Part One: Introduction
What exactly is Spiritual Direction ?
Where does Spiritual direction come from?
From Caves to Comfy Chairs and Candles
Spiritual Director as Field Guide
Who comes to spiritual direction?
What Spiritual Direction can do for you
What spiritual direction cannot do for you
Part Two: Elements of Spiritual Direction
Awareness of God
Remembering an Experience of God
- Basic Principles to Help You Discern
- A step-by-step Discernment Process
- Discernment in community, Quaker style
- Discernment, Wesley style
- Simple questions to help you discern
Wrestling with tough spiritual issues
Appreciating spiritual experiences
Exploring the spiritual aspects of psychological counseling
Spiritual Direction vs. Spiritual Friend
Part Three: Exploring Individual Spiritual Direction
What a typical Spiritual Direction session might look like
Part Four: Group Spiritual Direction
The group spiritual direction experience
How Group Spiritual Direction is done
Covert Group Spiritual Direction
Hiring a spiritual director for your group
Spiritual Direction and your Leadership Team
Part Five: Who is a Spiritual Director and how do I find one?
How a person becomes a Spiritual Director
What to look for in spiritual direction training
Not all spiritual directors are trained
Two Styles of Spiritual Direction to Choose From
Finding a good fit in a Spiritual Director
When your choice is quite limited
Part Six: Ethics in Spiritual Direction
A Code of Ethics for Spiritual Directors
Know your rights as a directee
Warning flags in Spiritual Direction
Part Seven: Practices in Spiritual Direction
The Spiritual Practices of Spiritual Direction: The Examen
Part Eight: Becoming a spiritual director
Self Care for the Spiritual Director
What Spiritual Directors need to know about Psychology
Projection in Spiritual Direction
Transference and Countertransference in Spiritual Direction
Setting up a direction practice
Part Ten: Resources To Enjoy
Five Recommended Books on Spiritual Direction
Five Recommended Books on the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection
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