Walking with you through questions, awakenings, and spiritual hunger
Spiritual direction is not about dogma, religion, creed or belief; it’s about presence. This work offers a contemplative, non-judgmental space in which to explore your experience of the sacred, however you choose to define it for yourself.
You may be:
- Facing a spiritual crisis or awakening
- Grieving a loss of faith, or a shift in your worldview
- Seeking meaning beyond conventional answers
- Longing to reconnect with your inner life
- Wondering what it all means
Our work together may include reflective dialogue, silence, meditation, and exploring personal spiritual practices. I welcome people from any or all spiritual traditions, or none.
❂ What Is Spiritual Direction?
Spiritual direction is a sacred and reflective relationship in which one person accompanies another on their journey of inner life, soul discovery, and spiritual growth.
It is not about giving you answers, telling you what to do, delivering doctrine, converting or sermonizing. Rather, it is the art of listening deeply; to the real person, to the inner voice, and to the presence of something transpersonal, something greater than the everyday personality, in whatever way you may understand that, whether as God, Spirit, Source, Soul, the Universe, or how you choose to see it.
Spiritual direction provides a space to explore:
- Your inner experience of the sacred
- The movements of the soul, including longing, doubt, grief, and awe
- The patterns, questions, symbols and meanings that emerge in dreams, silence, synchronicity, and daily life
- Times of spiritual crisis, dryness, awakening, or transition
- The call to live more authentically, compassionately, and on a higher level
The role of the spiritual director is not to lead, diagnose, or instruct, but to hold space, offer presence, and gently help you discern the movement of the sacred in your life — whatever form that may take.
What Happens in Spiritual Direction?
In a typical session, we may engage in:
- Open conversation about life, spirit, and meaning
- Exploration of inner experiences, questions, or resistances
- Attention to dreams, imagery, or intuitions
- Quiet reflection or contemplative silence
- Ritual, prayer or sacred texts that have meaning for you
It is less about solving everyday problems and more about deepening awareness, cultivating inner alignment, and learning to listen more fully to the voice within.
How Spiritual Direction Differs from Therapy
While spiritual direction and psychotherapy both offer attentive, relational spaces, and have some important crossovers, they do serve different primary purposes:
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Psychotherapy |
Spiritual Direction |
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Healing emotional or psychological wounds |
Deepening relationship with the sacred |
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Understanding patterns, trauma, defences |
Exploring meaning, presence, and soul |
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Often problem-focused |
Oriented toward mystery, unfolding, and grace |
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Therapist is trained in mental health |
Director is trained in contemplative listening |
The two can be complementary — and often enrich each other deeply — but they are not interchangeable.
Who Is It For?
Spiritual direction may be for you if:
- You’re in the midst of a faith shift, awakening, or existential questioning
- You feel a longing for more depth, purpose, or connection with others, with yourself and with the larger spiritual dimension
- You’ve experienced a spiritual, psychic or mystical event that you can’t quite integrate
- You’re seeking a quiet, sacred space to reflect on your life, development and path
- You are wondering what it’s all about
You don’t need to follow any religion or spiritual system. This work recognises and honours your unique relationship with the sacred, and helps you listen more deeply to its call.