How we'll support you
Therapy and
Supervision
For pastors, chaplains, and leaders.
Workshops
Preventive and intervention training in formation and development for individual, relational, team and organisational health and wellbeing.
Retreat
Facilitation
For pastors, caregivers, couples, teams, congregations, and women's groups.
Resources
Research-based practical tools for use by individuals, couples, teams and organisations.
Blog
Becoming Whole: Reflections on personal integration (Meryem).
Hi, we're Greg & Meryem
Leadership roles within the life of the church bring ever-increasing challenges. Our calling is to support pastors and professional caregivers in the midst of these pressures through training in team and organisational development, as well as providing services that renew the broken and weary.
This support takes many forms, including: pastoral supervision; counselling; debriefing; designing and facilitating workshops; lecturing; researching and writing papers on the pastoral and caregiver's role; team-building and strategic planning; and facilitating retreats.
A bit about us
Meryem Brown
B.A.; Dip. Ed.; M. Ed. St. (Couns.); Grad. Dip. App. Sc.; Dip. Supervision; MAPS, APSE.
Meryem recently retired after more than 30 years as a registered psychologist, during which she operated a private counselling practice. In 2021, she ceased counselling in order to specialise in providing pastoral and professional supervision. Meryem is now no longer available for one on one consultations, but can be invited through this website to design and run training programs, including workshops and seminars; and to design and facilitate retreats.
Greg Brown
B. Bus (HRM); M. A. (App. Ethics); Cert in Supervision; Grad. Dip. Couns., Dip. Supervision, PACFA, CCAA, APSE.
Greg has experience in accounting, administration, management, pastoral work, mentoring, coaching and supervision. He has worked in the Public Service for Local, State and Commonwealth Government bodies, and in the private sector, in both small business and large corporations. Greg is a Certified Practising Counsellor and provides counselling and pastoral supervision.
Greg is registered as a Senior Accredited Pastoral Supervisor.
Together, Greg and Meryem conduct an organisational and professional development consultancy service for government, business, community, professional and church groups.
Services we offer
In 1986 we felt a strong sense of call to care for and support clergy and manse families. This subsequently expanded to include youth workers, chaplains, cross-cultural workers, secular caregivers (including counsellors, social workers, allied health workers, etc.) and others in leadership roles. We have worked at some level with all major denominations and a number of theological colleges, parachurch, mission agencies, not for profits and professional groups. Currently, we offer:
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Workshops
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personality types
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ministry stress and burnout
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professional well-being and self-care
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maintaining emotional health and lifestyle balance
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sexual integration
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professional boundaries
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team cohesion and organisational health
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congregational healing
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spiritual bypassing
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emotional intellgence
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marriage enrichment
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change and transition management
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conflict management and transformation
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role clarification and negotiation
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professional and pastoral ethics
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the shadow side of leadership
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professional/pastoral supervision
Other Services
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guest lecturing at theological and training colleges on ministry-related issues
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professional development programs for counsellors, caregivers, etc
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consulting with clergy and leadership teams r.e. team and congregational health
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retreat programs for clergy and professional caregivers
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pastoral/professional supervision
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coaching and mentoring
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intervention
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counselling for clergy, etc. and professional caregivers (Greg)
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cross-cultural ministry debriefing
Let's connect
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