The Enneagram Institute of Ohio LLC is a partnership between Connie Frecker and Lisa Bueche. We offer certification, master classes, business/leadership workshops, spiritual direction, retreats, and personal coaching services to help people use the Enneagram for personal and professional development. We are committed to being radically hospitable to people of all races, ethnic backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, and spiritual perspectives. Connie and Lisa work with individuals and couples who recognize a desire for deeper meaning in their lives and people in business settings interested in developing leadership, team-building, and communication skills. The overarching purpose is to promote more effective working methods built on a deep and compassionate understanding of human nature that is holistic and accepting of all our diversity. Our goal is to help people be more self-aware while being kind to themselves in the process. Lisa and Connie are professionally accredited by the International Enneagram Association and The Enneagram Institute and teach all the AWTP certification courses. The International Enneagram Association also accredits its training program.

Connie Haddad Frecker, L.S.W.

 GM1_1130Connie Haddad Frecker, L.S.W., is a Certified Riso-Hudson Enneagram Teacher, a Certified Personal and Professional Coach, an Accredited International Enneagram Professional, and a Licensed Social Worker. Services include private coaching for individuals and couples, conflict resolution for groups, Enneagram personality typing, and workshops and in-services (ranging from half-day to multi-day) on a variety of topics.

She loves to work with people who are seekers and passionate about knowing themselves better, and is vitally committed to the integration of the whole person. She enjoys working with a person to uncover their brilliance and fulfill their personal and professional lives with integrity in line with their values. Connie believes that the more self-aware a person is, the more they will be able to live with presence and authenticity with their true nature. To that end, she works with individuals and couples to help them evolve personally and strengthen balance across all aspects of their lives.

Workshop participants and clients have noted that she is enthusiastic and passionate about the Enneagram system and can make confusing material much clearer. Her style is compassionate and humorous, and it honors the diversity of people.

She has been a certified coach since 2001 and was a Board Director for the Central Ohio Chapter of the International Coach Federation. She has maintained an active license in Social Work since 1994. Connie has been married since 1973 and has two sons. Other areas of interest include parenting, spirituality, wellness, and learning modalities.

To contact Connie, email conniefrecker@gmail.com

Lisa Bueche, MA.

Lisa Bueche (she, her) is a certified Riso-Hudson Enneagram teacher, Accredited International Enneagram Professional, and Spiritual Director/Companion. Lisa has worked as an individual and family therapist and addictions counselor for 10 years, and then as an Interfaith Spiritual Director/Companion for 17 years.

She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in transpersonal psychology, focusing on human growth and potential. Her education in Jungian depth psychology and Eastern and Western spirituality has led her to a lifelong commitment to contemplative practices, embodied mindfulness training, and the Enneagram. Most recently, she completed her certification as a trauma-informed professional.

In 1992, she graduated from the Virginia School of Spiritual Direction, where she was first introduced to the Enneagram. Spiritual direction/companioning is meant to assist individuals in living a more contemplative life. Because the Enneagram is the perfect tool for increasing self-awareness, it naturally pairs well with the goals of spiritual direction. As a certified Riso/Hudson Enneagram Institute teacher, she finds the Enneagram particularly helpful for individuals seeking to live with a greater sense of grace, freedom, and ease. In relationships, the Enneagram offers specific tools for identifying communication breakdowns that, when recognized, foster understanding among couples, family members, and coworkers.

Steeped in the Spiritual Practices of both Eastern and Western mystical traditions, Lisa enjoys assisting those who have had an impasse or simply wish to grow in their personal, relational, or spiritual lives.

She is married, has two sons, and finds great joy in assisting others who wish to live more intentionally. She has served on the Spirituality Network Board of Ohio and is a supervisor with the Wellstreams School for Spiritual Direction.  

A recent review from a couple who participated in pre-marital counseling:

Lisa made my husband and me feel comfortable from the very start. She is friendly, kind, and extremely knowledgeable on all things Enneagram. Although an Enneagram wiz, she presents the information in easy-to-understand ways curated to your specific Enneagram type. Even though my partner and I were together for 8 years before meeting Lisa, we have learned so much about one another (and ourselves) from her. We use our newfound insight into one another to navigate disagreements, and it’s a serious game-changer. It wouldn’t have been possible without Lisa’s counseling. We highly recommend her to anyone seeking a lasting relationship.

 
– Cynthia K from CA

To contact Lisa for Enneagram Counseling or Spiritual Direction, email lisabueche@ymail.com

Affiliates:

David Hett, M. Div

David offers a unique style of spiritual direction for persons of any spiritual tradition or none at
all. Sessions are focused on questions to assist directees in engaging and deepening their
immediate and direct knowing to facilitate the integration of past and present experiences to
support personal transformation. Sessions may include modified Reichian breathwork and
simple body movement to open energy as an aide to bringing experience into the present
moment.
 
A long-time spiritual educator, David has an extensive background in psychological-spiritual studies
and practice across various inter-spiritual and transpersonal traditions. A former minister, for
many years, he directed a center of spiritual life and learning, bringing participants into personal
contact with various progressive psychological, inter-spiritual, and cosmological teachers.
 
David was an early certified Enneagram teacher from the Don Riso-Russ Hudson Enneagram
Institute. He recently retired as a Teacher of the psychological-spiritual Work, The Diamond Approach, in
which he has been a student for 23 years. The purpose of the Diamond Approach teaching is to
realize, actualize, and develop the potential and essence of the human soul as an expression of True Nature.

Virginia Macali, JD, MS

Virginia Macali, JD, MS, founded High Point Transitions in 1995 to support awareness and transformation in individuals and organizations. She is a Certified Integral Coach and a lawyer, with a master’s degree in counseling. She blends the spiritual, psychological, and practical to help people advance their inner and outer lives in a balanced way. She has studied the Enneagram for 20 years and has been a student in the Ridhwan School (Diamond Approach) for 12 years.

Virginia uses the Enneagram to bring presence, new practices, and perspectives, which can increase awareness and shift one’s way of being. She takes an integral approach that includes the whole person, culture, relationships, and environment. She works with clients one-on-one and in groups. She designed and facilitated Coaching Roundtables, The Self-Transforming Journey, Work-Life Balance for Busy People, and other developmental workshops.

As a Certified Integral Coach, Virginia’s expertise includes integral theory, human development, leadership development, women executives, increasing awareness, presence, and authenticity, wellness and well-being, work-life balance, self-care, resilience and stress management, managing overwhelm, and transition management.

Earlier in her career, Virginia was president of the Central Ohio Chapter of the International Coach Federation.