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limited to: manipulative, abusive, or
coercive words or actions toward a
spiritual directee.

Confidentiality
3. Spiritual directors maintain the
confidentiality and the privacy of
the spiritual directee by:
a. protecting the identity of the spiritual
directee;
b. keeping confidential all oral, elec-
tronic and written matters arising in
the spiritual direction sessions;
c. recognizing and disclosing to the
spiritual directee the limitations
of confidentiality of electronic
communications;
d. conducting spiritual direction
sessions in appropriate settings; and
e. addressing legal regulations
requiring disclosure to proper
authorities, including but not
limited to, child abuse, elder abuse,
and physical harm to self and others.
III. The Spiritual Director and Others
Colleagues
1. Spiritual directors maintain collegial
relationships with other spiritual care
providers and professionals by:
a. developing intra- and
interdisciplinary relationships;

b. requesting a spiritual directee who is in
therapy to inform his or her therapist
about being in spiritual direction;
c. securing written releases and
permission from spiritual directees
when specific information needs to

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