CENTER FOR STUDENT ADVOCACY AND WELLNESS

Spiritual Direction is a one-on-one conversation where someone accompanies you in exploring life’s big questions about meaning, purpose, identity, or anything else stirring in you.

It’s open to people of all backgrounds, whether you follow a specific religion, don’t identify as anything in particular, or find yourself somewhere in between. If you’re breathing, you have a spiritual life! Spiritual Direction simply offers a space to pay attention to your inner world. 

• What gives my life meaning? 
• How do my values line up with the career path I’ve chosen for myself? 
• Does my family’s religion make sense to me anymore? 
• What if I don’t believe in anything? 

Not at all. People from all spiritual backgrounds or none find value in Spiritual Direction. Whether you’re religious, spiritual-but-not-religious, agnostic, atheist, or just unsure, this is a space for reflection and exploration, not judgment or conversion. 

• Questions about identity, relationships, or vocation 
• Feelings around grief, change, or uncertainty 
• Wonderings about the divine, God, the universe, or just something more 

Sessions may include silence, conversation, meditation, prayer, or reflection with texts or images.  

Spiritual Direction is guided by someone who is trained in the process of supporting individuals like you in your quest for making meaning. A Spiritual Director walks alongside you throughout the duration of each session, providing listening, presence, and invitations for reflection on topics related to spirituality.  

Spiritual Direction welcomes a private and intimate conversation where folx are given the space, trust, and vulnerability to share in a way that feels safe and right for them. By nature of the spiritual director being employed by the university, they may be obligated to contact appropriate resources if there is an imminent threat to you or another person. This may include situations that involve, but are not limited to sexual assault, harassment, and discrimination. 

One significant difference between Spiritual Direction and therapy is that it doesn’t focus on diagnosing or fixing problems. Instead, it honors your full self, your questions, your story, your inner life and helps you explore how it all connects to something deeper. That being said, many people find that Spiritual Direction complements therapy really well.  

Many students at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ find that, in the midst of their demanding college schedules, Spiritual Direction sessions allow them to prioritize and care for their inner selves. College can be a wonderful and challenging season.

Spiritual Direction at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ allows students to greet these wonders and challenges with guidance, companionship, and a deeper connection to their own sense of meaning.