I received my training with Sustainable Faith‘s School of Spiritual Direction. Sustainable Faith have many schools around the world — I spend two years with a cohort of fellow trainees in Amsterdam. I have since been involved in the training of others with the training schools running in the UK.

There are now many good places to train as a spiritual director. We live in a time where there has been a resurgence of this art and charism being taught and passed on in many places. The breadth and diversity of these across denominations and networks is a delight to see, and seems expresses the generative and generous character of God. At some point I may create a list of all of these, but for now, i will highlight the training where I’ve connected to this work.

How to be trained as a spiritual director in the UK

If you are interested on training as spiritual director, it is assumed you will have already a level of engagement with spiritual formation and have travel long enough in your spiritual journey to have grown in your emotional health. It can be beneficial to have already had the experience with meeting with a spiritual director yourself.

If you have been the recipient of spiritual direction/accompaniment and you are now exploring what it would look like for you to serve in this art, I whole heartedly recommend Sustainable Faith’s School of Spiritual Direction is an excellent 2 year training program. There are schools currently running across Northern America, the UK and Europe.

Visit Sustainable Faith to enquire about training near you.