Professional Certification Program Application May 2026

The Professional Certification Program has three tracks for certification – the Typing Certification, Teacher Certification, and the Practitioner Certification.

The Typing Certification has the following components:

• Typing Process
• Practicum
• Small group cohort meetings
• Working with a coach to practice professional skills
• A final typing interview with a member of the Core Faculty

The Teacher Certification and Practitioner Certification has the following components:

• two modules (course gatherings): Module 1: Typing Process; Module 2t: Teacher Training or Module 2p: Practitioner Training
• small group cohort meetings throughout the program
• a practicum following each module, working with a coach and/or supervisor to practice the professional skills, including a final reflection paper
• a final typing interview with a member of the Core Faculty
• either a final panel interview (Teacher Certification) or a final review (Practitioner Certification), with a member of the Core Faculty

Entry into the Professional Certification Program requires the successful completion of the TNE Foundational Program: Experiencing the Narrative Enneagram, Engaging Transformational Growth, Exploring Instinctual Subtypes, and Deepening Spiritual Awareness.

Furthermore, those interested in entering the Practitioner Certification must:

1. be currently enrolled OR have successfully completed a professional training program in their discipline (e.g. mental health counseling, coaching, spiritual direction, etc.), 
2. have worked as a fee-based client with a practitioner in their discipline for at least 6 sessions, 
3. have been working with individual clients in their discipline for at least 6 months,
4. be actively working with at least 2 clients currently

The Professional Certification Program offers hands-on, experiential learning for participants to develop and practice their professional skills. Therefore, full participation, including pre-course work and homework, is required from all students. Participants may not be absent from any portion of the Professional Certification Program – in particular, the course gatherings – in order to successfully become a certified narrative enneagram teacher or practitioner.

Please do not complete this form until you've completed or are registered for and will complete the Foundational Courses before the start of the Professional Certification Program. If you have questions, email the registrar (registrar@narrativeenneagram.org).

Please note that TNE must receive your application at least 10 days prior to the start of the Professional Certification Program to be considered for admission to the next cohort.

The following foundational courses are required to enroll in the Professional Certification Program:

• Experiencing the Narrative Enneagram
• Exploring Instinctual Subtypes
• Engaging Transformational Growth
• Deepening Spiritual Awareness

You can apply to the Professional Certification Program as long as you have completed/or are registered and will complete the four foundational courses before the program begins.