Ellen Graham

Ellen Graham completed the Spiritual Life Center’s formation and certification program and was certified as a spiritual director in 2004. She holds her BS in Nursing from St Anselm College. Ellen served on Holy Family’s youth retreat team for 15 years, teaching Centering Prayer. She is a certified yoga instructor and a graduate of the MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) program. Ellen has been facilitating mindfulness meditation & compassion groups for 10 years.

Session Type:

In-person at Holy Family or online via Zoom

Availability:

Daytime on Tuesdays preferred, please contact for additional availability

Faith Tradition:

Catholic

Experienced with:

Spirituality of young adult life
Spirituality of middle age life
Spirituality of retired life
Spirituality of the end of life journey
Spirituality of caregiving

Spirituality of grieving
Spirituality of bodily wellness
Spirituality of life path discernment
Spirituality of family and parenting
Spirituality of marriage and committed relationships

Spirituality of contemplative prayer
Spirituality of sacred scripture
Mindfulness meditation & compassion practice

Payment:

Please make payment for your session as an offering to the Center through our payment page. Since spiritual direction is intended as an ongoing, monthly relationship, it is possible to set up recurring, automatic payments through this page.

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If you are a new directee seeking direction from Ellen, please fill out the intake form below.

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What are you seeking through spiritual direction at this time?

Spiritual Direction Offering

This spiritual director is paid directly by each directee for the service of spiritual direction. The director will determine the session rate in conversation with you based on your needs and their practices and instruct you on how to make payments. The Center requests that you consider an additional offering of $10-$25 per session to support our operational and administrative expenses. Those offering scan be made on the “payment” page of our website.

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Session Appointments, Changes, and Cancellations

All spiritual direction sessions are scheduled and coordinated between the director and the directee. Directees are expected to keep their scheduled appointments. If you need to reschedule or cancel an appointment, please contact your spiritual director at the email address on this bio page (some directors may also choose to share phone contact information with directees once they begin meeting). Whenever possible, please provide 24 hours notice for all appointment changes. Spiritual direction is usually conducted once a month. You and your director will decide on the frequency and timing of your sessions.

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Next Steps

After you complete this intake form, the spiritual director should contact you to let you know if they can take you on as a directee and then begin the spiritual direction relationship by scheduling your first session. If this spiritual director does not contact you within one week, please send an email to the Center for Spiritual Direction at csd@holyfamilyretreat.org and we will assist you in moving forward.

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