From the cushion to the couch: is Spiritual Direction appropriate for everyone?

In the Christian context, spiritual Direction is a practice of listening together to how the Holy Spirit – however, conceptualized by the spiritual director and directee – might be moving in the directee’s life. Spiritual Direction is reconsidered in the context of attachment theory. For anxious-avoidant persons, spiritual Direction can reinforce the avoidance of painful early childhood experiences with caregivers by training the mind to let go of the past, obviating the necessity of working through chronic rejection, abuse, or neglect.