Pastoral Services and Our Christian Roots

South Island Centre for Counselling & Training has been offering Pastoral Care & Counselling Services in Victoria & the South Island since 1975.

Often crisis, abuse, death, hopelessness and other traumas devastate personal relationships and distort the meaning of life. Through consultation, continuing pastoral counselling and education, South Island Centre supports clergy and persons of faith as they work towards cultivating loving and unifying relationships. 

We see our role in pastoral care as a supportive one based on the awareness that all healing and wholeness ultimately comes from the love that God provides. We do not force our beliefs on others but rather provide a supportive, trained ear for those who desire a spiritual and/or christian context to their counselling sessions.

As part of our ministry, we also provide regular opportunities for Clergy and Christian Counsellors to come together to network, pray and particiapte in case conferencing around the situations we may encounter as we offer pastoral care & counselling to those who seek our help.

Professional Consultations for Clergy

Pastoral care is a complex, challenging and innovative call. As many turn to their pastors for counsel, the issue before pastors is not whether to do pastoral counselling but rather what kind of pastoral counselling to effect.

South Island Centre is a consultation service to pastors and other professionals through theologically trained staff whose education and experience in pastoral psychology and mental health studies equip them for consulting work.

CareerChoice Program

The CareerChoice program of South Island Centre offers an ecumenical opportunity to clergy and lay people who want to review their career choices and development, their gifts and call, their strengthened 'fit' in ministry. South Island Centre is one of the few agencies in Canada offering this service, and major denominations such as the United, Baptist and Anglican Churches refer their ministry staff to us for this service.

Read what a  participant had to say about the experience:

"....the continuing education experience provided by South Island Centre was the best that I've ever had. It has helped to enlarge my world in so many rich ways. Your gentle and caring way of helping led me to realise how closed my world had become and how to open new doors and windows....what a wonderful blessing! My wife also feels that it was the best continuing education experience she has ever had. Thank you so very much......

South Island Centre Will Travel

We will provide some of our key services in your congregational, institutional or agency setting. South Island Centre will come on location with one of its staff persons in order to team up with your staff to develop your ministry. In this way, you may add to your staff a part-time pastor offering consultation, continuing education and counselling. Fees for on location services are based on a suggested per diem commensurate with salary levels of your staff.