Joined in conversation with supervisor, spiritual director, and therapist Linda Flynn, Maria and Tara discuss the question of when to refer in spiritual direction. Together they explore what it means to understand the ethical and practical boundaries of spiritual direction, and what flags help us know when to refer.

Please note that this informal conversation about referral is informational only, and should not be used in place of your own supervision, direction, or therapy. If you or your directees/supervisees are experiencing any of the symptoms discussed in this podcast, contact your spiritual director, supervisor, or therapist for appropriate and individualized support.

Three Association Episode 6 - Referral

In the final episode of Season 1, Maria and Tara are joined by Lil Smith to discuss the difference between individual and group supervision. When is one appropriate more than the other? What are the advantages and disadvantages of both?

Three Association Episode 9 - Group Supervision

In the Season One wrap-up, Maria and Tara give thanks, savor the gift of supervision, and ask for your feedback as we prepare for Season Two and beyond. Look for Season Two to drop in Fall 2022.

Three Association Season One Episode 10 - Closing

Season 2 launches with a conversation on beginning a spiritual direction relationship with podcast guest Scott Quinn.

Starting A Spiritual Direction Relationship - Season 2 Episode 1

In Episode 2, Maria and Tara speak with Luz Marina Diaz on what it's like to end a spiritual direction relationship.

Three Association Season 2 Episode 2 - Ending A Spiritual Direction Relationship

Join hosts Maria and Tara as they discuss the issue of self-disclosure in a spiritual direction relationship with guest Greg Cochran. Together they explore how and when it might be appropriate for a spiritual director to share from their personal story in a spiritual direction session and what the pitfalls of sharing in this way might be. What should a director be on guard for? What might be the positive side of self-disclosure?

Three Association Season 2, Episode 3 - Self Disclosure

What is self-supervision, and how do spiritual directors practice it? What role does it play in engaging in the process of supervision with an individual supervisor or group supervision? Spiritual director and supervisor Terry Christensen joins hosts Maria and Tara to discuss this essential step in the practice of spiritual direction.

Terry Christenson has offered spiritual direction, retreats, and classes in contemplative practices since 2002. She was trained as a supervisor in 2008 as part of the original cohort of Together in the Mystery. She currently works with several schools of spiritual direction and supervisor formation as a supervisor/trainer and is a member of Spiritual Directors International. She makes her home in southwest Oregon.

Self-Supervision - Three Association Season 2, Episode 4

Confidentiality is deeply important in the spiritual direction and supervision space, but what do we need to consider when thinking about how to guard the holy ground of our directee's souls? What imagination might be necessary when we talk about confidentiality with ourselves and with others? What does that process look like, and how might it be engaged in creativity and hope? Join Maria and Tara as they talk with our guest Jeremy Frye about the ins, outs, and practicalities of confidentiality in the spiritual direction and supervision relationship.  
Jeremy Frye is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and Director of Sacred Community for Anam Cara Ministries. One of his deepest joys is companioning people on their journey toward living into and out of their belovedness. His vocational pilgrimage began with serving for 20 years in full-time pastoral ministry in the local church, which has given him a profound understanding of and compassion for those whose personal spirituality and professional contexts converge (sometimes easily and sometimes causing great distress). He is deeply acquainted with grief and loss as well as the good but difficult work of the disordering and reordering of one's faith. Jeremy has completed a certificate in Soul Care from the Soul Care Institute, through Fuller Seminary, a 2-year apprenticeship in spiritual direction through Anam Cara, and is currently enrolled in the Companioning Center’s program for Supervision Training. Jeremy lives with his wife, two children, one dog, six chickens, and whoever else needs a place to rest their head at An Téarmann (Gaelic for the refuge), their little urban homestead in East Nashville, Tennessee. He is taking both local and at-a-distance directees and supervisees. He can be reached via email at:jeremy@anamcara.com.

Confidentiality - Three Association Season 2, Episode 5

In this episode, Maria and Tara are joined by therapist Sam Jolman for a cross-discipline discussion of what are called dual, complex, or multiple relationships in spiritual direction. What can we learn from the therapeutic understanding of multiple relationships? What imagination might we need for the spiritual direction space when it comes to dual roles? What questions might we bring to our own supervisors as we consider these relationships of holy listening?

Sam is a professional therapist with over 15 years of experience in narrative-focused trauma care. He specializes in men’s issues, couples counseling, and sexual abuse recovery. He writes regularly for his blog on topics of sexuality, spirituality, and mental health. He loves helping people heal and find freedom amidst the plots of their lives.

He lives in Colorado with his wife and three young sons, the people that inspire his writing and ideas the most. Together, in their pop-up camper, they are exploring the best camping spots in Colorado. Sam goes to therapy, mountain bikes, and can be found trying to catch his breath on the floor of his local CrossFit gym. 

His forthcoming book, The Sex Talk You Never Got, is set to release with Thomas Nelson in the Spring ’24. You can follow along and get his free ebook Story Formed at his website SamJolman.com

Multiple Relationships - Season 2 Episode 6

Maria and Tara are joined by our guest Monica Romig Green for a conversation about how power works in the spiritual direction and supervision relationships. A lively discussion that has our hosts thinking about power from a fresh angle, this conversation is full of new awareness—and even some discomfort—about all the ways power shows up in these holy spaces. Together they explore how power is more than—and not what!—we think it is.

Monica Romig Green is spiritual director, writer, speaker, and retreat leader. She has been giving spiritual direction since 2003, and is passionate about creativity and the arts, and teaches on improvisation, and creativity. She offers original interactive spiritual retreats called Play Without Ceasing (www.playwithoutceasing.com) which combine the concepts of theatrical improvisation and spiritual formation to help participants encounter Christ and His Body with renewed joy and wonder. A breast cancer survivor, she also served as staff and adjunct faculty at Biola University. As the facilitator for Biola’s Center for Spiritual Renewal, she supervised 75 spiritual directors and oversaw all community-building events at Biola’s Institute for Spiritual Formation. 
A native of Southern California, she currently lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where she is a candidate to ordination in the Anglican Church of Canada with her husband, Matthew, and rescue Chihuahua, Gomez.

Power - Season 2, Episode 7 Three Assocation

We're three spiritual direction supervisors (Maria Tattu Bowen, Vanessa Caruso, and Tara Owens) having conversations about compassionate, contemplative, evocative supervision.

Power - Season 2, Episode 7 Three Assocation

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