Eden Spiritual Care wants to support you in your spiritual journey.
What is spiritual direction?
In a spiritual direction session you will meet one-on-one with a trained and certified spiritual director who will join you in listening and watching for God’s guidance and presence in your life. Spiritual direction seeks to help you grow in self-awareness and health with your relationship with God, and subsequently in your relationship with yourself, others, and all of God's creation.
As someone pursuing spiritual direction (commonly referred to as a "directee"), your role is to actively participate in sessions by bringing up topics, questions, or experiences that are important to you and your spiritual life. Your spiritual director's job is not to give advice, answer theological questions, or provide psychological counseling, but to journey with you as you explore the ways God is already shaping and guiding you. You and your spiritual director are both "listening" to God within the context of a particular session.
Spiritual direction may be likened to counseling in that both offer you the opportunity to process your current challenges, hopes, fears, and questions with a professional who will hold what you share completely confidential. Spiritual direction is different from psychological counseling in that the focus of each session is on your spiritual growth and faith journey, rather than on offering mental-health treatment.
Who can benefit from spiritual direction?
Anyone willing to take a close and honest look at their experience of God and faith/spirituality can benefit from spiritual direction.
How much does a spiritual direction session cost?
In keeping with Eden Spiritual Care's mission of making Christ-centered spiritual formation opportunities widely accessible, sessions are available on a pay-what-you-can basis, from $0 to $60 per session. Each spiritual direction client (directee) can choose their own donation amount, and that amount can vary from session to session (because we know life circumstances can change).
In a spiritual direction session you will meet one-on-one with a trained and certified spiritual director who will join you in listening and watching for God’s guidance and presence in your life. Spiritual direction seeks to help you grow in self-awareness and health with your relationship with God, and subsequently in your relationship with yourself, others, and all of God's creation.
As someone pursuing spiritual direction (commonly referred to as a "directee"), your role is to actively participate in sessions by bringing up topics, questions, or experiences that are important to you and your spiritual life. Your spiritual director's job is not to give advice, answer theological questions, or provide psychological counseling, but to journey with you as you explore the ways God is already shaping and guiding you. You and your spiritual director are both "listening" to God within the context of a particular session.
Spiritual direction may be likened to counseling in that both offer you the opportunity to process your current challenges, hopes, fears, and questions with a professional who will hold what you share completely confidential. Spiritual direction is different from psychological counseling in that the focus of each session is on your spiritual growth and faith journey, rather than on offering mental-health treatment.
Who can benefit from spiritual direction?
Anyone willing to take a close and honest look at their experience of God and faith/spirituality can benefit from spiritual direction.
How much does a spiritual direction session cost?
In keeping with Eden Spiritual Care's mission of making Christ-centered spiritual formation opportunities widely accessible, sessions are available on a pay-what-you-can basis, from $0 to $60 per session. Each spiritual direction client (directee) can choose their own donation amount, and that amount can vary from session to session (because we know life circumstances can change).
Meet our spiritual directors...
Sierra Neiman Westbrook, MDiv
Note: Sierra is not currently accepting new spiritual direction clients (directees).
Note: Sierra is not currently accepting new spiritual direction clients (directees).
