Understanding & Utilizing the Enneagram (10 CE Hours)

A Guide for Counselors, Psychotherapists, and other Helping Professionals

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*10 Continuing Education (CE) Clock Hours for Behavioral Health Professionals (Home Study Format)

The course will educate students on the origins and usefulness of the Enneagram. Students will learn to identify their own Enneagram type and understand how this impacts their clinical work. Clinicians will gain insight into how they move in stress and how they move in health with their clients. Understanding relationship patterns within the lens of the Enneagram, will allow the therapeutic relationship to thrive as the clinician helps the client or clients see their own personality within the relationship. Clinicians will learn how to teach the Enneagram to their clients to help meet treatment goals. The goal in this is so when clients will complete treatment, they will do so with greater self-awareness, thus changing not only their own mental health but also their ability to have success in work and relationships.

In this course, students will learn the history and foundation for the Enneagram, and how it can be implemented as a therapeutic tool. The course will explore the nine different description types of the Enneagram, and student will be given examples of how these may play themselves out in a different therapeutic settings relevant to the work of behavioral health professionals. The course is designed to help clinicians identify their Enneagram number, and to examine how a clinician's personality impacts the work they do with clients. Specific Enneagram tools that allow clients gain self-awareness and overall improve in their lives and relationships will also be covered.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Students will be able to explain the purpose of the Enneagram Personality Assessment and describe the nine personality types.
  2. Students will analyze their own personality type and its impact on their therapeutic work.
  3. Students will be equipped to use the Enneagram to help clients meet treatment goals such as clinical insight and improved relationships.
  4. Students will given a model on how to teach clients how their family of origin and childhood wounds has impact on their current personality.

And know you can buy this course without any risk. We have a full refund policy for anyone who decides they do not want to attend the course within 14-Days of purchase.


This training contains 10 clock hours of behavioral health continuing education* under the approval bodies listed below.


This course is closed for enrollment.

Continuing Education Approvals

PsychMaven is responsible for all aspects for this program.

*PsychMaven has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP)- ACEP No.6624. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PsychMaven is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. PsychMaven is approved for both Live/Real Time and Home Study continuing education (CE) programs. This program is designed to meet the standards of NBCC content areas No.1 (Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship).


*PsychMaven is a Licensed Social Worker Continuing Education Provider under the Texas State Board for Social Worker Examiners (Provider No. 7751). PsychMaven may provide continuing education to Social Workers certified and/or licensed in that state, and in other states/jurisdictions that accept the Continuing Education (CE) approval of other state Social Work boards. Please contact your state licensing board if you have questions about the acceptability of continuing education (CE) hours.


*Note for Georgia licensed clinicians (LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, and Psychologists).

  • For Georgia LPCs/LAPCs, PsychMaven's NBCC approval means the continuing education (CE) hours for this training meet criteria for core hours for continuing education under Georgia Rule 135-9-.01
  • For Georgia licensed social workers, PsychMaven's Texas Social Work Board approval means the continuing education (CE) hours for this training meet criteria for core hours for continuing education under Georgia Rule 135-9-.01.(5)(c).
  • For Georgia LMFTs/LAMFTs, PsychMaven's NBCC approval means the continuing education (CE) hours for this training meet criteria related hours for continuing education under Georgia Rule 135-9-.01
  • For Georgia licensed Psychologists, PsychMaven's NBCC approval means the continuing education (CE) hours for this training meet Area V hours under Georgia rules. Contact the Georgia psychology board if you have questions.


*Note for Florida licensed clinicians (LMHCs, LMFTs, and LCSWs). PsychMaven's approval with NBCC is approved automatically for continuing education (CE) credit by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, pursuant to the rule 64B4-6.002(1)(e)1. However, PsychMaven is not registered with the systems of CE broker. Therefore, CE hours need to be self-reported by following the instructions found at the bottom of each CE certificate.

*Note for Ohio licensed counselors. PsychMaven's approval with NBCC is approved automatically for continuing education (CE) credit by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for counselors. However, PsychMaven is not registered with the systems of CE broker. Therefore, CE hours need to be self-reported by following the instructions found at the bottom of each CE certificate.

For the latest on the the CE Approvals of PsychMaven, as well as guidance on CE requirements for different disciplines, visit us at www.psychmaven.org/ce-approval.


Your Instructor


Whitney & James Owens
Whitney & James Owens

Whitney Owens (MA, LPC) and James P. Owens (MDiv, MA) are helping professionals with a passion for empowering others.

Whitney is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Private Practice Consultant. She is the owner of a group private practice, Water’s Edge Counseling, in Savannah, Georgia. Whitney has presented multiple times at professional counseling and practice conferences throughout the United States.

James is an Enneagram teacher and founder of Working the Enneagram, LLC. He received his Enneagram certification through the Enneagram Spectrum Training with Jerome Wagner. James holds a Master of Divinity, as well as a second Master's degree in Christian Practice. As both a pastor and teacher, James helps churches, small businesses, and other organizations understand how to utilize the Enneagram to positively impact their members and missions. James has been interviewed on several podcasts and has spoken to multiple groups on the Enneagram specifically in conjunction to counseling/psychotherapy practice and clinical work.

Whitney and James have been married since 2007 and together they are the parents of two beautiful girls.


Course Curriculum


  Introduction & Course Material
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  Introductory Text on the Enneagram
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  Main Video Lectures
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  Evaluation, Post-Test, and Continuing Education (CE) Certificate
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the training start and finish?
The course becomes available to new students during our open enrollment launches (usually once or twice a year). This is a home-study course that can be done at your own pace, though many of the course lectures where recorded in an initial live teaching of the class. After you purchase the course, you will have 18-months of access to complete the material when convenient in your schedule in the enrollment time.
How long do I have access to the course?
This home-study with lifetime access. You will be able to access all the course material across all of your devices.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
At PsychMaven, we deeply desire for students to have a positive course experience. And as a part of this we want students to feel good about their decision in purchasing a course with us, and for them to know that they can purchase without risk. If you enroll in the course, and then decide that it is not a good fit, just reach out within 14 days of your purchase and we will gladly give you a full refund.
Does this course offer continuing education (CE) credit?
Yes! The course offers 10 approved continuing education (CE) clock hours under multiple CE approval organizations (as listed in the course description) and can cover the approval needs of many mental health/professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, psychologists, and addiction professionals. However, all students are responsible for confirming if the CE approval of this course meets their CE needs. We can offer you further information about PsychMaven's CE approvals and resources, by visiting us at www.psychmaven.org/ce-approval

This course is closed for enrollment.