Spiritual Directors

Cate Alexander
City: Chapel Hill, NC
Languages: English
Affiliation: Christian
Email: alexandercatherineb@gmail.com
Focus Area: Individual and group spiritual direction, contemplative prayer  
Profile: Contemplative and practice-based spiritual direction with companions of various ages, walks of life and beliefs.  Exploring faith, spiritual experiences, beliefs, questions, gifts, calls, and next steps in life. 

April Allison
City: Durham, NC
Languages: English
Affiliation: Religious Society of Friends (Quaker)
Email: aprilallison@heronrising.com
Website: heronrising.com
Focus Areas: Offering spiritual direction for individuals and groups as they seek responsiveness to the Spirit’s presence in their lives; nurturing the relationship between spirituality and social justice.
Profile: Being contemplative by nature and justice seeking by conviction, April’s passion is to assist individuals and communities grow in right relationship within themselves, with one another, and the world.

Jean Costa
City: Cary, NC
Languages: English
Affiliation: Catholic
Email: jeanannecosta@gmail.com
Phone: 919) 632-4951
Website: www.jeancosta.com
Focus Areas: Cancer & Grief
Profile: By nurturing your spirit, your life can become richer and more rewarding. As your spiritual companion, I can support you in this journey.

Sue Ann Jatko
City: Raleigh, NC
Languages: English
Email: jhsajatko@bellsouth.net
Phone: (919) 412-4284
Profile: Called to the ministry of spiritual direction as a way to serve the God of Light and Love by walking beside others in seeking a deeper relationship with the Divine Mystery

Tasha Roraback
City: Raleigh, NC
Languages: English 
Email: tasha.roraback@gmail.com 
Focus Areas: One-on-one direction, life transitions, college/young adult, women’s issues and all seeking to examine their inner life and movements of the Divine.
Profile: I completed my training through the NC Institute of Spiritual Direction & Formation.  I previously worked full-time for 15 years in the local church. I desire to companion and offer spiritual care to others as they examine their inner life and discover God within and around them.

Amanda Rigby
City: Raleigh, NC
Languages: English
Email: arigby@nccumc.org
Focus Areas: Addiction, Alcoholism, BIPOC, Children/Teens, Couples/Families, Divorced/Widowed, Ecospirituality/Nature-based, Elderly/Mature, Enneagram, Grief and Loss, Incarceration/Justice/Legal, Latin American Cultures, LGBTQIA+, Mental Health/Depression, Mindfulness/Meditation, People with Disabilities, Women’s Issues, Young Adults
Profile: Amanda is passionate about healing and wholeness, spiritual exploration and companionship, and journeying alongside spiritual seekers, clergy, and others who are longing for spiritual growth. https://www.thewellmentalandspiritualcare.org

Becky Stafford
City: Cary, NC
Languages: English
Email: becky.stafford.nc@gmail.com
Phone: 919-469-4608
Website: http://www.questioninquiet.com/
Profile: I have been serving as a Spiritual Director since 2011, graduating from the Spiritual Director Formation Program of Sursum Corda in 2011. Surusm Corda was founded by a team of Episcopalians from Upstate South Carolina and based on the Shalem program.

Lindsay Stevenson
City: Raleigh, NC
Languages: English
Email: Lindsaystevenson01@gmail.com
Website: Lindsaystevenson.com
Focus Areas: Contemplative based individual spiritual direction: college/young adults, women’s issues, discernment/ life transitions, calling/vocation, educators, and all seeking more spiritual care for the deepest and truest parts of themselves.
Profile: I completed training through the NC Institute of Spiritual Direction and Formation. I am passionate about helping others feel known, seen, and loved in the presence of God on their journey of faith.

Julia Tyler
City:  Durham, NC
Languages:  English
Affiliation: UU, UCC, Quaker, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Catholic, Anabaptist, Earth-based spirituality, Buddhist, spiritual but not religious
Email: juliamariet@gmail.com
Focus Area:  Creative Arts, Mindfulness/Meditation, Women’s Issues, Ecospirituality/Nature-based, Couples/Families, Enneagram, Children/Teens, Energy work, Discernment, Young Adults, Motherhood
Profile:  It is my joy and honor to offer Spiritual Direction, to help connect individuals with what is true, good, important, what is God.

Gladys Whitehouse
City:  Raleigh, NC
Languages:  English and Spanish
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Email: gladys.whitehouse@gmail.com
Phone: 919-906-0289
Focus Area:  Contemplative and Franciscan Spirituality, Spiritual Exercises, Individual and Group Spiritual Direction. retreats
Profile:  I am a Secular Franciscan; retired from church ministry, having worked in the area of Family life, and parent of a daughter with Down syndrome and LGBTQ.