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II. The Spiritual Director
and the Spiritual Directee
Covenant
1. Spiritual directors initiate conversation
and establish understandings with spiri-
tual directees about:
a. the nature of spiritual direction;
b. the roles and responsibilities of the
spiritual director and the spiritual
directee;
c. the length and frequency of
spiritual direction sessions;
d. the compensation, if any, to be given to
the spiritual director or institution; and
e. the process for evaluating and
terminating the relationship.

Dignity
2. Spiritual directors honor the dignity of
the spiritual directee by:
a. respecting the spiritual directee’s
values, culture, conscience,
spirituality, and theology;
b. inquiring into the motives, experiences,
or relationships of the spiritual directee
only as necessary;
c. recognizing the imbalance of power in
the spiritual direction relationship and
taking care not to exploit it;
d. establishing and maintaining appropri-
ate physical and psychological bound-
aries with the spiritual directee; and

e. refraining from sexualized
behavior, including, but not

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by Spiritual Directors International

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