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 forty years in the contexts of Primary Care, the voluntary sector, education, and private practice. He maintains a private practice 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 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 Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Pastoral Supervision and Education (APSE), and was founding Chair of the APSE Training, Research and Publications sub-group. He is also Honorary Professor of Practical Theology at Teofilo Kisanji University, Tanzania.

In 2014, Professor Gubi wrote, developed and took through the validation process the Doctor of Professional Studies in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies programme and the Doctor of Professional Studies in Psychological Trauma programme, for which he was Programme Leader for eight years. In that time and since, Chester University has developed into one of the foremost centres in the UK for doctoral research in Counselling, Psychotherapy and Psychological Trauma, thanks to the developmental and supervisory work of Professor Peter Gubi, Professor Andrew Reeves and Professor William West.

Further information about Professor Gubi can be found on his website. http://petergubi.co.uk/