title: The Gift Relationship: Discovering Gift Exchange in Interpersonal Practice.
abstract: Encountering the deeper flows of human experience and glimpsing the touch of the divine on the human soul offer guides and companions rich reflective content for their ongoing formation. This is a precious gift which pilgrims constantly place before their companions, though at times it remains 'unwrapped'. Through offering a supervision narrative, this paper provides a phenomenological description of such a gift exchange.
authors.affiliation: 1/46 Dalmore Street, Ashgrove, Brisbane, Queensland 4060, Australia chrisbasilbrown@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Christopher Basil
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002977:Clergy / Q000523:psychology*; D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations
keywords: formation; gift; mutuality; resonance; supervision; wounding