Spiritual Direction and Psychological Approaches
Special Interest Projects relating to:
Spiritual Direction and Psychological Approaches/Challenges
Each participant in the second year of the Spiritual Growth Ministries Spiritual Directors Formation Programme engages in a project on an aspect the work of spiritual direction in which they have a particular interest.
The following papers explore spiritual direction in psychological approaches/issues:
An Introduction to Focusing by Lynne Brown
Body Awareness - Allowing Our Bodies To Lead Us In Prayer by Emma Alldridge
Contemplative Prayer, Enneagram and Spiritual Growth by Renate Frei
Counsellor or Spiritual Director - Do I have to Choose? by Rose Jenkin
Dark Night and Depression by Michael Watson (with associated document to download separately)
Divided No More - Journeying Towards an Undivided Life: The Life and Teaching of Parker J. Palmer and its Relevance for Spiritual Direction by Angelika Halstead
Dreams and Dreamwork - A Life-Giving Spiritual Practice by Lee Ang Kong
Grief by Susan Chrisp
How Counsellor Educators Foster Trainee Counsellors’ Spirituality Awareness and Competence by Watiri Maina
Jungian Psychology Spiritual Growth and Spiritual Direction by Kathryn Fernando
Meeting the Spiritual Needs of those with Dementia in Residential Care by Heather Lofthouse
Metaphors of "Dark Night" in the Writing of Philip Yancey by Geoffrey Skilton
Nourishing the Soul in Burnout by Maureen Harley
Offering Spiritual Direction to Extraverts by Shirley Wilson
Prayerfully Exploring Childhood Memories in Spiritual Direction by Jim McInnes
Sexual Addiction and Spiritual Direction (with later Addendum) by Andrew Connolly
Spiritual Direction and the Highly Sensitive Person by Judith Lorimer
Spiritual Direction with People Who Struggle to Think in Colour by Lindy Nevill
Spiritual Direction with the Aging by Doreen Riddell
Spiritual Directors and Self-Care by Hannah Rowan
Spirituality and Residential Aged Care: With a Special Focus on Dementia by Sheryl James
The Dark Night of the Soul by Ron Lang
The Emerging Recognition of Shadow by Marg Shearing
The Enneagram in Spiritual Direction by Vincent Maire
The Gifts and Challenges of Spiritual Direction with People with Learning Difficulties by Laura Buist
The Impact of Relationship with Human Fathers on Relationship with Heavenly Father by Mike Enright
The Mid-Life Journey by Jackie Yap
The Spiritual Care of the Frail & Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease by Ngaire Beehre
Whisperings of Intimacy by Jo Anastadiadis