Burnout: Understanding, Preventing, and Recovering
Join us for our September reEquip day with Prof. Paul Fairchild, an experienced academic, counsellor, and practitioner, now leading Nuance Counselling in Eynsham. Paul will help us think biblically, pastorally, and practically about navigating burnout – whether for ourselves, those we serve alongside, or the people we care for.
Burnout is one of the most pressing challenges for pastors, leaders, and those carrying heavy responsibilities in church and community life. How do we spot the early warning signs? What does healthy recovery look like? And how can we build resilience for the long run?
9.30 am – Meet for coffee/tea and pastries
10 am – Session 1
11.15am – Break for coffee/tea
11.45am – Session 2
1pm – Lunch
2pm – Session 3
3pm – Q&A with tea
3.30pm – Finish
(from faraday.com.ac.uk) Paul Fairchild began his research career in Oxford, where he studied for a DPhil in the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, focussing on the challenges of transplant rejection. After spending five years investigating the cellular and molecular basis of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis in the Department of Pathology in Cambridge, he returned to Oxford, where he is now based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology and serves as a Fellow of Trinity College.
In 2008, he founded the Oxford Stem Cell Institute, for which he served as Co-Director until the end of 2015, a role which exposed him to the many ethical questions that new technologies inevitably raise. It was in this capacity that he was invited to discuss the ethics of stem cell biology to world leaders at several meetings of the World Economic Forum. His current research draws on his background in immunology and interest in stem cells to develop new approaches to the treatment of a broad range of diseases with an immunological basis: indeed, his recent work has led to several patents and on-going clinical trials for the treatment of lung cancer.
He has served on the Scientific Advisory Boards of various companies and organisations, including the government’s Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult, and has provided evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee for Science and Technology. Paul is a committed Christian and has been involved in various churches in both Oxford and Cambridge, serving as an Elder at Magdalen Road Evangelical Church in Oxford for almost 10 years.
(from nuancecounselling.co.uk): In parallel with his academic career, he trained professionally as a psychotherapist in the mid-90s, is fully accredited by the BACP and has over 20 years’ experience of working with clients from diverse backgrounds, both privately and in a primary healthcare setting. Having trained initially as a person-centred counsellor, he subsequently studied cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) at the University of Warwick and uses an integrative approach when working with a broad range of presenting issues. He is also a qualified clinical supervisor and offers ongoing supervision for other counsellors.
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The statistics relating to pastoral ministry burn-out is high. Too high.
For many the life of church or para-church ministry can be stressful, busy and, very often, lonely.
The to-do list can be overwhelming and unending, leaving little to no space for any kind of self-study or growth – often we feel out of our depth. Often we feel like calling it quits.
reEquip seeks to support and encourage those in pastoral ministry. Come and:
(1) receive focused teaching and training that will help us in our ministry life, whether in pastoral skills, practical ministry, bible teaching or areas of theology,
(2) enjoy the company of and learn from others in similar situations and
(3) enjoy a delicious lunch together!