Enneagram Master Teacher and IFS trained Practitioner, directly mentored and trained by Helen Palmer in Narrative Enneagram, Palmer/Daniels certified Enneagram Teacher since 1996, IFS trained practitioner (2011), published in the book that brought 30 leading IFS experts together:  IFS Integrations, (PESI 2025) served as a Narrative Enneagram Expert for Dan Siegel in the first public workshop for “Patterns of Developmental Pathways” (Siegel et al) at Hollyhock 2024, and is a trauma-informed facilitator.

Known for her compassionate clarity, emotional depth and ability to help people meet the parts of
themselves they’ve long protected or exiled both inside and outside the Enneagram map. Joan carries the narratives of thousands of Enneagram interviews with her and shares them with her students.

See also,
“A Practical Integration of Internal Family Systems and the Enneagram: Mapping Parts Across the Nine Types”: Enneagram Monthly , 2026.

“IFS Integrations” (PESI 2025), chapter 25, “IFS and the Enneagram”,  Joan R Ryan and Tammy Sollenberger.  Previously published as “Altogether Us” Jenna Riemersma,ed, Pivotal Press, 2023.