CNET Coaching & Personal Development Applications Flashcards

What is the PRIMARY purpose of using the Enneagram in a CNET-aligned coaching relationship?

Answer: To support the client's self-awareness and intentional development by illuminating habitual patterns

CNET-aligned coaching uses the Enneagram to increase self-awareness of automatic patterns, creating the possibility of more intentional, less reactive choices.

In CNET coaching, what does 'working with the passion' of a type mean?

Answer: Helping clients notice when the core emotional pattern of their type is running automatically

Working with the passion means helping clients develop awareness of when, for example, Type 1's anger or Type 2's pride is operating below conscious awareness and driving automatic responses.

How does a CNET teacher differentiate between Enneagram coaching and psychotherapy in client conversations?

Answer: Coaching focuses on growth and development within normal functioning; therapy addresses clinical psychological distress and disorders

CNET-trained coaches work within the domain of growth, development, and professional effectiveness, while clinical psychological distress falls within the scope of licensed therapy.

What is the coaching significance of a client's 'stress point' (disintegration arrow) in CNET practice?

Answer: It reveals the direction a type typically moves when under pressure, showing characteristic stress behaviors

The disintegration arrow shows where a type's energy tends to go under stress, revealing predictable, often unconscious behaviors that coaching can help make more visible and manageable.

In CNET coaching, what developmental question is most useful to ask a Type 3 client?

Answer: What do you actually feel and value beneath the image you project?

Type 3's developmental edge involves connecting with authentic feeling and personal values beneath the performer's image, and a coaching question that invites this exploration is most generative.

Why do CNET-aligned coaches avoid telling clients what they 'should' do based on their Enneagram type?

Answer: Prescription undermines the client's own agency and self-discovery, which are central to the Narrative Tradition approach

The Narrative Tradition values self-directed inquiry and inner authority; prescriptive advice shifts the locus of knowing away from the client and weakens genuine development.