Alongside uncertainty: Existential pastoral and spiritual care in transitional spaces

• Online
• 23rd Jan '26 11.00 am – 1.00 pm

The workshop will use the discussion of case studies to illustrate the development of meaning[s] for people who find themselves in transient spaces e.g. a remand prison cell, an A & E bay, waiting for deployment on active service; resitting exams. These liminal spaces are precarious, and call for courage and resilience in the person (and indeed in their chaplain/pastoral carer) to explore the feelings, questions and dilemmas that are prompted by their uncertainties and vulnerability.

Tutor Description:

Dr Elizabeth Young is the course leader at NSPC for the postgraduate programme in Pastoral care: existential and humanist practice and a Humanist chaplain at a NHS Trust

Joanna Mutlow has worked in pastoral care in acute and mental health settings and is a trainer and mentor for the Non Religious Pastoral Support Network. Author of Being There: Responses in Humanist Pastoral Care, she also cohosted 50 podcasts episodes on Opening Up Chaplaincy.