Renie Hope has been a Ridhwan student since 1988 and is an ordained teacher supporting groups in Seattle and Vancouver. She began teaching the Enneagram in the early 1980's and is especially interested in it's spiritual dimensions. She is a licensed Mental Health Therapist in private practice since 1982, who leads three ongoing consultation groups for therapists who use the Enneagram in their practice. Renie began leading long-term spiritual growth groups in 1982 at The Chinook Learning Community and has expertise in dream work, expressive arts and ritual. Renie is a presenting teacher, along with Candace Harris and Jane Hill-Daigle, for the Seattle-based CASC-4 group which began in the fall of 2014. She finds teaching the Diamond Approach to be one of the greatest joys in her life.