RESOURCES

This page offers a small, curated collection of resources related to psychotherapy, spiritual direction, and spiritually oriented inner work. The selections reflect an interspiritual orientation and are offered as invitations rather than prescriptions—points of reference that some may find supportive alongside their own process, practice, or professional care.

The resources listed here are not exhaustive. 

They are included because they tend to respect psychological complexity, lived experience, and the slow, often non-linear nature of inner transformation.

These resources are offered as companions rather than instructions. They are not meant to replace psychotherapy, spiritual direction, or other forms of professional care, but to support reflection, curiosity, and discernment.

You are invited to engage with them slowly and selectively, noticing what resonates, what unsettles, and what does not. Inner work—whether psychological or spiritual—rarely benefits from urgency or accumulation. Depth is more often cultivated through patience, honesty, and sustained attention.

This section reflects a depth-oriented approach to psychotherapy that attends not only to symptoms and functioning, but to meaning, symbol, and the lived interior life of the person. 

The works listed here are particularly relevant for those drawn to psychotherapy that honors complexity, ambivalence, and transformation rather than quick resolution.

They emphasize reflection, imagination, and the relationship between psychological suffering and larger questions of identity, purpose, and belonging.

Selected authors and works include:

• C. G. Jung — Memories, Dreams, Reflections and selected writings on individuation and symbolic life
• James Hillman — Re-Visioning Psychology, for its emphasis on soul, imagination, and psychological depth
• Donald Kalsched — The Inner World of Trauma, exploring trauma through a symbolic and archetypal lens
• Thomas Moore — Care of the Soul, for its accessible articulation of depth psychology and meaning-making
• Esther Perel — selected works addressing relational complexity, desire, and identity

Themes emphasized in this section include:

• Reflective writing and journaling as tools for psychological inquiry
• Jungian and post-Jungian perspectives on psyche and individuation
• Trauma-informed care that remains spiritually and symbolically sensitive
• Psychotherapy that values meaning, narrative, and interior life

Spiritual direction attends to lived experience rather than belief systems alone. The resources in this section draw from multiple wisdom traditions while honoring the integrity of each, with particular attention to contemplative practice, inner listening, and discernment.

These works are well suited for those interested in spiritual direction as a form of accompaniment, and for those navigating faith, doubt, or spiritual seeking outside rigid frameworks.

Selected authors and works include:

• Margaret Guenther — Holy Listening, a grounded and psychologically informed introduction to spiritual direction
• David Benner — Sacred Companions, integrating psychology and spiritual direction with clarity and restraint
• Cynthia Bourgeault — Wisdom Jesus and The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, representing a contemplative Christian stream open to interspiritual dialogue
• Mirabai Starr — Wild Mercy, a poetic and experiential reflection on contemplative Christianity in conversation with other traditions
• John O’Donohue — Anam Cara, for its lyrical exploration of soul friendship and spiritual companionship

Themes emphasized in this section include:

• Understanding spiritual direction as contemplative accompaniment
• Practices of discernment and interior listening
• Interspiritual openness without collapsing differences between traditions
• Respect for unknowing, ambiguity, and spiritual transition

Periods of spiritual or existential transition can feel disorienting, particularly when familiar meanings loosen and new ways of understanding begin to emerge. These experiences may involve insight, disruption, grief, or reorientation—and they rarely unfold in a linear way.

The resources in this section emphasize careful discernment, integration, and support. They approach spiritual emergence as a possible dimension of human experience while remaining attentive to psychological grounding and relational context.

Selected authors and works include:

• Stanislav Grof — Spiritual Emergency, a foundational text exploring non-ordinary states with clinical seriousness
• Christina Grof — writings on spiritual emergence and integration
• Bonnie Greenwell — When Spirit Leaps, integrating spiritual awakening with trauma-informed psychotherapy
• Francis Weller — The Wild Edge of Sorrow, for its work on grief, initiation, and communal healing
• William James — The Varieties of Religious Experience, for its phenomenological and non-reductionist approach

Themes emphasized in this section include:

• Discernment during spiritual or existential transition
• Differentiating spiritual emergence from psychological distress
• Integration of insight into embodied, relational life
• Transformation understood as process rather than endpoint