School for Spiritual Direction – Seeing the Diversity in Human Persons

This program invites participants to examine the ways in which biases shape our responses without our being aware of them and how we can cultivate openness through our spiritual practices. Our presenters will offer tools that can be used with any population, including dream work, exploration of archetypes, and the effects of trauma and addiction. The practicalities of ethics and developing a spiritual direction practice will also be addressed.

Anne Ritchings, SCHC, MA, MSLS, MDiv is an Episcopal priest with 30-plus years of experience in spiritual direction. Tracey Clarkson is an active Unitarian Universalist in Portsmouth, N.H., where she has lived for over three decades and has been working her dreams for almost as long. Dr. Kathleen Hope-Brown, DMin is affiliate faculty at Virginia Theological Seminary and DeSales University, where she teaches spiritual direction and spirituality studies.