Spiritual Direction in Judaism is both an ancient art and a rediscovered practice. One who practices Spiritual Direction has committed to serious spiritual study and growth.

I practice Spiritual Direction from my office in Newtonville, MA or via telephone. Fees are on a sliding scale.

Julie Leavitt works as a Spiritual Director and Body-Centered Psychotherapist. She teaches in the Graduate School of Expressive Therapies at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Julie was ordained as Eshet Hazon, a Woman of Vision, in March 2003.

I am a trained spiritual director in the Jewish tradition. I work with people from all religious and non-religious orientations. Spiritual direction is a contemplative practice that gives time, space, and compassionate companioning to questions about the absence and presence of God, invoking whatever your name, or lack of name for this is in any given situation in your life.

It is deep work; therapeutic, yet not therapy. The sessions are generally 50 minutes, once a month. During the month is time for you to contemplate, practice, and experiment with whatever discoveries may have been made in the previous session.

It is called spiritual companioning, as well as spiritual direction, which speaks most accurately about the partnership that grows during this work.

I also do small groups which can be a wonderful way to witness the movement of a higher power in others lives, as well as our own.

I am a part of a collective group of spiritual directors called, Kol ha Lev, The Whole Heart. As it is important to find the right match in a spiritual director, I will gladly refer you to others in our collective for individual or group work.

Our collective offers groups and introductory lectures in synagogues, and other institutional venues.