stressors
- what happens when each style is relaxed or under pressure?
- the influence of neighboring styles and subtype variations
- what else influences the expression of each style?
- different traditions and approaches to the Enneagram and resources available
- books, audio and video tapes, test instruments, newsletters, organizations, etc.
You will receive the following Materials:
- Enneagram Spectrum of Personality Styles: an Introductory Guide, 25th Anniversary Edition (Digital Version)
- 228 page introductory text containing 30 reflection questions and a structure for understanding and presenting the Enneagram system
- Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales (WEPSS)
- Participants receive a complimentary test code to take the online version
- Participants will learn how to administer and interpret this questionnaire (available online at www.wepss.com), the only Enneagram inventory published by a major psychological test company with sufficient research to be favorably reviewed in Buros’s Mental Measurements Yearbook
- 420 PowerPoint Slides
- Teacher Certification
- At the end of this Part I training, participants will be issued a certificate as a Certified Teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Method.
What Will You Take Away From the Part 2 Training?
You will receive the following Content:
- Modules 1 through 3 take you on a deeper dive into the components and dynamics of personality:
- The 3 V’s: values, visions, vulnerabilities
- The Personality Paradigms, with their:
- sweet spots (adaptive tools),
- counterfeit spots (compensating defensive strategies),
- hot spots (vulnerabilities),
- blind spots (shadow elements and avoidances).
- Working with the three centers
- Modules 4 through 12 take up each of the 9 styles, making use of panels, and reproducible illustrations and graphs.
You will receive the following Materials:
- Nine Lenses on the World: the Enneagram Perspective (Digital Version)
- 537 page comprehensive text on the theory and styles of the Enneagram
- excellent companion to the training
- Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales (WEPSS)
- Participants receive a complimentary test code to take the online version
- Participants will deepen their practice and understanding for interpreting this questionnaire
- 380 Power Point Slides
- Advanced Teacher Certification
- At the conclusion of this Part 2 Training, participants will be issued a certificate as a Certified Advanced Teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Model.