Stephen Truscott

Ministry Supervisor:
Revd. Dr Stephen Truscott S.M.

Contact information and location

Address:	Fullness of life Centre (Inc.) Nedlands WA
Email:	stephen.truscott@fullnessoflife.org
Mobile:	(08) 6164 9824
Website:	www.fullnessoflife.org

Qualifications and accreditation

I am a Marist priest with the following qualifications: an Associate Diploma in Welfare Work, formation as a spiritual director at the Institute of Spiritual Leadership (Chicago), Master's Degree in Pastoral Studies, majoring in Spirituality at Loyola University (Chicago), professional supervision at the Wasley Institute (Perth) and a Ph.D. from Murdoch University examining the developmental influences that shape the practice of contemporary spiritual directors.

Publications

• Beginning and Advanced Spiritual Directors: The Developmental Influences That Shape Their Practice (Saarbrücken: VDM, 2008)
• Beginning and Advanced Spiritual Directors: The Developmental Influences That Shape Their Ministry and Service, with Application to Their Initial and Ongoing Formation,’ Presence 15 (3), 2009: 38-46
• ‘The influence of spirituality as an academic discipline on the understanding and practice of spiritual direction.’ Edited by Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction. The Proceedings of the Inaugural National Symposium of the Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction, Melbourne: Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction, 2010. 120-130.
• Editor of the Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction, Anthology of Spiritual Direction, (Mandurah: Equilibrium Books, 2012)
• A member of the Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction Formation Guidelines Review Committee involved in drafting Contemplatively Forming Tomorrow’s Spiritual Directors in Australia (Revised 2016)
• ‘Contemplatively Forming Tomorrow’s Spiritual Directors,’ Presence 22 (4), 2016: 50-56
• ‘God … Disguised as our Life,’ Marist Messenger, Issue 90, March 2019: 44-46.
• ‘Spiritual Accompaniment in the Digital Age – a Dual Practice: in-person and digital.’ Coolamon, Autumn 2019: 31-32.
• 'A Model for Practising Spiritual Direction in our Secular Age’ in P. Bentley, & A. Lock (Eds.), Companioning at the Edges: Exploring New Dimensions of Spiritual Direction in Australia, Ashburton, Victoria, Australia: WellSpring Centre Inc, 2021: 68-91.

Interests and expertise

I can help you make sense of your experience by meeting you with gentleness and a non-judgemental approach. I am committed to the psycho-spiritual growth of people. I assist individuals, groups and organisations through counselling, spiritual direction, professional supervision, retreats, organisational reviews and vocational assessment. I provide professional development seminars and personal growth workshops including the Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, organisational spirituality and Open Space Technology.

Fees

$100.00 per session for clergy