All spiritual directors associated with GEM subscribe to the ESDA’s Code of Ethics. Generally spiritual directors listed on the GEM Spiritual Life site are members of the ESDA. Should you desire a spiritual director outside of GEM’s context, please feel free to search for qualified spiritual directors on the ESDA’s website.     "An ethical spiritual director is always seeking to have healthy and appropriate relationships with others, including God, oneself, one’s directees, and others in the community and the world. Love is our highest calling and command (Matthew 22:36-40) and all other ethical considerations should flow from this main principle. However, in any personal interaction where one person possesses training and experience in an area that another does not, there is an imbalance of power that makes both parties vulnerable to risk: the risk of abusing that power and of being abused. By outlining the following ethical guidelines, we seek to help spiritual directors to behave appropriately in their ministry, to recognize and to be prepared for ethical situations that may arise, and to consider the condition of their own deceptive hearts (Jeremiah 17:9) as they seek to practice this ministry of love." -From the ESDA's Code of Ethics