YOU ARE NOT WHO THEY SAID YOU WERE.....YOU ARE WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE
TRAUMA-INFORMED ENNEAGRAM COACHING
A Compassionate Path to Healing, Wholeness, and Self-Understanding
What if your coping mechanisms weren’t flaws—but survival strategies your nervous system chose to keep you safe?
What if the parts of you that feel too much, too little, or too distant are actually holding a sacred invitation to healing?
This is the heart of trauma-informed Enneagram coaching—a gentle, grounded way of exploring your personality through the lens of compassion, curiosity, and nervous system awareness.
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What is the Enneagram?
The Enneagram is a powerful map of human motivation and emotion.
It describes nine core types, each shaped by unique fears, longings, and unconscious patterns. But it’s not just about behavior—it reveals the why behind what you do and feel.
With trauma-informed support, the Enneagram becomes more than a personality tool. It becomes:
• A mirror to help you see your protective patterns without shame
• A language for your body’s survival strategies
• A pathway back to your truest self—beyond fear, roles, or performance
TRAUMA CHANGES HOW WE RELATE TO OTHERS
And the Enneagram Helps Us Reconnect
If you’ve experienced emotional neglect, narcissistic abuse, or developmental trauma, you may have:
• Lost touch with your core self
• Over-identified with your Enneagram type’s defense strategies
• Learned to adapt, over-function, shut down, or disappear to stay safe
In trauma-informed Enneagram coaching, we gently untangle what was protective from what is true.
You’ll learn to listen to your story with compassion, invite your body into the healing process, and begin to trust your presence again.
THE 9 TYPES THROUGH A TRAUMA LENS
Each Enneagram type reflects a core fear and a survival instinct shaped early in life:
1. Type One: The Reformer – Stayed good to avoid punishment
2. Type Two: The Helper – Earned love by meeting others’ needs
3. Type Three: The Achiever – Became who others wanted to be valued
4. Type Four: The Individualist – Felt different and longed to belong
5. Type Five: The Investigator – Withdrew to protect inner resources
6. Type Six: The Loyalist – Sought safety in structure and support
7. Type Seven: The Enthusiast – Escaped pain through distraction
8. Type Eight: The Challenger – Protected vulnerability with strength
9. Type Nine: The Peacemaker – Disappeared to maintain peace
None of these patterns are bad. They were brilliant responses to environments that didn’t always feel safe.
But now, you’re allowed to heal. You’re allowed to expand beyond the story of survival.
