Faculty
- Bruce Baker
Carmelite Catholic Priest- Bruce Baker is the former director of Mt. Carmel Spiritual Centre and the co-founder of the Spiritual Director Training Program in Niagara Falls, Canada. An ex-filmmaker and assistant professor at Loyola-Mary University, Los Angeles, Bruce is a spiritual director, retreat/workshop presenter, and certified Imago Couples Therapist. In addition to his private practice as a director/therapist, he is a chaplain at the Reading Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Bruce holds Masters degrees in Theology and Communications.
- Marc Ian Barasch
Marc Ian Barasch is the author of The Healing Path and a coauthor of Remarkable Recovery. He has been an editor at Psychology Today and Natural Health magazines, and is a former editor in chief of New Age Journal, where he was honored with a National Magazine Award. An internationally known lecturer, TV writer, and film producer, he has twice been a finalist for a PEN literary award. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.- Cathy Smith Bowers
Poet-in-Residence – Queens College, Charlotte, NC- BA in English
- MAT in English & Psychology – Winthrop University
- Post Graduate Summer School – Oxford University, England
- Author of The Love That ended Yesterday In Texas, Traveling in Times of Danger, and A Book Of Minutes, Co-editor of Soul’s Labyrinth
- Roy Carlisle
Roy Carlisle is Communications Director at the Independent Institute (a non-partisan think tank dedicated to scholarly research in the areas of public policy, politics and economics) where he oversees public affairs, media relations, marketing and sales. Mr. Carlisle has been Senior Editor at HarperOne, a Senior Editor at The Crossroad Publishing Company, the Co-Owner and Editorial Director at Circulus Publishing Group, and General Manager of the Fuller Seminary Bookstore. He has also been a Founding Board Member and former Chairman of the Board at New College Berkeley and Founder and former Executive Director of the Academy of Christian Editors. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Whitman College and M.A. in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has also studied counseling psychology at Santa Clara University and taught publishing at the University of California at Berkeley and PMA University (Publishers Marketing Association). Roy has done his dreamwork training with Robert Johnson, the late John Sanford, and at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Roy is the father of three grown daughters (Erica Carlisle, Ph.D., Vanessa Carlisle, M.F.A., Lauryl Lane, B.A.) and lives in Alameda, CA with his wife Lori, who is an ordination candidate in the UPUSA.- Kevin Culligan
Catholic priest and a Discalced Carmelite Friar- Licensed psychologist; Carmelite Spirituality workshop and retreat leader
- Author and editor of numerous publications including Spiritual Direction: Contemporary Readings, Purifying the Heart: Buddhist Insight Meditation for Christians, and Carmel and Contemplation: Transforming Human Consciousness
- Heidi Darr-Hope
Artist- M.F.A. – University of South Carolina
- New Seminary, NYC – Interfaith Ministry
- Haden Institute - Dream Leadership Certificate
- Jung Institute studies, Zurich
- Caroline Dawson
Loretto Sister, Spiritual Director- M. Div., Toronto School of Theology, Univ. of Toronto
- Doctor of Ministry, Toronto School of Theology, Univ. of Toronto
- Margaret Guenther
- Margaret Guenther is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and former director of the Center for Christian Spirituality of the General Theological Seminary in New York City. She is the author of Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction, Toward Holy Ground: Spiritual Direction for the Second Half of Life, My Soul in Silence Waits: Meditations on Psalm 62, At Home in the World: A Rule of Life for the Rest of Us, The Practice of Prayer, and Just Passing Through: Notes From a Sojourner.
- Robert L. Haden, Jr.
Episcopal priest and Founder of The Haden Institute- Diplomate, The American Psychotherapy Association
- NC State Board Certified and Licensed Jungian Pastoral Counselor
- BA – The University of The South, Sewanee, TN 1960
- M.Div – Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA 1964
- STM – The General Theological Seminary, New York, NY 1990
- Co-editor of Soul’s Labyrinth
- Robert Hoss
Past President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD)- Instructor Scottsdale and Paradise Valley College, Arizona and formerly Richland College, TX.
- President of the Texas Parapsychology Association, and on the research board of the Texas Society for Psychical Research
- Gestalt Therapy – Irv Gadol, Director, Gestalt Institute, Dallas TX 1976
- BS – University of Dayton 1966
- MS – Southern Methodist University 1972
- Author of Dream Language
- Joyce Rockwood Hudson
Writer, Editor of The Rose- University of Georgia: BA Anthropology; Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Writer.
- Author of Natural Spirituality: Recovering The Wisdom Tradition In Christianity, To Spoil The Sun, Looking For Desoto: A search Through the South For The Spaniard’s Trail, and Apalachee
- Alan Jones
Episcopal priest and Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA- M.Div – General Theological Seminary, NY
- STM – General Theological Seminary, New York, NY
- Author of Soul Making, Journey Into Christ, Exploring Spiritual Direction, Reimagining Christianity, Seasons of Grace, Sacrifice and Delight, Common Prayer On Common Ground: A Vision Of Anglican Orthodoxy, and Passions For Pilgrimage.
- Deborah Ling
Spiritual Director, Therapist, Drummer- M.Div., Methodist Theological Seminary
- M.A., Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counseling
- Marcus Losack
Anglican Priest and Executive Director of Ceile De, a Celtic Spirituality organization- MA – Oxford University, England
- M.Phil – Oxford University, England
- Anglican Priest – Ireland, United Kingdom & Libya
- Author of Glendalough: A Celtic Pilgrimage and Getting Drunk With Hafiz
- Tallulah Lyons
Director, The Cancer/Dream Project- Leader, Atlanta Cancer Clinic Dream Group
- Haden Institute – Dream Leader Certificate
- Author of Dream Prayers
- Ivan Marsh
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Ivan Marsh, an ordained Roman Catholic priest and Carmelite brother, is the former Spiritual Director for St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston, TX. He has also served as a campus minister at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, as director of novices at Williamstown, MA, parish minister in Teaneck, NJ and director of the Christian Brothers Retreat Center in Plano, Illinois.
- Larry T. Maze
Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas- Dream Teacher and Leader
- Bishop of the Diocese of Arkansas and supporter of 15 dream groups in his diocese. He teaches courses on "Shadow," "Masculine & Feminine Energies in the Decoding Process," and "Dreams & A Living Relationship with Jesus."
- Diana McKendree
Spiritual Director, Jungian Dream Psychotherapist, Hospital Chaplain - Masters of Education Degree; Major: Counseling; Antioch University, MA
- New Seminary, NYC – Interfaith Ministry
- Haden Institute – Spiritual Director certificate
- Marion Woodman - Feminine Psychology and Dream Interpretation
- Reiki I and II - Master level
- Appreciative Inquiry - qualified practitioner
- Maria O'Brien
- is the author of the newly published book on Teresa of Avila, Beyond the Castle Door: A Soul Quest for the Holy Grail. She is the former Director for a Center for Integrative Medicine at a large Catholic hospital system, Christus Healthcare. Maria is now a marriage and family counselor and spiritual director in private practice in Shreveport, LA.
- G. Keith Parker
Jungian Analyst; Pastoral Counselor, Baptist Minister- BS – Berea College, KY
- B.D. & Ph. D. – Seminary in Louisville, KY
- Postgraduate work, Univ. of Heidelberg
- Diploma in Analytical Psychology – C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
- Author of Seven Cherokee Myths
- Layne Racht
Licensed Professional Counselor, Spiritual Director- MA in Counseling, University of Colorado
- BA University of Denver, with double majors in psychology and German
- Haden Institute Spiritual Direction Certificate
- 12 hours of doctoral level study in Counseling Psychology, University of Miami
- Thomas Ryan
Catholic priest of the Congregation of St. Paul- Directs the Paulist North American Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations in NYC
- Leads retreats in Canada, the United States and Europe
- Author of seven books, more recently Disciplines for Christian Living: Interfaith Perspective, Prayer of Heart and Body: Meditation and Yoga as Christian Spiritual Practice, and Four Steps to Spiritual Freedom
- Susan Sims-Smith
Ordained Episcopal Priest, Jungian Psychotherapist- Cannon for Special Ministries, Diocese of Arkansas
- BA Psychology – Rose College, Memphis, TN
- MSW – Univ. of Arkansas, Graduate School of Social Work
- Certificate for Theological Studies – Austin Theological Seminary
- J. Gary Sparks
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Gary Sparks is a Jungian analyst in private practice in
Indianapolis, IN. He is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland and holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkley, CA. Gary taught at the University of Vermont, Indiana-Perdue University in Indianapolis and was in the Peace Corps in Korea. He is author of At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity and Jung's Spiritual Testament. - Bruce Tallman
Spiritual Director, Author and Marriage Coach- D. Min., Graduate Theological Union
- Author of Archetypes for Spiritual Direction: Discovering Heroes Within
- Jeremy Taylor
Ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and Author- Founding member and past president of the Association for the Study of Dreams
- D.Min.; honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology (STD) from Starr King School for the Ministry;
- Author of Where People Fly And Water Runs Uphill, Dream Group Work, and The Living Labyrinth
- Chelsea Wakefield
Social Worker, Dream Counselor, Musician- MSW – California State University - Long Beach
- LCSW
- Haden Institute – Dream Leader Training Certificate
- Ina Warren
Botanist, Naturalist- AA – Brevard College, Brevard, NC
- Graduate Studies in Botany
- Jerry Wright
Jungian Analyst , Presbyterian Minister- BA Erskine College, Due West, SC
- M.Div Erskine College, Due West SC
- Graduate, Interregional Jungian Institute