Hi, I’m Lynn!
Lynn’s Background
Lynn Turner, PhD, LSCW, is a psychotherapist in private practice with clients of all ages: couples, families, children, and groups. She has taught the Enneagram to clients for 30 years in bi-annual seminars and has trained therapists in the Enneagram for 6 years. She also leads workshops in relationship skills and emotional healing. Lynn studied brain research and trained in many modalities, including Imago. Lynn was a PAIRS Master teacher for 25 years. She is also a Reiki Master and is trained in Chakra Energy Healing.
Lynn’s Enneagram Modality
When Lynn was introduced to the Enneagram in 1995, she recognized the temperaments she had used in the early 1970s placing babies for adoption. She was fascinated with the complexity of the Enneagram system, but had problems with two of the accepted tenets (1995-2019). The early Enneagram books and teachings emphasized the sins and virtues of each Style which they believed were created in childhood. Lynn viewed babies, such as those she placed for adoption, as being born innocent with an innate temperament style. Lynn's Enneagram modality is derived from the ancient Enneagram system and the exploration of her clients into how their temperaments have played out in their lives. For more about how temperaments affect our lives, see the section on nature/nurture.
Lynn’s training in the Enneagram Community
She has belonged to the International Enneagram Association since 1995, attending annual conferences and workshops with all the major Enneagram leaders and thinkers. Lynn did not identify with any one Enneagram teacher in the early years but created her own Enneagram modality based on background from these early teachers and feedback from her seminar clients while incorporating brain research.
Lynn as an Enneagram Teacher
Knowing that temperaments are innate, wanting to present the Enneagram in a positive fashion, Lynn created an Enneagram booklet in 1995. She gives the booklet to her clients in their first session. She also encourages her clients to attend one of her bi-annual Enneagram seminars. Much of Lynn’s Enneagram booklet is included on this website.
Lynn has taught Enneagram Seminars since 1995 using the socratic method of questioning clients in panels according to their temperament styles. Lynn has set questions she asks, but any seminar participant can ask a question. Participant answers have formed Lynn’s increasing understanding of the Enneagram temperament system.
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