DCI ENNEAGRAM LEARNING SERIES
Finding Freedom in Relationships Using Object Relations and the Enneagram (Part One)
INSTRUCTOR: Elke Kurtz and Lyn Morse-Brown
DATES*: Tuesdays February 18 thru April 1, 2025
TIMES*: 10:00 – 11:30AM PDT (1:00PM – 2:30PM EDT)
*All sessions are virtual, last 1.5 hours, and are recorded for later review.
Approved for 10.5 ICF CCE Units (7.0 Core, 3.5 Resource Development)
PROGRAM COST: $325
Language Used in the Course: English
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
You don’t want to miss this live virtual course on Relationships, Object Relations and the Enneagram. This is a powerful seven-week course on how to liberate your relationships using a deep understanding of the interplay among profound factors impacting the development of personality.
Belinda Gore’s book, “Finding Freedom: Understanding Our Relationships Using Object Relations and the Enneagram“, is the textbook for the course. It is based on the three-part course she has been teaching for over a decade, looking at how we become reactive when current relationships trigger old patterns.
Over seven weeks, you will learn how three Primary Objects and three Dominant Affects form a 3 x 3 matrix to explain the underlying structure of each of the nine Enneagram types. Experiential exercises with fellow students, using virtual breakout rooms, give you the opportunity to have a direct experience of this rich material. We will also focus on how to guide others in getting free of constricting patterns and how to have healthier and more rewarding relationships.
Following are the key topics we will cover:
- An understanding of fundamental Object Relations theory.
- How the nine Enneagram types reveal the three patterns of dominant affect and the three primary Objects in the world of the infant when early relationship dynamics are forming.
- How to recognize each pattern first in ourselves, then in others.
- Tools for engaging each pattern and, through awareness, releasing the ways we tend to project them onto others.
- How to support the process of healing relationships through learning to make authentic connections.
To get the most out of this course, we recommend that you have some knowledge of the Enneagram, through workshops, personal work, and reading.
Approved for 10.5 ICF CCE Units.
BELINDA’S PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS:
ELKE KURTZ
Elke began studying with me in Fall 2022 and has completed multiple sessions of each course. She, along with Lyn Morse-Brown and Stephanie Davis, are my chosen teacher team for offering the Part One course to a wider group of students. Through the Deep Coaching Institute and the Object Relations courses, I have come to appreciate Elke’s dedication to deeper learning, using the Enneagram and other wisdom teachings to support spiritual and leadership development. I’m confident she will be an excellent teacher and support the development of my work with Object Relations.
LYN MORSE-BROWN
Lyn’s eyes sparkle whenever she is engaged with Object Relations and the Enneagram, and I have come to rely on both her enthusiasm and insightful questions throughout our work together. She has been studying with me since February 2023 and has immersed herself in the work, completing several sessions of Part One and Part Two, followed by Part Three. After inviting senior students to consider becoming teachers for Part One, I selected Lyn, along with Elke Kurtz and Stephanie Davis. Lyn is a Certified Enneagram Teacher and has been studying the Enneagram and spirituality since 2007. I am confident of Lyn’s ability to represent my decades long work with Object Relations and to bring her own creative skills to unfolding the wisdom in this teaching.