Spiritual Mentoring

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Spiritual mentoring is a professional relationship that supports spiritual health and growth. Each person’s relationship with God/Spirit/Source is uniquely their own, and like any relationship, brings its own challenges. In partnership with Spirit, the mentoring relationship attends to the mentee’s relationship with God.    

• My role as spiritual mentor is to support, encourage, and guide mentees as they navigate challenges and make discoveries on their spiritual journey.

  • Meeting mentees wherever they may be on their spiritual journey, I am a supportive traveling companion of the mentee in their relationship with God.

  • ​Because the mentee's relationship with God is paramount to our spiritual mentorship, they are the final authority on that dimension of the work. ​

• With our focus on the spiritual life of the mentee, the responsibilities of the mentee include:

  • identifying areas of contentment, growth, confusion, discomfort, or feeling stuck in his/her spiritual life/journey

  •  approaching the work in partnership with Spirit

  • noticing, reflecting upon, and responding to what is called forth.​​

• As a spiritual mentor, the contributions I make are guided by Spirit as the mentee attends to their spiritual life. With compassionate care, I hold space for and bear witness to the mentee’s process of discovery and drawing closer to God.

  • In mindful awareness I listen deeply, ask questions, and offer encouragement and ideas for further reflection.

  • Though these contributions provide certain guidance to the spiritual mentee, I am not a mental health professional, counselor, nor member of the clergy and do not provide such counseling or treatment services.                    

• Respecting the boundaries of the spiritual mentoring relationship safeguards its integrity and professionalism.

  • Because spiritual health is personal in nature and integral to other aspects of life, it is important for both mentor and mentee to adhere to certain boundaries in the pursuit of spiritual work.

    • This includes keeping information confidential and maintaining an honest, professional relationship.

    • If at any time either party becomes uncomfortable with a topic or behavior, the issue should be addressed immediately.

    • While issues of mental health and problems in personal and professional relationships/arenas may be touched upon in the process of mentoring, such issues are not the focus of this work.        

•  Sessions are usually scheduled for an hour at a time, once or twice a month, at an agreed upon time and location, in person or virtually.

  • ​Bringing the mentorship to a close is a part of the process of this work and usually occurs when the mentee is no longer in need of the mentor’s support.

    • This may include the discovery of the spiritual needs of the mentee surpassing my level of knowledge or comfortability in certain areas as the mentor.

•  My spiritual mentoring fee is $70 an hour.