Description: Fathers Barry and Connolly see the work of spiritual direction as helping people to develop their relationships with God. In thinking and practice they have absorbed the insights of modern psychotherapy, but have not been absorbed by them.
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William A. Barry, S.J., & William J. Connolly, S.J., were two of the six co-founders of the Center for Religious Development in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1971. The center was one of the first to offer year-long specialized training in spiritual direction. Both authors now reside at Campion Center, Weston, Massachusetts.