This three-night workshop is for Ignatian spiritual directors who seek to grow in their understanding, capacity, and skills to accompany people who have experienced trauma and the people who love them. This workshop will also be of interest to therapists and pastoral care ministers, for whom we have reserved a number of places. The workshop will be grounded in Fr. Rob McChesney’s book The Soul Also Keeps the Score: A Trauma-Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. This workshop presumes some understanding of Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction.

Trauma Informed Listening Seminar Application Form

Because this workshop is designed for trained spiritual directors, therapists, and pastoral ministers, we ask all prospective participants to complete this brief application. Your responses will help us ensure that the retreat community is well-supported and that the program meets participants where they are in their professional and spiritual formation.

Once your application is reviewed, you will receive a follow-up email with a registration link and next steps.

Please complete the form below. We look forward to hearing from you.

Contact & Demographic information

Full Name

Email Address *

Phone Number

City, State *

Training & Professional Background

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Are you a trained spiritual director, therapist, pastoral care minister? *

If you are a spiritual director, when and where did you complete your spiritual direction training?

Please share any additional training, certification, or relevant professional experience (e.g., counseling, pastoral ministry, chaplaincy).

Ignatian Background

What is your familiarity with Ignatian spirituality? (brief description) *

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Have you made the full Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius? *

If yes: When and in what format? (19th Annotation, 30-day retreat, other)

Interest

What are your hopes and desires for this workshop? *

Is there anything else you would like us to know?

About Fr. Rober McChesney, SJ

Jesuit Father Rob McChesney, S.J., is an experienced trauma-informed leader of Ignatian retreats, spiritual guide, and pastoral counselor. For forty years he has accompanied casualties of violence, including war refugees, military veterans, and survivors of sexual abuse. He has published with Oxford University Press and in the British Jesuit journal of Christian spirituality, The Way, and is at work on a book entitled “A Trauma-Informed Companion to the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola.”

Three-night Workshop for Spiritual Directors: Trauma-Informed Care