Our Team
Brian Relph
Founder, Spiritual Director
Tina Cansler Clark, M.Ed., M.Div.
Tina lives in the woods atop beautiful Hog Back Mountain in Cullowhee, NC with three canine companions and many wise old trees. She has a spiritual direction practice and is also a staff member at The Haden Institute, where she works as a mentor for students in the spiritual direction training program. Through her career as hospice chaplain and an ER chaplain, she has decades of experience of holding presence for those experiencing trauma and grief.
Sheila Petruccelli
“If you have lived it, then it seems I must hear it.”
Alexander, NC (Buncombe County)
Spiritual Direction Certification: The Haden Institute, January 2017
Rev. Tambi Brown Swiney
"Spiritual companionship is centered in storytelling."
Jim Vaive
Columbus, Ohio
"Spiritual Direction at its very center, is about traveling together, and helping a person find their way home.”
Jada Bryson
I live in Franklin NC and I was trained at the Haden Institute
Spiritual Direction is walking together to discover the authenticity of one's being.
Robin Pugh
“Spiritual Companionship provides a space to care for your spirit. Your spirit is that part of you that is ever-consistent, ever-present to you, even in the face of inner conflict and stress.”
Laurie Smith
Mooresville, NC.
“Spiritual Companionship is sharing, and caring for you.”
Graduate of Haden Institute.
Anne Lawrence
"Spiritual direction is deep resourcing for life's opportunities and challenges."
And I did my training at the Haden Institute, Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development, and Virginia Theological Seminary.
Lacey Dodd
Spiritual direction is a healing path that welcomes the whole of ourselves and holds sacred space for our ongoing transformation and deepening relationship to God-Mystery-the Divine through compassionate presence, spacious exploration, and deep listening.
I am located in San Diego, California
Training: Masters in Education, Somatic Practitioner training through Organic Intelligence and SMART, Spiritual Direction training at Haden and The Living School (through the Center for Action and Contemplation)
Laceydodd.com
Margaret Bishop
Asheville, NC
Haden Institute 2020 graduate
"Spiritual Companionship is being with another to witness, encourage, and enable the discovery of what brings their soul to life."
Betsy Perry
"I will be a companion and witness—walking with you, exploring what matters to you, mirroring and reflecting what I hear, and finding pathways that keep you safe and supported."