Enriching Awareness and Practice in the Pastoral and Reflective Supervision of Clergy

Peter Madsen Gubi is professor of counseling and spiritual accompaniment at the University of Chester, UK, and Honorary Professor of Practical Theology at Teofilo Kisanji University, Tanzania.

This masterful and timely book offers hope and practical advice to religious communities at a time when care givers and church leaders are in personal and professional crisis. Gubi and his colleagues draw on a depth of research and personal experience in addressing effective and healthy forms of supervision for pastors. Especially impressive is the diversity of perspectives of the authors (gender, race, nationality, denomination), which allows readers to adapt their suggestions to their own contexts. The authors make a strong case for every denomination to implement some type of therapeutic supervision for all active pastors and church-based care givers. I highly recommend this as required reading in every theological school and pastoral training program.

• DedicationAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, Peter Madsen GubiChapter One: The Effect of Presence and Power in the Pastoral Supervisory Relationship, Bill MullallyChapter Two: Reflecting Theologically in Pastoral Supervision, Peter Madsen GubiChapter Three: Prayer in Pastoral Supervision, Peter Madsen GubiChapter Four: Supervisee Self-Care in Pastoral Supervision, Michelle SeabrookChapter Five: Working with Diversity in Pastoral Supervision, Deanne GardnerChapter Six: Working with Stuckness in Pastoral Supervision, Sally BubbersChapter Seven: Developing an Understanding of Trauma in Pastoral Supervision, Sally BubbersChapter Eight: Working with Shame in Pastoral Supervision, Sally NashChapter Nine: Some Implications of Culture and Religion for Pastoral Supervision, Tuntufye Anangisye MwenisongoleChapter Ten: Pastoral Supervision for Clergy Spouses, Deanne GardnerIndexAbout the Contributors