Meet the Spiritual Directors of Liberated Together
We created this directory to highlight the alumni of our Spiritual Direction School. These Spiritual Directors are all women of color, queer and trans people of color who align with our values. We recommend every single person and hope you can find a spiritual director in our directory who meets the identities, experiences, and offerings that you are seeking.
Each listing will include whether or not someone is open to new clients, and a website or link to more information.
Liberated Together Spiritual Care Directory
African American • she/herChinese-American • she/her-
I create a sacred space for you to listen for and discern the movements of the Divine in your life. Together, we engage practices such as silence, centering prayer, scripture, and reflection to deepen your awareness and support your discernment. As a spiritual companion, marketplace leader, and theologian, I believe the spiritual journey forms us to become more fully ourselves as we become more like Love.
Open to new clients.
Learn more here.
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Ruth Lin Nakai is a Chinese-American spiritual director and creative who creates contemplative spaces for healing, creativity, and community. Through spiritual direction, workshops, and cohorts, she accompanies people seeking a more spacious and honest spiritual life—especially those navigating loss, disorientation, or spiritual reconstruction. Drawing from her Christian heritage while remaining open to multiple ways of knowing the Divine, she welcomes people with curiosity and spaciousness. She believes our spiritual lives are not problems to solve but sacred processes to tend—and that wonder and play are essential companions on the journey toward healing and liberation.
Open to new clients.
Learn more here.
Felise Park
2nd Generation Korean American • she/herKimberly Goode
African American • she/her-
I delight in being a spiritual companion who walks alongside Women of Color, Queer WOC, and trans and non-binary folks of color on their journey of connecting with the sacred within and around us.
I believe in the power of:
-telling our stories and speaking truth to power
-art as a spiritual practice
-rituals to ground us
-reclaiming our ancestral roots
Open to new clients.
Learn more at www.felisepark.com.
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I've been loved into being by Black church mothers and aunties, though I believe that the Creator of the universe cannot be contained by church walls or ancient texts. I guide women of color in connecting with a God who wants to be as close as our breath and who wants to dwell within us, making a home in our bodies. I support people in trusting their own deep knowing that comes from a relationship with Spirit and the ancestors. Because I believe God wants to be in relationship with the truest version of ourselves and to reveal the beauty of that most authentic self to us through contemplation and deep listening.
Open to new clients.
Learn more at kimberlygoode.com
Cambodian-Vietnamese-Chinese • she/herKaren Mac
Zoe Woods
Black/African American/Bi-Racial • she/her-
I am a spiritual director, writer, and facilitator accompanying those who long for a more expansive integration of faith, justice, and identities. My great-grandfather was a herbal medicine practitioner in Cambodia who spent his life healing others through plant medicine. Rooted in my ancestral lineage as the descendant of healers, I support others in developing a more embodied faith that is connected to their ancestral lineage and is centered in collective liberation and care.
Open to new clients.
Learn more at sacredlistening.com
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I'm Zoe - I am a recovering over-thinker who is learning to trust her body. As a Libra Sun, Virgo Moon, and Aquarius Rising I allow the Spirit to guide our time together. I offer spiritual direction, retreats/workshops, and consulting. I absolutely love accompanying people on this journey called life, which brings with it joy and pain. The hope is we learn to love and trust ourselves along the way. Hope to see you soon!
Open to new clients.
Learn more here.
Biracial Japanese American • she/herJoanne Wu
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I am a spiritual care practitioner with roots in Christianity expanding into Buddhism & Shinto using expansive spiritual practices and rituals. With an M.Div focus of Womanist theology and spiritual care, I have used IFS (Internal Family Systems) for generational healing work for CPTSD and DV. I accompany women of color/queer WOC in inviting their own forms of play for connecting to Spirit.
Open to new clients.
Learn more at Laurasasakinorton.com
Taiwanese American • she/her-
Hi! I'm Joanne. I am a mother to five children, a certified spiritual practitioner, and an exvangelical who still believes in the sacred, the Creator, and that the world can be a better place. I accompany WOC to reclaim their divine voice. I hold a tender space for women who might list "vocational ministry", "pastor's wife", and "seminary graduate" in their past (or current) life.
Open to new clients.
Learn more at joannewwu.com
Jeri Okamoto-Tanaka
Japanese American • she/herLeah Johnson
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Hi -- I'm a third-gen Japanese American (JA) mom, writer, grief & loss educator/coach (mother loss specialty), and spiritual practitioner. I serve as a Deaconess in an immigrant-founded progressive, justice-oriented, and affirming United Methodist Church and also volunteer with the Asian Pacific Islander Rainbow Coalition advocating for and with the API- LGBTQiA+ community in Southern California. I am an ordained Animal Chaplain blessed to work with animals and the people who love them, especially with grief & loss. I'm a graduate of the Claremont School of Theology and, as a bonus to my Liberated Together studies, I am a co-trainer in Compassion-Based Spiritual Direction with the Center for Engaged Compassion.
Open to new clients.
You can find Jeri here.
Native • she/her-
I’m Leah Johnson, a Spiritual Director and woman of Mohawk and German descent who offers a compassionate space for deep listening, reflection, and connection with the Sacred. My practice is rooted in contemplation, relationship with the land, and honoring each person’s unique spiritual journey.
I accompany individuals who are seeking clarity, navigating transitions, exploring their spirituality, or longing for a deeper sense of meaning and belonging. I welcome people of all faith traditions and those who are simply curious about the deeper questions of life.
Open to new clients.
Connect with Leah at
More listings coming soon…
Cindy Lee
Taiwanese American • no pronouns / she/her-
My own spirituality integrates Taiwanese ancestral, Daoist, and Buddhist practices. I train and supervise spiritual care practitioners, and teach in the areas of spirituality and spiritual companioning. I am also author of Our Unforming and Contemplative Witnessing.
Not accepting new clients.
Learn more at ourunforming.com
Ruth Lin Nakai
Jasmine Bellamy
Leo Seyij Allen
Camille Rei Obata
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I am a movement leader, ordained minister, and spiritual care practitioner working to build spiritually resilient communities. I have served a congregational minister for two Southeast churches and worked with community organizers across the U.S. to create a just world. I offer group small groups, one-on-one sessions, and community workshops and specialize in working with clients who are Black, Indigenous, or other people of color, as well as those who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.
Not accepting new clients.
Learn more at kindredresilience.com.
Japanese/Okinawan • she/her-
I'm Camille — a healer, cancer 🦀 mystic, and soul care practitioner. I guide WOC and queer POC to liberate their relationship to body, ancestors, and intuition, in community. My offerings include astrology mapping, dream interpretation, tarot, spiritual direction, tending to grief/transition, self-reiki, and astrology craft workshops.
Open to new clients.
Learn more at camillerei.com
Black • he/theyLisa Factora-Borchers
Niejah Carr
African American • she/her-
As a Filipinx American author, editor, and activist devoted to the liberation of the global majority, I integrate counseling psychology, theology, and literature to decolonize the spiritual and political conscience. In both individual and group facilitation work, I listen with and for the deepest question emerging from the sacred fabric of another's life.
Not accepting new clients.
Learn more at lisafactoraborchers.com.
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As a Black woman and contemplative practitioner, I create a gentle, grounded space where people can bring their questions, joys, grief, and uncertainty without fear of judgment. I offer spiritual companionship to those seeking a deeper connection with themselves and the Divine, trusting that wisdom often emerges through attentive presence and deep listening. Whether navigating life transitions, exploring identity and purpose, or simply longing to be heard, I accompany each person with curiosity, compassion, and spiritual discernment.
Open to new clients.
Learn more at whisperedwisdom.life
Filipino • she/they