What is the difference between counseling/therapy and spiritual direction?
Spiritual direction does not take the place of counseling or therapy. It complements them. The spiritual direction process is not the same as psychotherapy or counseling which both focus on psychological healing and help with problems. Your problems may be included in spiritual direction conversations, but the focus is on the presence of the Sacred in the midst of them and in your life. Spiritual direction assumes your wholeness in the Creator’s eye. Healing often happens over time in the spiritual direction process.
