Presence Articles about Supervision
The articles listed below can be found in back issues of Presence journal through the secure online store.
“When Directors and Directees are at Different Levels of Psychological and Spiritual Development” Presence: an International Journal of Spiritual Direction (Spring, 1999).
Castley, Paul, MSC. "Supervision: A Contemplative Approach" Presence Vol 5.3.
Cleary, Miriam, OSU. "A Societal Context for Supervision" Presence Vol 4.2.
Conroy, Maureen. "Ministry of Supervision, The: Call, Competency, Commitment" Presence Vol 1.3.
Creed, William. “Supervision Plus Reflection: A Way to Form Spiritual Directors” Presence (January 1998).
Eckerman, Carol. “Images, Words, and Spiritual Direction” Presence (June 2003).
Edwards, Tilden. "Immediate Givenness to God in the Spiritual Direction Relationship” Presence (May 1995).
Fisher, Kathleen. “Working with the Emotions in Spiritual Direction: Seven Guiding Principles” Presence 12 (September 2006).
Huff-Fletcher, Dodie. "Being at Home: Supervision of the Spiritual Director Using the Enneagram" Presence Vol 12.1.
Jorgensen, Susan. "Peer Supervision: One Model" Presence Vol 2.1.
Ruffing, Janet. "Encountering Love Mysticism: Issues in Supervision" Presence Vol 1.1.
Ruffing, Janet. “An Integrated Model of Supervision in Training Spiritual Directors” Presence Vol 9.1.
Wirth, Steve. "Reflections on Power Issues in the Training of Spiritual Directors" Presence Vol 3.1.
Wirth, Steve. "Shifting the Focus of the Training Conversion" Presence Vol 1.2.
Authors recommended for further reading
Below are authors whom many supervisors identified as “helpful, informative, and providing a great foundation” for the ministry and service of supervision in spiritual direction. Each author is hyperlinked to Amazon.com to make it easy for you to review media for use in classrooms, peer supervision groups, one-on-one supervision, and in the formation and training of supervisors.
Au, Wilkie
Barry, William A,
Benner, David G.
Birmingham, Madeline
Borg, Marcus J.
Bourgeault, Cynthia
Buber, Martin
Byock, Ira
Chittister, Joan
Cobb, John B.
Conroy, Maureen
Cooper-White, Pamela
Corey, Gerald
de Mello, Anthony SJ
Dorff, Elliott N.
Driskill, Joseph D.
Dyckman, Katherine
Edwards, Tilden
Fischer, Kathleen R.
Flynn, Mike
Gratton, Carolyn
Guenther, Margaret
Finley, James
Fischer, Kathleen R.
Himes, Michael J.
Keating, Thomas
Kornfield, Jack
Krishnamurti, J.
Levoy, Gregg
Mabry, John R.
Maharshi, Ramana
Makransky, John J.
May, Gerald MD
Merton, Thomas
Miles, Sara
Moore, Thomas
Muto, Susan Annette
Newell, J. Philip
Nouwen, Henri J.M.
Paintner, Christine Valters
Pennington, M. Basil
Piper, John
Proctor, Brigid
Rahner, Karl
Rohlheiser, Ron
Rohr, Richard
Ruffing, Janet
Rupp, Joyce
Satir, Virginia
Silf, Margaret
Steindl_Rast, David
Surya Das, Lama
Tillich, Paul
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
Vanier, Jean
Vennard, Jane
Vest, Norvene
Volf, Miroslav
Watts, Alan
Wosket, Val
