01Therapist as First Client
Begin with your own self-awareness and growth.
For mental health professionalsGreat therapy begins with
Great therapy begins with
understanding people.
Understand your clients more deeply. Grow in confidence, clarity, and presence.
Enneagram in Therapy helps mental health professionals understand the patterns of thought, feeling, and motivation that shape their clients’ lives—and their own. Learn to bring that understanding into your sessions to strengthen connection and respond with greater insight.
Depth begins with the therapist
Four pillars. A deeper way to practice.
Becoming a more effective therapist involves both learning your craft and developing yourself. Our four pillars bring these two kinds of growth together.
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02Presence
A quiet mind. An open heart. A grounded body.
03Embodiment
Cultivate the qualities you want to bring into the room.
04Enneagram Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Recognize patterns. Understand motivation. Apply what you learn.
The purpose behind the work
Start With Why
Get a closer look at who I am, my approach, and how this work can support you in becoming a more clear, confident, and effective therapist.
Meet Ann GallowayFor therapists who want to deepen their work
You may be beginning your clinical career or bringing years of experience. Enneagram in Therapy offers a place to keep learning about your clients, yourself, and the relationship between you.
This work may resonate with you if:
- You want to understand why familiar difficulties keep recurring in your clients’ lives.
- You sometimes feel uncertain about what a client needs or how to respond.
- You want to connect your clinical knowledge with a deeper understanding of personality.
- You value your own growth as part of becoming a more effective therapist.
From the EIT journal
Explore the blogReflections for your practice.
Understanding personalityTwo Ways to Use the Enneagram in Therapy
Use the Enneagram directly with clients or as a framework behind the scenes. Explore how both approaches can deepen your understanding of the person.
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Understanding personalityWhy Understanding Personality Makes You a Better Therapist
Two clients may bring similar struggles into therapy and need very different kinds of support. Here’s how understanding personality can help us see what each person needs.
Read the articleLook beneath the behavior
The same behavior can serve very different needs. What changes when we listen for motivation?
Read the reflectionThe practice of coming back
Presence is something we return to, one moment at a time.
Read the reflectionWhen a pattern becomes visible
Recognizing what is happening can create a small, meaningful space for choice.
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Bring the Enneagram into your therapy practice.
Curious about where to begin? Get our free guide, Four essential elements of Enneagram in Therapy that develop master therapists, and explore ways to apply it in sessions, use it to inform your understanding of clients, and consider the ethics of bringing it into your work.
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