Vanessa Caruso, MA
DMin Spiritual Formation Mentor
About Vanessa
Vanessa is a spiritual director, supervisor of spiritual directors, process group leader, and formator of spiritual directors and supervisors. She brings a warm, gentle, and curious presence to her various and is a creative teacher and passionate communicator.
Why I am at 香蕉影视
I am working with 香蕉影视 because I was asked to mentor a DMin student. I spent nine years in leadership at an Anabaptist church in Philadelphia and so appreciate the core values of the Anabaptist tradition and artful, just living of its communities.
How might students expect to interact with you?
I am deeply rooted in the compassionate, contemplative, evocative stance of spiritual direction and supervision, so will interact with students primarily from this posture. You can expect invitations to silence, evocative listening and questions (including what you are sensing in your body, imagination, emotions, thoughts and with your intuition and spiritual senses), and creative brainstorming and collaboration. I am also formed by the Here & Now Process Group model and will bring an immediacy to our interactions, including awareness of and invitations to reflect on our relationship.
Memberships and associations
- Spiritual Directors International
- – Grafted Life Ministries
- Board Member of
- Board Member of – Vancouver Island School of Theology & the Arts