Rev. Professor Peter Madsen Gubi

Research Interests

I have a pastoral and research interest in the mental and spiritual wellbeing of Clergy. I offer Pastoral Supervision to Clergy in the Methodist Church, and I collaborate with St Luke’s Healthcare for the Clergy in researching the effectiveness and limitations of Reflective Practice Groups for Clergy.

I am Chair of the Church Service Committee in the Moravian Church, which oversees the selection and training of students for Ministry in the Moravian Church (British Province), and I am interested in understanding the impact of rejection by the Church on individuals whom the Church does not accept for ordained Ministry.

Latest / Proudest Achievement 

I am proud to be the first serving Moravian Minister to be awarded a personal Chair (Professorship) by a British University, and to be the first Professor of Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment in the UK. I have great pride in the achievements of my Doctoral and Masters students, and in the success of the PhD and DProf programmes in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies, and Psychological Trauma.

I feel greatly blessed in my ministry, which includes offering Counselling, Pastoral Supervision and Spiritual Direction to others, being a serving Minister of a Church in Dukinfield and being able to pursue my academic interests at Chester. I have three doctorates (PhD, ThD & DMin) which I have worked hard for, and from whose experience I can draw in supervising my doctoral students’ research to their success. I am proud every time I publish something which others say has been helpful to them.

Further information 

I am currently working on publishing a book entitled: Reflective Practice Groups for Clergy: Pastoral supervision group support and ongoing spiritual formation. Chester University Press: Chester.

My most recent work includes:

Chapman, E. & Gubi, P.M. (2019). An exploration of the ways in which feelings of ‘maternal ambivalence’ affect some women. Journal of Illness, Crisis and Loss.

Lee, K.A & Gubi, P.M. (2019). Breaking up with Jesus: a phenomenological exploration of the experience of deconversion from an Evangelical Christian faith to Atheism. Journal of Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 22(2): 171-184.

Gubi, P.M. (2019). Utilising Reflective Practice Groups as pedagogy in ordination training and theological development. Practical Theology Journal.