Recommended Spiritual Companions

These spiritual companions all have experience companioning clients with an LDS background.

Celeste Davis

Spiritual Director through The Chaplaincy Institute at Berkley

Areas of Focus: Spirituality through creativity, faith journey/crisis/transition companion, connecting to inner knowing in decision making

Sessions: In person or online

Pronouns: She/her

Location: Spokane, Washington USA

Maxine Hanks

Spiritual Director through clergy formation and liturgical studies at Holy Cross Chapel, theological and ministerial studies at Harvard Divinity School, and Clinical Pastoral Education and certification via CPSP and the World Spiritual Health Organization.

Areas of Focus: spiritual formation, finding the spiritual path, navigating the faith journey, inner initiation path of individuation, integration and synthesis, mysticism, shadow work, feminist theology, Christian liturgy, Mormon and religious studies.

Sessions: In person or online

Pronouns: She/her

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Brittney Hartley

Spiritual Director through the Center for Nonreligious Spirituality

Areas of Focus: Faith Deconstruction, Faith Reconstruction, Mysticism, and Secular Spirituality

Sessions: Online

Pronouns: She/her

Location: Boise, Idaho USA

Diane Rane Jones

Spiritual Director through Mystic Heart Wisdom School

Areas of Focus: Meditation/Mindfulness, Embodiment Practices, Interspirituality, Faith Transitions, Faith Exploration, Women’s Issues

Sessions: In person and online

Pronouns: She/her

Location: Austin, Texas USA

Tyler Marz

Training through a spiritual companioning program and a Master’s in Religion: Christian Theology

Specialties: Faith Transition and Crisis. Mormonism. Spiritual but not religious. LGBTQIA+

Sessions: In person or online

Pronouns: He/him

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Gail Nicolaysen-Shurtleff

Spiritual Director through San Francisco Theological Seminary

Specialties: Faith journeys, Enneagram, Grief, Loss and Moving Forward, Disabilities, LGBTQIA+ affirming

Sessions: In person or online

Pronouns: She/her

Location: The Netherlands

Heather Tolley

Spiritual Director through The Chaplaincy Institute at Berkley

Specialties: Spiritual and religious wounding, LGBTQIA+, spiritual-but-not-religious, Christian, post-Christian, nuanced and post-Mormon, divine feminine, pagan/wiccan, nature based/eco-spirituality, embodiment, dream work, those with history of abuse, grief and loss, end of life. 

Sessions: In person, virtual, and via phone. Group sessions (both in-person and virtual) beginning fall 2022.

Pronouns: She/her

Location: Orem, Utah USA

Royleane Otteson

Spiritual Director through the Franciscan Spiritual Center in Portland, Oregon

Specialties: Faith Transitions, Women’s Journeys, LGBTQIA+, Atheist/Agnostic, Neurodivergent, Grief and Loss, Students in Spiritual Direction Training Programs, Creating Spiritual Practices

Sessions: In person or online

Pronouns: She/her

Location: Redmond, Washington USA