Trustworthy Connections: Interpersonal Issues in Spiritual Direction

by Silver, Anne Winchell

• ISBN13: 9781561012527
• ISBN10: 1561012521
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Cowley Pubns

Summary

Although God is at the center of the process of spiritual direction, the more readily visible participants are human beings. Trustworthy Connections identifies some issues and challenges that can arise in spiritual direction relationships and offers resou

Author Biography

Anne Winchell Silver draws upon more than thirty years of experience as a member of the counseling faculty at Kingsborough Community College in the City University of New York. She studied at New York University, Fordham University, and the General Theological Seminary's Center for Christian Spirituality, and lives in Brooklyn, New York

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xiii
Sacred Space	1	(10)
Covenant	11	(12)
Payment	23	(14)
Dual Relationships	37	(10)
Attraction	47	(14)
``Fixing Things''	61	(8)
Referral	69	(12)
Self-Care	81	(12)
For Directees: What to Expect	93	(12)
Concluding Suggestions	105	(6)
Appendix One: A Code of Ethics for Spiritual Directors by Thomas M. Hedberg and Betsy Caprio and the Staff of the Center for Sacred Psychology	111	(26)
Appendix Two: Spiritual Directors International Guidelines for Ethical Conduct	137	(8)
Annotated Bibliography	145