I have the best job in the world–-full time spiritual director, educator and writer. After a career as a radio news journalist, I switched gears and headed for seminary, graduating from San Francisco Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction) in 2000. Since then, I have been working as a spiritual director for individuals and groups, serving as a discernment facilitator, leading workshops and keynoting conferences on various aspects of contemplative Christian spirituality.

When I moved to Phoenix in 2014, I founded the Phoenix Center for Spiritual Direction, housed at First UCC church in downtown Phoenix.

For over 14 years I was the Director of the Hesychia School of Spiritual Direction, a formation program for spiritual directors, located at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks. I’m now training spiritual directors online so check out my page on Apprentice Spiritual Direction Training.

My experience in vocational discernment comes after 10 years of serving as spiritual director and facilitator with young adult mission volunteers for the Presbyterian Church (USA) nationally and for the Tucson Borderlands.

I absolutely love to write. My newest book is Spiritual Direction 101: The Basics of Spiritual Guidance from Apocryphile Press. Check out my Patheos blog, Spiritual Direction 101: How to Listen to God, Every Day for more on spiritual direction. If you need a prayer handbook, you might enjoy my 50 Ways to Pray: Practices from Many Traditions and Times (Abingdon Press, 2006). I also co-wrote Meeting God in Virtual Reality: Using Spiritual Practices with Media (Abingdon Press, 2004) and Watching What We Watch: Prime-Time Television Through the Lens of Faith (Geneva Press, 2001). My articles and essays have appeared on Beliefnet.com, in Spirituality & Health magazine and Publishers Weekly.

I am an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC) specializing in spiritual direction. My ministry of spiritual direction is dedicated to always being open and affirming to LGBTQ+ persons. I live and work out of Phoenix, AZ but do most of my client sessions via Zoom online.

To make an appointment call 520-971-4724 or email me at teresa@teresablythe.net.