Spiritual Direction

What is Spiritual Direction?  What does a Spiritual Director do?

A spiritual director is a mentor, companion, and guide who helps you cultivate spiritual wellbeing in the areas of love, wisdom, and action in the world.  You do not have to be religious to talk with a spiritual director.  I will listen to you, talk with you, and perhaps recommend practices to encourage you in your process.     

A spiritual director is called to the work through discernment in prayer, life experience, training, and requests from others. 

Who Can Benefit from Spiritual Direction?

• Anyone with questions about their spiritual life, even if they are not religious or part of a worshiping community. You do not have to have a problem or crisis to seek spiritual direction. Everyday life presents questions that seek a caring yet impartial hearing.

• People facing changes in work, relationships, way of life, or health.

• Anyone who serves others in a position of public trust.

• Clergy, seminarians, and people wondering about a call to ordination.

• Anyone who works to support others’ physical, emotional, or spiritual wellbeing.

Ethics

Listening, Not Interfering

Your beliefs, non-beliefs, questions, and practices are up to you.  Spirituality is not about fixating on answers.  It is about becoming a person of loving, wise action. 

Respect for All Beings

Ability, age, economic status, education, ethnicity, gender expression, sexual identity, race, religion/ non-religion—all these shape spirituality.  My aim is to pay attention to how these factors affect your spirituality so you can live in wholeness, courage, and joy. I am highly committed to serving Trans, Genderfluid, Nonbinary, Queer, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual people.

Spiritual direction is confidential, unless there is a threat of immediate harm to self or others, or harm to a vulnerable person (child, elder, disabled person) is disclosed.

a Wide Net

Spiritual direction is not therapy.  There is no diagnosis, treatment, or insurance.  Referrals are available for mental health, pastoral, medical, social, or other forms of care. 

How It Works

Appointments

Contact me for an initial meeting or to ask any questions before deciding whether to meet. I'm in Anchorage, Alaska USA. Sessions are typically online or by phone. In-person appointments in Anchorage, Alaska are available for people who are fully vaccinated from Covid.

Meetings are typically every three or four weeks.

Fees

At present I am not accepting payment for sessions. There will be no charge until at least May 2022.

After May 2022, the following will apply:

My approach to fees allows me to provide spiritual direction to people with a wide range of financial resources.  I ask you to asses your household's financial circumstances and select the fee that reflects your situation.  I'm happy to talk with you about your decision.

Below a Living Wage: $25

Low, but a Living Wage: $50

Low-Middle Income: $70

Middle Income: $90

High-Middle Income: $110

High Income: $130