Professor Peter Gubi
Professor
Biography
Professor Peter Gubi is Professor of Counselling and Spiritual Accompaniment in the Division of Social and Political Sciences. Professor Gubi has worked in the Counselling professions for over thirty years in the contexts of Primary Care, the voluntary sector, education, and private practice. He maintains a private practice in Crewe offering Supervision, Counselling, Pastoral Supervision and Spiritual Direction. Before coming to the University of Chester in 2013, he was Principal Lecturer and Divisional Leader in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. As well as being a Professor at Chester, Professor Gubi is also an Ordained Presbyter in the Moravian Church (British Province) serving Fairfield Moravian Church and Royton Moravian Church as Minister. He also serves provincially as Provincial Pastoral Supervision Co-ordinator for the Moravian Church (British Province). Until recently, he was Chair of the Provincial Church Service Committee for the Moravian Church (British Province), and Co-ordinator of the Worship Leaders' programme for the Moravian Church (British Province). He is a Trustee of the Association for Pastoral Supervision and Education, and was founding Chair of the Training, Research and Publications sub-group. He is also Honorary Professor of Practical Theology at Teofilo Kisanji University, Tanzania. Further information about Professor Gubi can be found on his website. http://petergubi.co.uk/
Teaching and Supervision
Professor Gubi mostly supervises postgraduate research (MA/MPhil/PhD/DProf) and teaches module SO7307 on the MA in Clinical Counselling programme. To date, he has supervised 21 doctoral theses to successful completion as Principal Supervisor, and over a hundred Masters dissertations. He welcomes the opportunity to talk to potential students about research projects of interest through a PhD. Currently, he is supervising 12 doctoral projects as Principal Supervisor.
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Professor Gubi has researched and published extensively (see publications). His research interests are in the interface between spirituality and mental health, and in the mental health wellbeing of Clergy through Pastoral Supervision and Reflective Practice Groups. He is a pragmatic researcher with a specialism in qualitative methods.