Jeanine Siler Jones, MSW, LCSW, and Russell Siler Jones, ThD, LPCS, are licensed therapists who specialize in integrating spirituality into the counseling process. If we had to describe what that means in just a phrase, it would be: we help people connect with the inner resources they need to live fully. These resources include things like compassion, calmness, wisdom, clarity, and courage.
We do not give these inner resources to anyone. They are already there, gifts from God. Sometimes people lose connection with them and need help in reconnecting with them, but they are always available. This is spiritual work of great importance, and it is a great privilege to offer this help to others. When people come to me for counseling, I hope they feel less like they're talking to a counselor and more like they're talking to a human being.
Yes, a counselor needs to have "counselor knowledge" and "counselor skills, " and I have spent much time and energy to acquire them. But through the years, as I have studied and trained, it has been important to me to integrate counseling knowledge with my personal history and experience so that I know not just how "a counselor" responds to various situations, but how "I" respond.
We do not give these inner resources to anyone. They are already there, gifts from God. Sometimes people lose connection with them and need help in reconnecting with them, but they are always available. This is spiritual work of great importance, and it is a great privilege to offer this help to others. When people come to me for counseling, I hope they feel less like they're talking to a counselor and more like they're talking to a human being.
Yes, a counselor needs to have "counselor knowledge" and "counselor skills, " and I have spent much time and energy to acquire them. But through the years, as I have studied and trained, it has been important to me to integrate counseling knowledge with my personal history and experience so that I know not just how "a counselor" responds to various situations, but how "I" respond.
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In many ways this work chose me.
I am the oldest child of a pastor-father and therapist-mother.
I grew up doing things like being the chief cook and bottle washer for personal growth retreats, being the guinea pig for Virginia Satir's latest family therapy intervention, and sitting through family meetings where we talked about what was working and what was not in our family.
My siblings and I all laugh about it now and of course it had its advantages and disadvantages.
My process of differentiating from my family included deciding to do just about anything other than be a therapist.
I am the oldest child of a pastor-father and therapist-mother.
I grew up doing things like being the chief cook and bottle washer for personal growth retreats, being the guinea pig for Virginia Satir's latest family therapy intervention, and sitting through family meetings where we talked about what was working and what was not in our family.
My siblings and I all laugh about it now and of course it had its advantages and disadvantages.
My process of differentiating from my family included deciding to do just about anything other than be a therapist.
I hope that when people come to me for counseling, they feel less like they're talking to a counselor and more like they're talking to a human being.
Yes, a counselor needs to have "counselor knowledge" and "counselor skills, " and I have spent much time and energy to acquire them (more on that a little later).
But through the years, as I have studied and trained, it has been important to me to integrate counseling knowledge with my personal history and experience so that I know not just how "a counselor" responds to various situations, but how "I" respond.
Yes, a counselor needs to have "counselor knowledge" and "counselor skills, " and I have spent much time and energy to acquire them (more on that a little later).
But through the years, as I have studied and trained, it has been important to me to integrate counseling knowledge with my personal history and experience so that I know not just how "a counselor" responds to various situations, but how "I" respond.
Russell and Jeanine are professionally trained in integrating psychotherapy and spirituality.
Russell is an ordained minister and has a Doctorate in Theology from Columbia Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
He directs the Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality for the Wake Forest Baptist healthcare system.
Jeanine has done extensive theological training and works as a therapist, spiritual director, and Enneagram teacher.
A hallmark of spiritually-integrated therapy is its respect for the religious or spiritual orientation of the client.
Russell is an ordained minister and has a Doctorate in Theology from Columbia Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
He directs the Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality for the Wake Forest Baptist healthcare system.
Jeanine has done extensive theological training and works as a therapist, spiritual director, and Enneagram teacher.
A hallmark of spiritually-integrated therapy is its respect for the religious or spiritual orientation of the client.
There are few things we want more than a satisfying, successful relationship, and yet few things can be more challenging.
When a couple is in a good place together, the care and goodness between them spills over and becomes a force for good in the world.
And when a couple is struggling or reeling in their relationship, it is a source of pain for them and their capacity for good is diluted and diverted.
We believe that the capacity for love never goes away.
It is a gift, and we do not lose it.
It can, however, become blocked by injury, fear, criticism, defensiveness, resentment, hopelessness, distrust, or pride, not to mention our becoming consumed with the demands of work, parenting, illness, grief, or some other life crisis.
When a couple is in a good place together, the care and goodness between them spills over and becomes a force for good in the world.
And when a couple is struggling or reeling in their relationship, it is a source of pain for them and their capacity for good is diluted and diverted.
We believe that the capacity for love never goes away.
It is a gift, and we do not lose it.
It can, however, become blocked by injury, fear, criticism, defensiveness, resentment, hopelessness, distrust, or pride, not to mention our becoming consumed with the demands of work, parenting, illness, grief, or some other life crisis.
Jeanine completed a one-year intensive Spiritual Direction program in 2017-2018 through Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
This program augmented and integrated the Wisdom work she has done over the past ten years with Cynthia Bourgeault, Episcopal priest and teacher.
For those wanting more information about Wisdom teachings, see wisdomwayofknowing.org.
Spiritual direction is for anyone who wants to strengthen and explore their relationship with Mystery, the Divine or Holy in our lives, however you may be experiencing that now.
This program augmented and integrated the Wisdom work she has done over the past ten years with Cynthia Bourgeault, Episcopal priest and teacher.
For those wanting more information about Wisdom teachings, see wisdomwayofknowing.org.
Spiritual direction is for anyone who wants to strengthen and explore their relationship with Mystery, the Divine or Holy in our lives, however you may be experiencing that now.
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