Debriefing is a process whereby you intentionally process the past, and as a result of this, be strengthened for the journey ahead.
Usually conducted over 5 days (Sunday evening to Friday lunchtime) the individual, couple or family spend time focusing on both historic and current transitions.
A Debrief is for anyone involved in ministry/vocational contexts who desires to grow in their understanding of God, themselves and the people and experiences that have shaped them, and to continue to live out of these aspects of life in an integrated way.
Kinds of debriefing that Peacemakers specifically focuses on:
- Cross-cultural workers and families (including children) returning ‘home’ on home assignment or moving on to another assignment.
- Covid refugees or those in unexpected transition.
- People who are moving into, out of, or in between different church or parachurch ministries, countries or contexts.
- People who have, within a ministry/vocation context, experienced major disappointment and trauma or have faced a major crisis and are experiencing emotional, mental and spiritual distress
- People who are questioning the direction of their ministry/vocation and are seeking external help in processing their thoughts, before possibly making major life directional/ministry decisions
- Critical incident (trauma) debriefing. This crisis intervention is for people who have very recently been affected by a critical incident (e.g. forced evacuation, abduction, armed attack, natural disaster, break up of a team etc.)
(We are pleased to come under the Piringa umbrella in this work. Please refer to Piringa Trust for more details. www.piringa.org.nz)