Enneagram for
Addiction & Recovery

with Michael Naylor

MEETING DATE

4th Monday of each month

TIME

11:30 AM –12:30 PM ET

LOCATION

Zoom - Non-Recorded

FEES

Members FREE
Non-Members $7

Understanding the Types in Their Journey to Addiction Recovery

About This Group

This peer discussion group is for practitioners in addiction recovery, mental health, coaching, or spiritual direction who want to deepen their understanding of how Enneagram patterns shape the recovery journey. Guided by addiction specialist and Enneagram teacher Michael Naylor, participants explore type-based dynamics in craving, denial, relapse, resilience, and “wake-up calls,” learning to recognize triggers, understand personality’s impact on treatment, and see how their own type shapes the healing environment. Honoring both the clinical and human sides of addiction recovery, Michael brings a compassionate, practical, and deeply informed Enneagram perspective to real-world recovery.

What You’ll Experience

Each monthly session offers a confidential and supportive space to explore real recovery scenarios through the lens of the Enneagram. Participants are encouraged to bring questions, client challenges, case material, and personal reflections on the recovery process. Guided by Michael’s decades of frontline experience, sessions provide practical insight into how addiction interacts with personality, helping practitioners and participants deepen their understanding, effectiveness, and impact in recovery work.

Monthly confidential sessions focused on recovery through the Enneagram
Bring real cases, questions, and personal reflections
Insight into how addiction interacts with different personality types
Learn why certain types relapse, resist treatment, or need unique support
Led by Michael with decades of frontline recovery experience
Structured yet flexible conversations shaped by participant needs

“Each type carries a path into addiction—and a path out. Understanding the difference is where healing begins.”

— Michael Naylor

What You'll Gain

Type-Specific Insight

Understand how each Enneagram type requires a unique approach in recovery work

Relapse Awareness

Learn how predictable type-based patterns create relapse vulnerability—even after long-term sobriety.

Clinical Clarity

Strengthen your ability to support clients navigating addiction, reactivity, and the deeper conditioning beneath it.

Who Should Join!

Coaches and therapists

seeking to better understand type-based recovery dynamics.

Professionals wanting

clearer insight into the subtle, often elusive nature of relapse.

Individuals supporting

someone in addiction recovery and needing grounded frameworks for help.

Practitioners wanting

to recognize the “wake-up call” patterns that often precede relapse.

ECG Members: FREE
Non-Members: $7

What Our Members Are Saying

“Michael brings depth, clarity, and lived understanding to the intersection of addiction and the Enneagram. His insights offer a path to real transformation—for clients and practitioners alike.”

- Participant, Enneagram Addiction Program

Meet Your Facilitators

Michael Naylor

M.Ed., CCS, LADC, CPCC

Michael Naylor is an authorized Enneagram teacher, addiction therapist, professional coach, and director of the Maine Enneagram Center for Transformation & Well Being. Trained directly by Russ Hudson and Don Riso, he brings more than 40 years of experience integrating the Enneagram with the complexities of addiction, recovery, and human transformation.

A former Enneagram Institute faculty member and long-time IEA Professional Member & Teacher, Michael is the author of The Alchemy of the Enneagram in Transforming Addiction. His work synthesizes clinical skill, spiritual grounding, and deep personal experience—rooted in 44 years of continuous recovery. His teaching is compassionate, incisive, and grounded in the belief that sustainable recovery must address both personality patterning and inner awakening.

Email: Michaelnaylor@msn.com

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Compliance/Disclaimer

This group provides a confidential, peer-to-peer forum for reflective practice and professional growth. It is designed for collaboration and shared insight—not as a substitute for clinical supervision, consultation, or continuing education.

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