Course Description: This four-part program is designed for spiritual directors/companions - as well as chaplains, pastors, coaches, and even counselors - who want to learn how to use the Enneagram system with those they accompany. Small group discussion and question and comment time will be included in each teaching session. The learning will be shaped by the Harmonics triads of the Enneagram: 1, 3, 5 and 2, 7, 9 and 4, 6, 8. The harmonics triad is how we try to deal with people or a situation when our needs are thwarted and there is conflict. Presence practices for engagement before sessions as well as with directees and clients will be included. Brief contemplative practice begins and ends each of the four sessions.

 

The Enneagram System offers us an intricate and intimate look into our inner landscape, guiding us into a deeper understanding of ourselves and of others.  Once we see the inner workings of our own Enneagram type, we can see how we block ourselves from love and from realizing our inherent union with God.

 

Anyone honoring the spiritual path and engaged in spiritual care, regardless of faith tradition, can benefit from this four-part Enneagram workshop. The Enneagram is a non-judgmental map of humanity’s nine ego structures that has universal appeal. Its invitation is to wake up from patterns that are self-limiting, to listen to what resonates deep within us and to live authentic lives. The Enneagram Map is a truthful guide in supporting the journey from automatic to authentic.

SESSION 1:  Witnessing and Accompanying
The Enneagram as a map of our internal processing system, what the Enneagram is and is not, as well as best practices and cautions for using it as a guide in spiritual direction.

 

SESSION 2:  Types 1, 3, 5
Exploring ways of accompanying containing, rational types

 

SESSION 3:  Types 2, 7, 9
Exploring ways of accompanying the positive outlook, reframing types

 

SESSION 4:  Types 4, 6, 8
Exploring ways of accompanying the expressing, intensity types

 

Location: The series of four live sessions will use the Zoom platform.

With: Sandra C. Smith, MDiv., is a Certified Narrative Tradition (Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition) teacher and an IEA (International Enneagram Association) Accredited Professional. Sandra teaches the Enneagram throughout North America as a tool for personal, professional and spiritual growth.      

Schedule:  October 18 - October 21, 2021
                   Monday - Thursday
                   10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern Time 

Program Fee: $130
 

Contact: lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu