This workshop will offer therapists and counselors a peer group milieu to discuss topics of mutual interest including: (1) common treatment precipitators and defensive patterns different Enneagram character styles bring to therapy, (2) transference/countertransference dynamics – what happens early in the treatment relationship to positively or negatively influence treatment outcome, (3) ideas and strategies participants have used with different styles and examining why they helped or did not help from the perspective of the Enneagram. Depending on how many people join, the structure will be either focus groups, followed by larger group feedback or a consultation circle.

John Reynolds, LCSW and Carolyn Bartlett, LCSW are both psychotherapists in private practice, each with over 24 years of experience. John specializes in men’s issues and trauma work. Carolyn specializes in individual and couples work from psychodynamic and family systems perspectives. Both are interested in the common boundaries of secular and spiritual treatment models. Their workshops bring insights from Carolyn’s book: Enneagram Field Guide, as well as their practice experience,