ONESPIRIT SUPERVISORS

OneSpirit provides supervision for ministers, counsellors, and professionals in related fields. Supervision is a recurring, mutually agreed upon process designed to support ministers and students in being more effective in their ministry and/or practice with their clients. It acts as a catalyst for innovation and creativity, empowering professionals to tap into their potential while recognising their limits. Not only does it provide a platform for professional development, but it also fosters a sense of community, ensuring that work never becomes a solitary journey. Through good supervision, spiritual counsellors, ministers, and professionals can develop and deepen their practice- from practical, and professional levels to profound insights, understanding, and self-awareness.

OneSpirit Accredited Supervisors Group: We remain dedicated to promoting the significance of supervision. This manifests in the broad practice of supervision within the organisation and inclusion in our training programs. We maintain a group of experienced supervisors who uphold the standards required for our accredited supervisors’ group. If their text is purple, click their name, photo, or bio to learn more about them!

Adele Napier 

I support people and organisations to tap into their natural creativity and connectedness, informing all aspects of life, relationships & work.

Amanda Edwards

Together with you, I love to find the Light that shines in you and the happiness that this brings, using language that is meaningful to you.

Anne Webber 

There are many & diverse ways of living a spiritual life & honouring that part of yourself. I respect everyone’s right to follow their own inner guidance & find ways that support & nourish them.

Catherine Wright 

“We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder. We always have the choice.” –Dalai Lama

John F. Doherty 

I offer a light in the darkness for those people who need me, opening the inner doorway of the soul & holding a place of love, well-being and deep connection in service.

Joy Gleeson 

My ministry is spiritual counselling/supervision for people of all backgrounds who want to live life more fully, find deeper satisfaction in their work &
explore possibilities.

Kathryn Wallace-Holmes 

Coming from a place of compassion, curiosity, light-heartedness, deep listening & creativity within myself & others, helps me to gain meaning & value from every aspect of my ministry.

Marie O-Neill 

Offering holistic counselling & therapy, combining evidence-based practice w/holistic tools such as mindfulness, meditation, somatic experiencing, & self-compassion for personal and spiritual growth.

Maureen Treanor 

I have come to know the deep healing of Sacred Connection, I will work with you in Spiritual Counselling, in creating Ceremony and Ritual to celebrate and support all of Life’s Sacred moments.

Nickie Aven 

Nurturing heartfelt connections with each other, our beautiful earth and ourselves is my inspiration for this work. Listening deeply is where I begin. I hope we
may meet soon.

Nicola Coombe 

“Thank you god for most of this amazing day”
— E.E Cummings. I often say this on waking and
sleeping, to help direct me..

Nicole van Zomeren 

I believe in the power and support of Super-Vision; of deep listening; and of holding sacred space.

Pearl Kilkenny 

The greatest gift we can give to another human being is to truly, deeply listen. Ordained in 2016, I offer ceremony & spiritual counselling.

Sarah MacDonald 

A good ceremony changes the world. Good listening changes our hearts. Good meetings change our lives. I am here to celebrate, to listen & to meet, bringing healing to our hearts & our world.

Shianna Ravenlaw 

I relate to the infinite compassion of the Great Mystery & envision each human being experiencing: welcome, nurture, love, empowerment & happiness. This is at the heart of my path of service.

Sonya Leite 

My faith is based on the core teachings of many Spiritual paths & inspired teachers, my intention is to support you to be radiant, healthy & free.

Suzanne Cohen 

I believe that by receiving the blessing of an infinite power of unconditional love, we can find our way to living a fully harmonious & balanced human life.

Tim Ralphs 

“Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”
-Rumi

I love how Supervision calls on the knowing of the Head, the Heart and the Hara in equal measure, engaging Intellect, Intuition and Instinct. It is a wonderfully holistic process where we can meet ourselves and each other very fully. Supervision feels expansive, challenging, and mysterious, as we try between us to catch a glimpse of what is really going on. As we try, with all our skill and all our senses and all our integrity, to catch a glimpse of Truth.

– OneSpirit Minister, Supervisor & Tutor, Sarah MacDonald

I have been in supervision since 1994 when I was training as a homoeopath. It would not occur to me, 30 years on, to work without the sounding board and clarity of a supervisor alongside me, to ensure that I am safe, ethical, clear, and accompanied. In supervision, we can share our concerns and our mistakes, without fear of judgement. We are less lonely/isolated in our work, we have a place to work with our ‘blindspots’, and we have someone who cares and will celebrate with us.

– OneSpirit Minister & Supervisor, Nickie Aven

I am a complete advocate for the role of supervision in a minister’s life as it provides a safe and sacred space to reflect, process the impact and learn from the “live” work of a minister.

– OneSpirit Minister & Supervisor, John F. Doherty

The Supervision we offer is one of supporting the strengths and creativity of each person and providing a safe haven to explore anything that may be blocking their self-expression and confidence. We all need someone who can see us, hear us, champion and challenge not only our work but who we are. Supervision is an outward manifestation of oneness – of seeing the other as one and a part of ourselves and guiding our Ministers/Students to integrate this understanding.

– OneSpirit Minister & Supervisor, Sonya Leite

I love to be in a safe and sacred space with others exploring our connection to Spirit and growing in awareness and love, as well as honing our professional skills.

– OneSpirit Minister & Supervisor, John F. Doherty

Supervision is essential for anyone who works deeply with anyone else, to help us untangle the threads of “me” and “you”, and to help us feel the pain and the love within any deep encounter. For Ministers, it is especially important in addition to keeping our work in the context of spiritual practice and related to a spiritual path. This path can be narrow and steep and slippery. And it can branch and wander. The mist can come down. We can find ourselves turned around or at a cliff edge. A good Supervisor, with their own embodied spiritual practice, can help us along this path, either because they are a few steps ahead, waiting at the next bend, able to point out pitfalls and handholds to help you along, or because you are there together in the mist, sharing everything you each already know to help you, the supervisee, to take the next right step.

– OneSpirit Minister, Supervisor & Tutor, Sarah MacDonald

The need for Support and Supervision is necessary when navigating our connection to the Divine. The importance of being witnessed and held as others deepen their faith through trust and exploration. To offer a safe space to anchor our Spiritual Counselling Model and learn to use it wherever Ministry calls them to be.

– OneSpirit Minister & Supervisor, Sonya Leite