Haden Faculty

Mary Ellen Lough is a writer, wildcrafter, homesteader, and poetry therapist and is the owner of Appalachian Sacred Smoke, locally grown and wildcrafted herb bundles for everyday ritual use and sacred ceremonies.  She first connected with Haden by soaking up the secondhand smoke of a friend whose life was being transformed by the program, and later […]

Chris Bache, Ph.D. (he, him) has spent his life moving between the worlds of academia and psychedelic exploration. Trained as a philosopher of religion at Brown University, he became convinced early in his career that psychedelics represent a revolution in philosophy. By giving us systematic access to dimensions of consciousness beyond space-time reality, these sacraments […]

Bess Park is a graduate of both the Haden Institute’s Dreamwork and Spiritual Direction Training Programs.  Bess is a Professor of Theatre at North Greenville University and serves as head of the theatre design program.  She is a professional and educational designer, director, and choreographer.  She is a certified Somatic Movement Educator, therapeutic bodyworker, and yoga instructor. As […]

Jeanne M. Schul, Ph.D., RSMT (she, her, hers) earned her doctorate degree at Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist. She has taught at Pacifica Graduate Institute for 11 years and has mentored 26 students on their dissertation journey. Courses she currently teaches at Pacifica include Active Imagination, Dreams and The Red […]

Carrie Fraser is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Presbyterian pastor, and Spiritual Director. She is in Private Practice in Nashville, TN integrating therapy, spiritual direction, and dream work. She is a graduate from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction and Dream Work Training Programs. Her Passions include spending time in nature, […]

Chad Hill is a former Pastor and Worship Leader for an evangelical denomination. After serving in that capacity for 15 years and completing the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction Training Program,he opened his own private practice in Nashville, TN, serving clients who have deconstructed their faith or are looking for deeper meaning within their faith tradition. He […]

Tony Caldwell, LCSW (he/him) has been a psychotherapist in private practice since 2009 and has trained with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts since 2012. He taught at the University of Mississippi for six years and has presented at various conferences, churches, and universities across the U.S. Tony has co-led racial healing workshops around the southern […]

Dr. Fanny Brewster is a Jungian Psychoanalyst and Professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute.  Her publications include topics that engage Jungian psychology with contemporary issues of American culture, creativity and dreamwork. Her most recent book published in June 2023 is Race and the Unconscious:  An Africanist Depth Psychology Perspective on Dreaming. (Routledge)

Sue Eldon (she/her) is a pastor, teacher, and small group facilitator. She is a Canadian citizen who has lived in central North Carolina for 30+ years. She taught high school science in the public schools for 15 years before serving as a pastor in the United Methodist Church, where she has been for the last 15+ […]

Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus (she/her) is a poet, storyteller, and feminist theologian. She is the author of Thy Queendom Come: Breaking Free from Patriarchy to Save Your Soul and Preacher Breath. She is the co-founder and executive director of Nevertheless She Preached, a national conference designed to elevate the voices of women on the margins. Kyndall graduated from the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction […]

Mary Louise McCullough (she, her) is a spiritual director, dream work facilitator, retreat leader and writer who is building a spiritual direction practice in her new home in Erie PA. She loves the mysterious, changing moods and beauty of Lake Erie. Years ago, Mary Louise set out to be a journalist with activist tendencies and ended […]

Naomi Bock, MD, MS (she, her, we, us) is certified and has graduated from both the Haden Institute’s Dream Work and Spiritual Director Training Programs.  She has an Advanced Training Certificate in Applied Mythology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.  She has participated in a dream group with a Jung Institute Zurich trained analyst in Atlanta for seven […]

Gillian Drader (she/her) describes the joy of walking the path of contemplation and soul care for over 10+ years as having changed her life. Through personal retreats, spiritual direction and participating in long term spiritual growth groups she has experienced incredible personal growth and deep spiritual wells that have drawn her closer to Divine Love and […]

Anne Gessner is a highly skilled and compassionate Nurse Practitioner with over 30 years of experience in the field of healthcare. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she obtained her nursing degree. Currently residing in Fort Mill, SC, Anne has established herself as a dedicated practitioner in her local community. Throughout her […]

Rev. Dr. Duke Ison (he/him) is a retired United Methodist Elder who has had a 40-year serving appointment in the Western North Carolina Conference of the UMC. Duke has graduated from the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction Program and has served as a mentor. He has participated in Dream Conferences and in Group Spiritual Direction work with […]

Corey Keyes (he/him) has served as a spiritual guide and ordained UCC pastor in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State for the past three decades. He focuses on both, one-with-one and community spiritual discernment. He is currently exploring non-hierarchical worship experiences, including spontaneous communal preaching, as well as personal and group dream and shadow […]

Bill Hobbs, EdD is a spiritual seeker and follower of The Way.  Steeped in Ignatian Spirituality, today he finds himself most at home in the silence of contemplative practice.  After three decades of work in schools and education, he answered the invitation to accompany others in their spiritual lives and journeys.  That led Bill to […]

Kirk Webb is a spiritual director, professor, and psychologist. He has worked as a spiritual director and psychotherapist for over 28 years and taught extensively in graduate programs for psychology, counseling, spirituality, and theology. He holds a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, a Master’s degree in counseling, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology […]

Julie Merritt Lee (she/her) tracks wonder, laps up words, and finds the numinous in the landscape of loss.  She is a spiritual companion, helping people through their own “alchemy of heartbreak,” discernment, spiritual malaise or liminal space that wants expression. She uses various modalities in her work including writing, dream work, and body movement to name a […]

Brian Relph (he/him/his) is a Spiritual Director. Enneagram Coach, Tarot Reader,Soul Contract Reader and Qigong Teacher.Brian has offered soul care to clients from around the world through his practice, Soul Growth Coaching since 2014. As a graduate of the Haden Institute’s Spiritual Direction Training program, as well as the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, CA, Brian has […]

Sheila Petruccelli (she/love) holds sacred space as Director of Creative Embodiment for the Haden Institute by meeting with small groups, creating rituals for large groups and building altars everywhere she goes. Facilitating conversations around creativity (and the shame and obstacles that often accompany it), Sheila gently offers ways to tap the deep wellspring of authenticity she […]

Larry Maze, MDiv. told his teacher at the age of eight that he wanted to be a teacher. Such a dream didn’t seem likely when he quit high school and joined the US Navy. After discharge he went on to earn his BS, MS and eventually his MDiv. He began to teach in the public […]

Kirsten Cropp, LCSW (she/her) has a private Jungian informed psychotherapy practice. She has been working with individuals, couples, and families in private practice for over 25 years. She has completed training with Russ Hudson and is certified to use the Enneagram in her psychotherapy practice. She carries additional post-graduate training in Freudian psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Kirsten is […]