Paul Byrne is a practicing lay Christian from the Catholic tradition. For the past ten years he has been working and training in counselling and spirituality.  He spent 5 years in formation in Religious life and spent a further 3 years working in a retreat house helping to lead retreats. During this time he completed a course in spiritual direction at Ushaw College and has just recently completed the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius de Loyola, at Loyola Hall, Jesuit Spirituality Centre. He plans to do further training in March 2010 to develop further his skills in spiritual direction in the Ignatian Tradition.

Caroline Kitcatt says: My approach to spiritual companionship is underpinned by the philosophy of the person-centred approach. I have experience of being a companion to seekers from the Christian tradition and also to those who wrestle with that. I have an interest in being alongside those who locate themselves outside or on the edges of faith traditions, and I have a particular concern for the needs of women.  I feel an affinity with the metaphor of the dance, of homemaking and dwelling, and I place myself with my roots in the Christian tradition, whilst feeling more connected to the deep universal which is beyond tradition. I have a particular interest in the use of images as a means of exploring, connecting with and trying to express the inexpressible. I am a professional person-centred counsellor, and I see that as a separate but occasionally overlapping role.