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There are over 150 Spiritual Directors in our Association. To find a spiritual director, use the drop down boxes to fine tune your search. Click on the Name to find out more about them. Or scroll through our randomised list.

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Paul Reet Spiritual Director
I see myself as an accompanying person alongside another discovering the presence, voice and discernment of God; what God may be saying through circumstances, personal history, relationships. We are holistic people, physical, emotional and spiritual and I work with all these aspects of a person's life to increase awareness and a sense of God's presence and working. Metaphorically I am companion gardener, with you and the Greatest Gardener, uncovering clearing sowing and reaping, pondering and wondering, waiting and being. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Ron Lang Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
Years ago, I was struck by the thought that God has all the time in the world for me, that I’m never tiresome or boring, but instead a delight to be with. In spiritual direction I seek to show that sort of generosity to someone coming to me. I want to hear the stories of others and together with them probe where God might be at work in those stories. It’s usually through the narratives of work, relationships and life in general, but it may also be through exploring a dream, or perhaps what seem to be barren landscapes. That has been my experience in receiving spiritual direction, and I enjoy giving others the opportunity to share too. I believe that nothing is beyond the realm of God’s interest, so anything can be brought to our session and aired. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Margaret Tooley Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
I love Eugene Peterson's description of a spiritual director as 'someone who will show up, and shut up - just to be there, an honest, prayerful presence with no responsibility to be anything other than what you have become in your obedient lifetime'. I am probably better at showing up, than in shutting up, but I do seek to be the prayerful presence that listens with attention and intention to God, and the other, and find - in our conversation - that God is indeed at work. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Jeff Whittaker Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I am a spiritual director trained in a contemplative/incarnational model of spiritual direction drawn from the Catholic tradition and the world of psycho-therapy. I have worked as a spiritual director for more 20 years. I work to help those who come for spiritual direction - directees - to find where God is active in their everyday lives and to discern what God is communicating. My role is primarily listening to what my directees bring and then helping them tease out the emerging God activity. Directees then decide how to respond. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Anne McCracken Spiritual Director
Whangarei based. I have this quote in my Spiritual Direction room to remind me of what I'm about: "...a way of looking and listening, of beholding, marvelling, considering...we are all called to contemplation" (Margaret Magdelen). I love to see the surprising and often unexpected ways God is revealed to be at work to those sitting in conversation with me. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Sue Pickering spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Not presently accepting clients
Waikato
For me spiritual direction is : helping someone notice and respond to the work of Love, of grace, in their lives. sitting with someone as they explore who 'God' might or might not be for them witnessing someone's struggle and being a non-judgmental companion supporting someone as they negotiate their relationship with institutional religion walking alongside a person as he or she discovers more of who they are and who the divine is being amazed by the movement of the Holy Spirit in a person's life ... ...Click here for full details and contact information

Margie Upson Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast
he hope I hold out for those I companion spiritually is that a spacious enough place will be created that the presence of God is sensed. I also hold a particular desire to walk alongside ( virtually) people who are working in an overseas context, so they are supported to maintain their spiritual vitality in that setting. Much of what I experienced overseas through mission life has led me to want to have a specialised knowledge of trauma, and I am still exploring the ways our spirituality helps in recovery from trauma. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast

Elinor Galbraith Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I am a Mother, Friend, Spiritual director, Spa therapist and Retreat facilitator. I love all things centred in the Divine, that are simple, nourishing and inclusive. Here at Seasons Soulcare we are about living a soulful and intentional life. By slowing down and turning inward towards our heart and indwelling wisdom (God, Sophia the Divine ..) we can hear the places that need attention, healing, more joy, more softening and love. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Helen Tripp spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
Spiritual Direction provides a space and place to 'hear yourself', explore you own, unique story. There is opportunity of process, sit with questions, look for meaning along with expanding your relationship and experience of The Holy One. I provide a trustworthy, attentive and hopeful environment. This environment will encourage and enable you to see God at work in your every day through beauty, truth and goodness - in yourself and in The Divine's Kingdom ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jacinda Lilly Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
North Auckland
When I consider spiritual direction, I find myself drawn to the Celtic understanding of spiritual companionship. As an 'Anam Cara' or 'Soul Friend', I have the privilege of walking alongside people as they explore the terrain of their ordinary lives with our hearts attuned for the movement of a loving God there. Together we look for the 'beckoning green finger of God' within the ordinary and everyday. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Holly Walton Spiritual Direction
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
North Auckland
Quiet Space Spiritual Direction - I offer a safe and confidential space for you to come as you are, pause in the midst of the busyness of life and explore...reflect...wonder about yourself, about God, about everything and anything, really. As a spiritual director, my role is to facilitate this space, believing that God speaks in infinite ways - we need only be still. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jocelyn Dale Spiritual Director
You're invited to share a conversation each month around the things in your life that are important: relationships, work, prayer. The aim is to help you deepen your relationship with God. I will listen attentively to your story, using questions and suggestions to help you explore and deepen your relationship with God and consider the implications for your life. I prefer to proceed at your pace, under the rhythms of grace!!! ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
West Auckland

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast
I prefer to call myself a spiritual companion. I believe that all of life is sacred, that God speaks to the heart in many tongues, so as I accompany someone on their unique journey; I offer the space - to hear the invitation that is never withdrawn, glimpse God’s presence, gently explore the questions and to encounter and deepen their relationship with the Holy One. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Chris Hartley Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
Kia Ora, I love meeting people individually and giving them the opportunity to receive spiritual direction, especially if they have never tried this before. I am keen to give seekers the option of sessions even if they cannot afford these. Don’t let finances be a barrier. I have a passion for the outdoors, I love being active and also being still as I listen to the stories of others. I work at the local hospice. Through this work I am mindful of the many people who are outside the institutional church and yet long to sense their God in the midst of their lives. I specialise in supporting others through times of change, loss and grief. It is a privilege to share together. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Otago Southland

Alice Wood spiritual director in garden
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
I love to accompanying people as we listen to God's movement together. Spiritual direction time for me is to make space for God connection. Sometimes we can try using creativity and arts to explore or deepen the experience. I also am passionate about bringing the contemplative prayer to young people. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Vicki Paulin Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Otago Southland
I encourage the stillness that’s needed for presence and encounter with the Holy Spirit. My desire is that spiritual direction would also result in the living out of a deepening relationship with Jesus, ultimately bringing blessing to others. Conversations are confidential, offering grace not judgement. I welcome an initial informal chat before engaging in regular meetings. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Linda Burson Swift
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
West Auckland
I use two metaphors to describe the practice of Spiritual Direction; that of a midwife, and to borrow the name from the Celtic world, an Anam Cara or Soul Friend. Both invite and allow for ways of companioning and journeying alongside another at their own pace whatever story they may be living and telling, offering a sense of encouragement, care and support while at the same time noticing the movements and presence of God within. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Waikato

Vic Francis Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
North Auckland
I combine three decades of pastoring with my spiritual direction training to provide spiritual direction mainly for men and with a particular focus on pastors and leaders.  I practise spiritual direction under the umbrella of Solace, which was formed a decade or so ago by my wife Fran, a spiritual director and leader of the Spiritual Growth Ministries spiritual directors formation programme. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jo Anistasiadis Spiritual Director wellington
Spiritual direction for me is a conversation about "God in the midst". That might be about what is or isn't happening in your prayer. It might be about what is happening around you, in family, with friends, the world and discerning God's invitation to you within that. It might be about your own hopes, desires, disappointments, struggles and where God is for you within those. I seek to provide a relaxed, gentle listening space for you to explore what is going on for you and to see where God is for you within that. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Lyndall Brown Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
My approach to Spiritual Direction flows from a belief that all of life is sacred. As I journey with another with a listening and open heart my hope is that they discover within their life an invitation to grow into the fullness of the Gospel call to live life to the full.
I journey with another in a holistic way recognising the presence of God in body, mind and spirit. I would hope to deepen in the other a heart presence to Life.
...Click here for full details and contact information

Maureeen Lamb Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
To accompany anyone is a privilege that I take very seriously. My approach is inclusive and grounded in the fact that Jesus is the ongoing Incarnation of God. I respect the sacredness of everyone’s journey and celebrate the diverse ways God speaks to me as I seek to listen to contemplatively. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Bev Van der Westhuyzen spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
For me the space when I’m together with another is a place of warmth and hospitality. A place where everything on life’s journey can be brought into the light and love of the Trinity. A place where a person can speak and be heard and respect is given to the sacredness within us. To refrain from offering interpretations and to remain curious and adopt a not-knowing position is important for me. To trust that there is something to be learned from each and every experience shared. As your companion, to offer what was noticed, appreciated and wondered about as I listened, in an effort to help you increase awareness of your soul’s expressions and the sacredness of your story; a place for both laughter and tears ...Click here for full details and contact information

Di Woods Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Hawkes Bay
Kiaora koutou... In 4 words, my approach is: "Live in the present!" I am shaped by the Ignatian Exercises and the desire to balance contemplation and action as I follow Jesus - but as your spiritual companion, my role is to help you reflect on how your life is being shaped, and to engage with God in that process. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Bev McDonald Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
North Auckland

Joanne Garton Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
West Auckland
Accompanying someone on their spiritual journey is a great privilege! I seek to offer a place of safety and confidentiality where deep listening and reflection occurs - a space where everyone's unique story can be gently unfolded and honoured in God's presence. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Lew Marsh Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
Over the years I have always enjoyed encouraging, discipling and mentoring people in their life journeys and then when I was introduced to Spiritual Direction I became aware of a deeper companioning which has really enriched my life as I have journeyed with God and others. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Dunedin

Donald Scott Spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
Having been involved in pastoral leadership for over 30 years, recently transitioning into prioritising spiritual direction and wider involvement across the Body of Christ. I have a passion to help people grow in awareness and response to God’s Presence within them, around them, in Creation, in all contexts of life. Learning to live from an inner posture of rest and peace has been a life long journey and eager to walk alongside others to grow in the wonder of who we are as Gods image bearers. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Ken Fahey Spiritual Director Dunedin
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Dunedin
I enjoy that spiritual direction provides an opportunity to accompany people as they attend to God's presence in their lives. On the road to Emmaus the disciples told the story of their experiences. Don't we sometimes walk without recognising Jesus? I seek to be a companion who listens, respects and is sensitive to others' insights and journey. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Arthur Bruce Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
God is the primary Spiritual Director from whom both the Directee and their companion seek divine presence and guidance on the journey of Spiritual Direction. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Kathryn Fernando Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
Spiritual Direction is about exploring how the whole of us - our thoughts, feelings, emotions, body and spirit relate to God/ the Divine/ the transcendent. Spiritual Direction is a chance to explore with a compassionate and wise listener whatever is going on in your life and deep within yourself. It's an opportunity to uncover your own inner wisdom. Wisdom/God draws near as we slow down and listen, and it can be helpful to do this in the company of a Spiritual Director. I love to accompany people of any, or no, faith. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Waikato

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

Mary Ebyarimpa spiritual director
Being a Spiritual Director is such a privilege. To sit with another as they share their struggles, joys, sorrow, desires and questions is to be standing on Holy Ground. I offer Spiritual Direction from my home, where I offer a place of welcome, warmth, safety, friendship and acceptance. It is a place where you can dare to share and express your thoughts, feelings, questions, desires, failures and successes, free of judgment. It is a time where tears and laughter are welcome. Nothing in your life is out of bounds, all is welcome, even what you might think is too ordinary or too glorious or be ashamed of. It is a time where the masks that we often wear can be set aside and what lies deep within can be slowly revealed. It’s a time where we go deeper, listening for what God might be saying and inviting you too and also a time where you can listen deeply to yourself. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
North Auckland

Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Lynda Wards Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast
I am an ordained Anglican priest with particular interest in both the Celtic Christian heritage and monastic rhythms of prayer. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
I like to use the words spiritual accompaniment and I enjoy accompanying people as they try to find where God is active in their lives. It is, I believe, a privileged journey. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Katherine Opie Spiritual Director
To provide a space where clients can experience safety, acceptance and know they are welcomed by God wherever they are at that moment in life. Where I can offer loving attention to who they are, whatever they bring and offer discernment and insight to help clarify 'where they are'' leading to a place of hope and trust. I have a particular interest in the Labyrinth as a place of literal journeying involving body, soul and spirit to process and find new quietening, insight and understanding . I have a Labyrinth that I can offer for any Directee for both a Spiritual Direction Session or for their own private use. Visual symbols are important to me, that I offer by way of 'having out' in my Spiritual Direction Space for the Directee's visit that they may or may not pay attention to. These will be relevant to the seasons of the year , seasons in the Christian Calendar, or just there because of the prompting of the Spirit. I prefer to see clients face to face. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Trained and offers supervision
Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Dunedin

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty

Glenda Prosser Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I am a Benedictine Oblate so aim to live my life according to the principles laid out by St Benedict in his Rule for monastics. I believe that God is always and everywhere active in our lives – our spiritual journey involves becoming aware of how God is present to us in each situation. These beliefs form the basis of my spiritual direction practice. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Christeen McKay spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Otago Southland
I came to spiritual direction in my later years after working as a psychologist for 30 years and after some difficulties in defining the boundaries between the two disciplines I have come to a place where they inform each other and blend well. The role of companioning someone on their journey into the Loving Mystery of God is a privilege. My intention is to listen deeply without judgement, open to all aspects of being because every part of a person; mental, emotional, relational and spiritual is grist to the mill of life and is an invitation drawing us closer to the realisation of Emmanual (God with us). ...Click here for full details and contact information

Margaret Shearing Spiritual Director
I like the description Midwife to the Soul. Accompanying another on their spiritual journey is a very old tradition and have found it very vital in my own journey. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Upper South Island

Rachel Kitchens Spiritual Director 2
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
South Auckland
I believe spiritual direction is primarily about helping the directee listen to God, speak to God, and respond to God's invitations. I work with people to help remove any barriers to this communication with God, and we do that through a variety of ways- through art, the imagination, movement, scripture, silence, and stillness. My deep joy is watching people explore prayer, contemplation, and the whispers of God for themselves through the work of the Father, enacted by Jesus, and breathed on by the Holy Spirit. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

Marion Baker, Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
East Auckland
As a spiritual director I accompany those who want to become more attuned to God’s presence in their lives. I offer a quiet, hospitable, sacred space to reflect, to explore, to question and to engage with God’s invitations. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Brian Hamilton Spiritual Director Papamoa
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
For me Spiritual direction is about listening, offering caring companionship to others as they explore their life's journey. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Gabi Daly spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Upper South Island
Greetings! working intuitively with Holye Spirite in my heart is how I approach this ministry. I work in other fields too, so my kete is loaded with all of those tools as well, used for mental well-being, and for super-vision of leaders in their fields. If you choose me as your companion on the spiritual journey you could expect it would be a creative yet quiet and contemplative time, it would have intuitive and intelligent process, plus humour where appropriate. Information would also be shared, and pausing in silence to listen to God would be part of the hour we spend together. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Trish O'Donell spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I am a Catholic woman, married with children and grandchildren. I belief in the extravagant, tender and mysterious love of the Trinity. I am a contemplative and my approach to spiritual direction is to offer a hearth space, where ones life and faith can be shared and heard and where the tender motions of Love are noticed. All are welcome and I also offer creative contemplative retreat days, dream workshops and companionship on silent retreats when requested. I am also happy to supervise spiritual directors. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Claire Russell Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Hutt Valley
It is my joy and privilege to journey with people as a co-listener for Presence in their everyday-ness. I love to create and hold a sacred space for this listening exploration to occur. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Dunedin

Cathryn Wiles-Pickard Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
I prefer to use the term Companion as I believe I am accompanying a person on their spiritual journey. I like to listen to the person - allow them to 'tell their story' and encouraging them to trust their own personal experiences - reflect upon their experiences and 'seeing' how God is present in the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary daily events of life. I have been trained through the Spiritual Growth Ministry and have been a Spiritual Director for 15 Years. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Eamon Butler Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
offer a contemplative approach to Spiritual Direction to men and women from all walks of life. This approach involves above all a spiritual companionship that is characterized by a deep reflective listening with an individual who wants to explore their relationship with God in a safe, secure and sacred environment. My task as spiritual director is to help a person hear their own unique spiritual story in a new light and offer ways of noticing and responding to the activity of God in their life. Through the spiritual process my deepest desire for individuals is that they will grow in their knowledge of God and themselves which will in turn help them fall more deeply in love with God. Life then, becomes all the more meaningful and richer in every way as a result. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Canterbury

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Sandy Neal Spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Waikato
y preferred model of ministry is Mid-wife; coming alongside others to help bring to birth those things waiting within to be realised, named, embraced and expressed in life and ministry. I believe every person and their journey is unique to them and I am committed to empowering people to explore in their own way, naming not only their experiences and insights but also how they wish to respond to the invitations and challenges therein. ...Click here for full details and contact information

David Crawley spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Not presently accepting clients
West Auckland
I see spiritual direction as a relationship in which one person helps another ‘with a personal understanding of the spiritual life, growth in self-knowledge, and deepening intimacy with God.’ (Janet Ruffing, To Tell the Sacred Tale: Spiritual Direction and Narrative. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 2011, p. 2). In practical terms, for me this means meeting one-to-one with people, usually monthly, to talk about spiritual issues and to explore where God is in the midst of daily life and work. The term 'spiritual director' might suggest someone who is going to tell you how to live your spiritual life, but that is not how I see it. Rather, the one coming to spiritual direction decides what they want to talk about, and I seek to walk alongside as a companion and a co-discerner. This is something I enjoy and find to be a great privilege! ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Janna Young Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I enjoy accompanying people in their journey to discover where God is active in their lives and to pay attention to this activity. I am also a counsellor and interested in mental health alongside spirituality. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Murray Adams Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Fran Francis Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
North Auckland
As your spiritual director I'd be listening with you to all aspects of your life - decisions, work, relationships, dreams, disappointments, joys...the whole shebang, and together we'd be looking for "the holy in the ordinary". I'm trained in a Contemplative/Incarnational model of spiritual direction which is unstructured and lively. Central to the session is you and God. I see myself as an extra pairs of eyes and ears with you; present in the highs, lows and plateaus of ordinary life, looking and listening with you for the invitations of God to you. Not a guru but a sounding board. Not a judge but friend to your soul. Not a teacher but a resource. Not an advisor but a skilled listener. I enjoy kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) spiritual direction but also love offering retreats and spiritual practice workshops. I'm Pākeha, Cis, She/her, and doing my best to learn how to be a good ally. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Hannah Rowan Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
I aim to be warm and friendly, and to listen well to my clients/directees ...Click here for full details and contact information

Sheryl James Spiritual Director 2
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
As a Spiritual Director, I am a soul friend to others. I value accompanying others as they search to deepen their relationship with the divine and grow in their own personal spiritual journey. I have a personal interest in the importance of dreams and the way God speaks to us in our spiritual life way. have a special interest in how loss and grief can influence our spirituality. I am also interesed in different personalities and how these can complement and deepen relationships as we come to understand ourselves as the unique person God created and grow in compassion and forgiveness. I believe the interconnectedness of body, mind, spirit and the cosmos add a richness and beauty to each person. For me, “the real Director is the Holy Spirit hidden in the depths of our soul.” Thomas Merton. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Colin Renouf spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
Spiritual Direction provides a wonderful opportunity to accompany people on their journey with Our God. I aim to listen, to draw out and ask questions that help another pay attention to God's activity and presence in their lives. I am trained in the Ignatian Tradition and draw on this in my ministry. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
Based overseas

Margaret Harris spiritual director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
I am professionally trained as a midwife, which I consider informs my whole perspective in offering Spiritual Direction, as God is all ways desiring to gestate in us through waiting seasons and even loss, to bring the mystery of unexpected surprises to birth in our lives. Margaret Guenther opines a midwife is a 'with woman' who offers her 'with-ness' in keeping another company along the journey, one who provides empathic support; a 'listening into clarity'; and the freedom to explore the 'terra incognita' of the soul's desires. I consider the matrix for this is elicited through the reciprocal gift/trust of soul friendship, that I endeavour to proffer over a wide ranging denominational melange. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Jenny Caston Spiritual Director Soul Care
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Northland
I’m passionate about joining others on their journey towards personal wholeness and a deeper intimacy with the Divine. I have a particular interest in spiritual companionship with leaders, staff and students in ministry, mission, training organisations, and those at life’s transitions ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

I see offering Spiritual Direction as a privilege. An offering of hospitality - providing time and a welcoming space. A listening, non-judgmental heart and a co-discerning spirit. Celebrating, challenging and cheering you on, as you journey with God on your unique path, and as you craft out a life of balance between full-on everyday living and quiet reflective stillness in your inner chapel. Lately, God has also brought about the fulfilment of a desire He has placed in my heart to provide a Quiet Space for people hungry for a time away with Him. A time of Reflection and Rest. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Kevin Gallagher Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Maxine Hartley Spiritual Director
My approach to spiritual direction is inclusive. I offer a welcoming safe space for anyone wanting to explore their spiritual life, whatever their background, circumstances and perspective. I find art, nature, poetry, music, etc, to be effective facilitators enabling directees to form a deeper communication and relationship with the sacred. I have a heart for those who wonder where they belong and who are facing major life transitions. I am based in the Wairarapa / Greater Wellington. I am available to run retreats, contemplation and meditation days. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Phil Cody and Koru
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Not presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast
My approach is to listen deeply to what the Spirit is doing in a person's life ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Central Auckland

Anne Chrisp Spiritual Director
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
Spiritual direction provides a spacious sacred container to hear yourself speak, honour what is true for you and deepen your life. I invite those who come for direction to tell their story and to discern what is most life-giving for them. Together, we explore what is significant or holy, in words or silence or creativity. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Dunedin

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
South Auckland

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Kapiti Coast

Full Member of Association
Not presently accepting clients
Upper South Island

Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

Lisette Cautley Spiritual director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Upper South Island

Karen Haines spiritual director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Central Auckland
When you come to spiritual direction, you are opening yourself to hear God’s invitation to grow in the ‘unforced rhythms of grace’. As I walk alongside you on your faith journey, my role is to offer you the gift of safe space and deep listening. You bring your experiences, and together, we discern and celebrate the Sacred in the everydayness of your life. My prayer is that you grow in self-awareness and developing intimacy with God. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jill Montgomery spiritual director
Every person is a mystery, even to themselves! The mystery of the universe speaks uniquely and personally to each of us. I seek to offer space for another to feel free to give expression to this dynamic in their life - and listen to these movements of God with them and where it may be calling or guiding. I see my role as 'Accompanying' another. I've personally found that spiritual direction in my own life has been transformative and my desire is to 'hold space' for others to experience this freedom. Life is an ongoing deepening adventure. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Jenny Williams Spiritual Director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Otago Southland
It’s my great pleasure to share in people’s journey with God. I assume that God is already at work in your everyday life and my role is to listen, notice and wonder with you. I am endlessly amazed at how close God wishes to come. I also hope to provide a safe place to say what “shouldn’t be said”. It is important for people to have a place to question everything, ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Dunedin

Irene Maxwell-Curnock Spiritual Director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
I am a trained counsellor, so I am coming to you with a variety of skills, most importantly listening and following your lead. I use an approach of gentle questioning and use drawing therapy to help clarify, and find ways that allow you to get a clearer picture of yourself and your spiritual journey. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jovita Parker, spiritual Director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
South Auckland
My approach to the Spiritual Direction relationship is one of openness, welcome and listening to you and to the Holy Spirit, walking the journey with you as you are led by God's grace. I have a particular interest in working with dreams, and creative expression through colour/drawing. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jim Corbett spiritual director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Taupo
We explore together where God sits with you today by offering a space to reflect and examine God's activity and your response. There may be the use of quietness, the psalms and art as entry points into your inner life - seeing how they mirror your experience. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Northland

Rose Jenkin Spiritual Director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
Central Auckland

Not presently accepting clients
Central Auckland

The Te Wairua Mahi (the spirit who works)Course has formed my practice of Spiritual Direction, graduated 2020. I provide safe space and deep listening for the directee as they share their everyday experiences and walk with Jesus, assist the directee to notice the divine in their lives and to go deeper in the areas that give them most joy. Nursing background which enhances holistic approach to spirituality. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

Mel McKenzie Spiritual director
Presently accepting clients
Wellington
Rainer Maria Rilke famously wrote, “Be patient to all that is unsolved in your heart … live the questions now”. In Spiritual Direction I find myself forever moved by the humility and beauty of others’ questions, wonderings and celebrations about the holy in everyday life. Spiritual direction is a warm and curious companioning to help you trace your desire for the sacred, voice the questions, notice the invitations, the absences, and allow that which is painful to be held before God. I believe we are met by the grace and kindness of God in every circumstance of life and time with a spiritual director helps us to welcome this more deeply. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Joy Campbell spiritual director
Spiritual Direction is a regular conversation in which you are supported to notice and attune to Divine presence active in your life. It is a place to explore the happenings of daily life through the lens of spiritual communion. God is always speaking. It is for us to learn how to tune into this communication. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
East Auckland

Kathy Viney Spiritual Director
Not presently accepting clients
Canterbury
We now run a small retreat centre on a 10 acre farmlet in Cooptown hosting individuals, families and groups. If you need a break, to enjoy some country air with ready access to the beauty of the Peninsula, we may be able to provide you with a space to do that. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Kathryn Overall Spiritual Director
As a spiritual director, it is my privilege to companion people as they reflect on the spiritual dimension of their lives. The primary relationship in the room is between you and God, One-ness, Love, or whatever your language for the transcendent is. I desire to serve that relationship through deep listening, open questions and creative enquiry. I won’t tell you what to think or believe. Rather we look and listen together for the ‘sound of the genuine’ within your own soul and the holy invitations that are present in the midst of your ordinary life. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa

Liz Smythe Spiritual Director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
North Auckland
My approach to spiritual direction is to listen to ‘your’ stories, to bring prompts or questions that may help uncover deeper meaning. I delight in offering a poem, image or activity which opens space for the insight that comes when we stop ‘thinking’ and let thoughts ‘come’. I trust that God hovers close. I draw each session into the sacred silence, listening to the voice/feeling/image/mood of God. ...Click here for full details and contact information

I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Dunedin

Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

June Hurley Spiritual Director Dargaville
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
I see myself as a companion on another's spiritual journey, being present with the Holy Spirit and my experiences on my faith journey and being enriched in it by the other. The image of the road to Emmaus is how I see my approach to spiritual direction, where the one seeking direction is Cleopas, I am the other disciple walking alongside and listening to Cleopas, with the Holy Spirit is present. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Helen-Gray Spiritual Director
Spiritual direction has been hugely formative for me, and I feel privileged to be able to offer it to others. I provide a warm and relaxed space marked by respect and perceptive listening. My prayer is that I can help someone to open to the Infinite Love that indwells us all, and to find unique responses to that Love. I might use scripture and other wisdom writing, images, poetry, silence, creative expression, movement and drawing. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Waikato

Jill Keir spiritual director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Christchurch
Spiritual direction is a sacred space. It is a chance for a person to share of themselves in a caring safe environment, a place where God is the unseen presence in all our discussions. I was trained by Spiritual Growth Ministries and am an ordained Anglican priest and am currently the vicar of a small Christchurch parish. I love the privelege of sharing with others as they journey with God along the path of life. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Bev Marsh Spiritual Director
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained and offers supervision
Presently accepting clients
Manawatu-Wairarapa
I love having the privilege of accompanying others on their spiritual journeys, helping them to notice the God moments/grace moments and become more attuned to God's movement within their everyday lives. It is my desire to create a safe space where we acknowledge God's presence and directees can feel listened to and feel free to raise whatever they need to grapple with, explore, celebrate or wonder without judgement. To listen to another in such away, that I can assist them to hear what God might be saying, his invitations to them and their response. When someone approaches me seeking spiritual direction, I like to invite them to come and meet with me first, either face-to-face or online, so that we can get to know a little of each other before deciding if I am the most suitable person for them at this time. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Jenny McDowall Spiritual Director
I am a fairly new spiritual director in the contemplative tradition. My approach is to sit with you and walk with you on your spiritual journey, asking questions to help you clarify things, deepen experiences and see where God is at work in your own life. I love the metaphor of a midwife – being the one who helps bring birth to something new. I like to connect with God through nature myself and this is something I foster. We have a large garden which is in the process of being developed as a Quiet Garden – a place where people can spend time being still, connecting with God, letting go of stress and listening. In the future it will be open for structured quiet days as well as for personal retreat times. I am happy to work with directees over Zoom (though face to face is my preference!) especially with those in the mission space. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Nikki Bull Spiritual Director
I see life as a journey. We all go on journeys to destinations near and far. We experience new cultures and have wonderful adventures; we may do extraordinary feats or go to unexplored places. But for many of us our journeys go within ourselves. - Who am I? - What am I here for? - Is there a God? - Who is God? - What is life all about? I see it as a privilege to listen alongside you for movement of the Sacred. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Nicky Browne Spiritual Director
Spiritual Direction is a sacred space where stories are honoured, not fixed, and where the individual's humanity is embraced as part of their connection to a loving God. It unveils the divine within everyday moments through quiet questions, reflection, and discernment. It is holy hospitality, welcoming the entirety of one's being – joys, hopes, fears, dreams, decisions and doubts. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Samantha Head Spiritual Director
Spiritual direction will provide you with dedicated time and a confidential space where you can plumb the depths of your personal/spiritual life at a pace that is suitable to you. As spiritual director i consider my role as partnering with you as you traverse and travail the heights and depths of your personal/spiritual journey, encouraging you to notice and attend to the invitations and movements of the Holy amidst your life experiences and current journey. In Pukekohe or online ...Click here for full details and contact information

Renate Frei Spiritual director
It is important to me that the directee is leading the way in what she/he wants to talk about and that they feel comfortable. Together we are looking for God/the Holy Spirit/Jesus in the directees day to day life - in the good places and in the bad ones, in the happy ones and in the sad ones. The aim is to grow closer to the One they believe in, and to find comfort and strength to face life’s challenges. I believe that in learning how deeply they are loved they will also come closer to finding their True Self. Sometimes images, art, stories, and the interpretation of dreams, etc. are effective tools I use in guiding my directees to find their own truth. If it feels appropriate, I draw on the wisdom of the Enneagram to help them understand themselves better. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Christchurch

Karen McKie Spiritual Director
Spiritual Direction is a space for you to listen to your authentic self. To be seen and heard. To notice the movement of God within your daily life, the highs and lows and the spaces in-between. I love the imagery of the nest. Where the three of us gather, you and me and the Spirit of God. Here we take pause from the busyness of life, we breathe and rest and listen together. It is a safe space where all are welcome, there is no judgment here. It is a privilege to be with you on this pilgrimage of discovery and grace, with God as our guide. ...Click here for full details and contact information

Not presently accepting clients
Wellington

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