This group is designed for counselors and coaches seeking to integrate the Enneagram into trauma work without bypassing the nervous system. Rooted in the Trauma Before Type framework, it explores how survival strategies can masquerade as personality structure — and why stabilization must precede typology. Facilitated by trauma therapist Sharon Ball, topics include pacing trauma processing, recognizing state vs. structure, managing countertransference, and distinguishing trauma-adapted patterns from core type expression, alongside clinician regulation and professional longevity.
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Sharon K. Ball is a trauma therapist with more than 25 years of experience in trauma recovery. She is recognized for her Trauma Before Type framework, which helps practitioners distinguish survival adaptations from core personality structure, allowing for more ethical and effective healing work.
Sharon is the author of Reclaiming You: Using the Enneagram to Move from Trauma to Resilience, a widely used resource for clinicians and helping professionals. She provides trauma-informed training and certification programs that equip therapists, coaches, and spiritual directors to use the Enneagram responsibly as a modality for trauma treatment and resilience building.
She is the founder of 9Paths, a leadership and organizational consulting firm that designs programs strengthening connection, resilience, and sustainable workplace culture. Her Resilience Lab initiative has supported Fortune 100 organizations including Dow, Jackson National, and Louisiana Pacific in building inclusive, high-functioning environments.
Sharon also owns Cereset® Franklin, a brain-wellness center in the Nashville area that uses neurotechnology to support nervous system regulation; work she integrates with trauma-informed care for long-term healing.
As a Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Specialist, Sharon has deployed to support tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka, orphanage relief work following the Haiti earthquake, and domestic mass casualty events, working alongside local, state, and federal agencies.
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