Spirit Fire Approach
"We are wounded in relationship, and in relationship we must heal."
- Carl Jung
Spirit Fire augments safeguarding protocols and professional therapies through a relational approach to trauma.
Guidelines for Spirit Fire interactions are drawn from alternative dispute resolution and restorative-justice programs.
Spirit Fire nonalignment policy draws on the wisdom and experience of 12 Step programs where peers help peers through rigorous self-honesty and mutual regard.
Learn with us, work with us, integrating faith with recovery and promoting healing person-to-person, heart-to-heart with survivors, family members, parishes, clergy and religious, lay ministries, and leaders.
Spirit Fire Guidelines
These guidelines blend principles for alternative conflict resolution and for trauma-informed group dynamics to ensure a safe dialogue where all parties are self-accountable.
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Participation is voluntary and, unless otherwise stated, anonymous.
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All discussions are confidential.
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Every attendee may expect equal consideration, respect and charity.
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Assume good intent. Don't personalize what you see and hear.
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Listen to hear not to respond.
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Avoid debate, triangulation, and alliances.
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Speak only for yourself. Let others speak as they choose.
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Honor boundaries. Do not reveal facts about third parties or ask probing questions.
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Use questions to clarify but not to challenge what is being said.
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Encounter attendees as individuals. No one is present to play a scapegoat.
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Share time. Do not dominate.
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Empower others by not solving their problems. Do no offer advice
Spirit Fire Nonalignment Policy
Abuse does not discriminate, and neither do we.
The message of hope and healing must be available to as many people as we can reach, Spirit Fire practices a meticulous nonalignment approach.
We neither oppose nor endorse any cause outside our mission to promote the protection of children and vulnerable adults, and healing and reconciliation for individuals, families, parishes and the Church in the wake of ongoing sexual abuse scandal.
This applies to all people, regardless of beliefs, health, disability, sobriety, wealth, education, race, creed, ethnicity, gender, orientation, ideologies, and theological or liturgical preferences.
By complying with Spirit Fire Guidelines, all participants ensure each other's safety in dialogue and healing.