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gender identity and expression, age,
religion, spiritual tradition, national
origin, marital status, political belief,
mental or physical handicap, any
preference, personal characteristic,
condition, or status.
For Reflection

Spiritual Directors International recognizes
that cultural and environmental factors may
require these guidelines to be contextual-
ized for different types of spiritual direction
experiences. Spiritual Directors International
encourages individuals, formation and train-
ing programs, religious institutions, health
care systems, spirituality centers, supervi-
sion circles, and peer groups to review and
re-appropriate these guidelines. To facilitate
dialogue and re-appropriation of these guide-
lines, Spiritual Directors International offers
these questions for reflection:
a. How do you and your community define
terms such as “spiritual direction,”
“formation,” and “supervision”?
b. How do you and your community
understand potential difficulties
associated with “multiple roles and
relationships,” “imbalance of power,”
“boundaries,” and “confidentiality”?
c. How might the various guidelines
contribute to the authenticity of your
ministry and service of spiritual
direction? Your community’s ministry
and service of spiritual direction?
d. How might you adapt these guidelines
in your particular cultural or
organizational setting?
e. What ethical concerns in spiritual direc-
tion do you and your community foresee
that these guidelines do not address?

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