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The Human Potentialists, in Partnership with Enneagram Prison Project.
Path to Freedom (PtF) is the second program in EPP’s & THP's training program and a component of how we train potential “guides” to teach EPP’s compassionate curriculum in prisons and jails around the world. PtF is open to all who are interested in deepening their understanding of self and others through a progressive unfolding of THP & EPP’s compassionate curriculum, please note that it is a prerequisite for those who wish to apply to EPP’s Guide Training Program, regardless of previous Enneagram training, certifications, or background.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT PtF
ALEX SENEGAL
EPP AMBASSADOR
It opened my heart up to life. I no longer let fear paralyze me. I no longer let the guilt and shame define me. I accept my calling in life that I am supposed to make a difference in people’s lives. I know that so I embrace it. I don’t run from it.
STUDENT
I'm back for a second EPP class because THIS REALLY WORKS. I was a bit skeptical at first, but this ended up changing my life.
STUDENT
This program has changed my life and I'm becoming the man that my kids and friends deserve to have in their life. I have learned so much so far and I've been able to forgive my past so I can move on. My anger and rage has subsided and I'm a happy Paul now lol. Thank you for believing in me when I didn't believe in myself.
Included in This Course
Course Details
After successful completion of 9PrisonsONEKey, participants are invited to apply to Path to Freedom. ​Path to Freedom is a four-part course where you will deepen your understanding of the Enneagram system and all nine types.
PFT Course Overview
Navigating Our Territory
Course 1
We take a big picture look at personality, exploring the Universal Laws of 1, 3 & 7, the Three Centers of Intelligence, Object Relations Theory, and the Triadic Groups into which the types are organized.
How we Develop
Course 2
You will investigate personality development and how attachment, neglect, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) can impact an individual’s capacity to thrive.
Addicted to Personality
Course 3
We will expand on our compassionate approach to addiction, and the circuitry that is needed for healthy growth and development. Using the Childhood Timeline exercise, everyone will be invited to connect the dots between childhood experiences, the survival strategies we developed, and what we carry with us into adulthood.
Defenses and Reactivity
Course 4
You will learn how the type-related defense systems are the glue that holds our personalities in place, and explore our respective key(s) to freedom.
During PtF, we employ a combination of self-reflection, didactic teaching, and break-out sessions to clarify common areas of confusion for new students of the Enneagram, as well as support each other in identifying the accurate territory for our own Enneagram types. Guided by our Principles of Safety, participants practice how to articulate insights in real-time, discern our inner critics from our inner witnesses, and how we “do the work together” in live cohort sessions and small group pods.
Your Committment
Applicants are asked to commit to completing all four courses detailed above, as well as a mandatory orientation session. PtF requires a time commitment of approximately 6 to 7 hours per week, which includes the following: virtual live sessions, self-guided online learning, reading, and community processing.
Next PtF Cohort:
Jan 16 to April 17, 2026
Noon-3PM Pacific Time
Live Sessions meet weekly on Fridays for 14 weeks. Each session is 3 hours.
Join us for an intimate gathering of no more than 25 other participants. Where you will come away with a deeper and more compassionate understanding of both self and others. EPP recognizes personality as an intelligent survival system, learned in childhood, and carried into our adulthoods in ways that can be both productive and self-limiting. You will come away empowered with the most important knowledge that exists – self-knowing – which will create opportunities for greater self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-compassion.
