Enneagram Introduction Class

Learn the 9 Enneagram Personality Types — through the lens of relationships

The Enneagram is a fascinating personality system that describes nine different perceptions or ways of viewing the world. Only one of these personality types is dominant in every individual throughout their lifetime. People commonly and unknowingly respond to their “type’s” perception of viewing the world, rather than to the world itself. Your Enneagram type significantly influences your relationships, career, and even self-esteem. Learning about the nature of your type can give you choices and freedom where you thought you had none.

Exploring your personality type does not put you in a box, but rather helps you become aware of the box you unwittingly put yourself into. With that awareness, you can take charge and manage the ongoing cycles that otherwise keep you stuck in painful ruts. Understanding this method opens your eyes to not only yourself, but also helps you know the true needs of your family members, friends, coworkers and clients – thereby giving you the best chance for creating harmony and satisfaction in all your relationships.

For Teachers & Staff, Corporations / Teams, Therapists, Healers, Clergy, Coaches, & Couples – and anyone interested in better understanding themselves and others

People are vastly different with unique needs, desires, and styles. What approach works for one doesn’t always apply to another. Understanding each personality type gives you a short cut to which methods will help each person learn and heal. It offers you a way to speak each person’s “language” so that you can effectively reach them and help them achieve their greatest goals.

Over the course of my 15 year career as a therapist, I’ve encountered lots of personality models; none of them come close to the Enneagram in terms of real-world applicability and usefulness. That is why it’s become a central part of my work-it helps get the results my clients expect.

Via video examples, handouts, teaching, exercises and discussion, this class will explore common dynamics for each type, so that you can recognize them around you. For example, find out why Fours are often get stuck in their sensitive feelings, and what methods can help them move beyond that emotional state. Learn why Ones tend to have the strongest inner critics of all the types, and how that manifests around them. Discover why Sevens can fear commitments, and what steps can help them change their lives.

“I appreciate the deep experience and understanding of the Enneagram that Michelle offered. The class was excellent. Do it – it’s worth every dollar.” – Ingrid Falk

Kind words from past attendees

THERAPISTS:

“I loved the Enneagram class so much! My colleagues and I are still constantly talking about it!” – A.F.

“This Enneagram class is worth every penny – it validates who you are in a positive way.” – B.N.

“The Enneagram Class was really helpful and practical. I was concerned it may not apply to me as I don’t work with couples much, but Michelle showed us all how to incorporate the theories into our individual practices and lives. It was a fun day of learning about myself and how to help others!” – Cindy Sibley

“This was an extremely helpful class for both professional and personal development. Michelle is a very knowledgeable leader; her understanding of the Enneagram, mixed with her experience as a couples therapist, made it easy to understand how to be helpful to each of the types.” – S.D.

“The class was fun and useful! It gave excellent structure to consider core human behaviors.” – Anonymous

“I loved learning about the different Enneagram Types and seeing how I could use them in my MFT practice. It was a fun, interesting day!” – Debb Y.

“Do it! It’s a great overview, you will learn a lot. I highly recommend bringing your partner, close friend or family!” – Cat H.

“I so enjoyed Michelle’s Enneagram Class and her knowledge! I highly recommend it to therapists to use it as a tool in helping more clients.” – Sonia Paz, MFT

“Michelle’s Enneagram Class was very informative, engaging and interesting. I will definitely be using this in therapy to help clients gain more self awareness.” – Sabina Harris

“Michelle’s daylong Enneagram course provided me with a valuable tool in my work with couples and for my own relationship. You will be surprised how much you resonate with your type or how well a type describes your partner!” – Julia Pinsky

“I took two enneagram trainings from Michelle and they did not disappoint! I highly recommend her trainings to counselors, therapists, coaches and couples. Her training style of going through the different Enneagram types with updated information, question and answer format, videos and discussion from attendees was worthwhile. She is a guru in the enneagram and each training focuses on a deeper knowledge of the types.” – B.R.

COUPLES:

“I attended Michelle’s Enneagram class with my husband. I can’t think of anything I would change about it– it was super helpful and an informative way to learn about each other. You will learn a lot about yourself and other people that you are in relationship with. Go!” – Bonnie Regan

“I loved your Introduction to the Enneagram Class! The in-depth discussions and tools provided me with more than enough information to work on myself and my relationships.” – Brooke

CORPORATE TEAMS:

”Michelle led my team at Facebook through an Enneagram workshop, and helped each of us to understand our types and how they might affect how we respond to different situations at work. The session was really enlightening for each of us participating, and we came out of it feeling like we understood ourselves better and understood how our unique personality traits informed our work.” – Ali Price, Facebook, Inc.

”Bringing Michelle in for the enneagram workshop was a unique and insightful experience during our team offsite. We left with a better understanding of ourselves and how we can best partner with each other (where we shine, how to support each other through the different challenges, etc). Michelle facilitated a conversation where we were able to dive deep, ask each other questions that we normally wouldn’t, and inspire us to keep our different enneagram types in mind throughout the rest of our offsite/partnering together after the offsite. It was a great experience where we could let our guards down and get to know each other. I would definitely consider doing this workshop with future teams/offsites.” – Jashleen Singh, Google, Inc

SCHOOL STAFF:

“I wanted to reach out and thank you so, so much for the amazing workshop yesterday. The team and I all enjoyed ourselves tremendously. I learned so much, and I know I wasn’t the only one.” – Aimee Fields-Reed, Starland School of Music, Alameda

CLINICAL STAFF TRAINING:

“I’m so glad my team had the opportunity to connect through the unique experience of Enneagram Training with Michelle Joy. We are all still talking about our types, it really made an impact! Not only was it fun and interactive, but I have a significantly better understanding of the strengths, challenge areas and ways I can be supportive of each participant as a supervisor. Multiple attendees have expressed they’ve found themselves using the information learned about one another to work together more effectively in the time since our training. I am grateful for the rare experiences that create long-lasting harmony amongst the staff, and the Enneagram Training with Michelle Joy was certainly one of those experiences. Thank you Michelle!” – Tiffany Douglas, Wellness Retreat Recovery Center, San Jose, CA

Important Details

💳 Registration Fee
The registration fee is non-refundable. However, you may apply your payment toward a future training by Michelle.

🔒 Confidentiality
For the privacy of both clients and therapists, sessions are not recorded.

👥 Small Group Format
Enrollment is limited to ensure personalized attention, rich discussion, and in-depth case support.

📚 Workshop Materials
Includes handouts, guides and tools to help identify your client’s Enneagram type and resources designed to use immediately in your practice.