Meet Our spiritual Directors

Tom Welch’s approach to spiritual direction is strongly influenced by the Franciscan and Roman Catholic traditions. Coming from a background in medicine, Tom has been practicing as a psychiatrist for nearly three decades. ln addition to receiving his MD from the University of Washington, he earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from a combined program of the University of Portland and Gonzaga University. He completed his training and certification in spiritual direction in the Franciscan Spiritual Center’s Spiritual Direction Training Program and has been acting as a spiritual director since 2016. Tom welcomes all as equals, believing we all are created in the image of God. Tom reflects back that loving image in a spirit of openness, authenticity, and compassion. He possesses a playful spirit and trusts that his directees will treasure the gifts of laughter and fun. Tom meets with people in person, via video chat, and by telephone. He meets people for one-on-one spiritual direction and, additionally, he provides supervision services for other spiritual directors in small peer groups and in one-on-one meetings. For in-person gatherings, Tom meets people in our offices in Lake Oswego, Oregon as well as in our satellite location in NE Portland, hosted within the offices of the Northwest Catholic Counseling Center.

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