OUR TEAM
The Shepherd’s Staff Team
Maurice Graham
DMin, LMFT
Dr. Maurice Graham, founder of Shepherd’s Staff Ministry, Inc., has counseled and coached ministers and their families for thirty-five years. The foundational assumption of his work is that you cannot separate the minister from the ministry. In 2000, his initial research discovered that if a minister and/or the congregation could not manage their emotions, the effectiveness of the minister and the congregation would be severely diminished. He was certified as an emotional intelligence coach by Daniel Goleman and worked very closely with the Hay Group in his initial research to develop Pastoral Intelligence™. Dr. Graham created the very first 360-degree multi-source assessment to measure emotional intelligence in clergy and established his own unique Call and Identity Coaching™.
Dr. Graham is a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He spends his time primarily training coaches in his Pastoral Intelligence™ methodology as well as serving as the Executive Director of Shepherd’s Staff Ministry, Inc.
Jennifer Collins
MDiv, MSPC, BCC
Rev. Jennifer Collins is a Board Certified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) with 14 years of experience in chaplaincy at Johnston-Willis Hospital and Chippenham Hospital (CJW Medical Center); five of those as the Director of Pastoral Care. In 2010 she received her Master of Science in Patient Counseling from VCU-MCV and her Master of Divinity from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. She became an ordained minister in 2009 at Bon Air Baptist Church and became a Board Certified Chaplain through the APC in 2012. She also holds a Stephen Ministry certification.
Rev. Collins is currently a Pastoral Counselor with Shepherd's Staff Ministry specializing in grief, family systems, parenting, mentoring and trauma. She offers in-person and virtual counseling sessions and is a Women’s Conference Speaker addressing topics such as healthy boundaries, self-care, compassion fatigue, prayer and integrating faith into everyday life. She also facilitates grief groups and topical book studies.
To reach Rev. Collins for a counseling appointment, speaking engagement, facilitating a grief group or topical book study, please contact her at Shepherd’s Staff Ministry at 804-327-0707 or fill out the contact form.
Steve Booth
MDiv, DMin
Rev. Dr. Steve Booth serves as a pastoral counselor and clergy coach.
Utilizing Pastoral Intelligence as a informing construct for coaching clergy, he comes alongside to assist them in navigating the unique challenges of vocational ministry while exploring new dimensions of their call and pastoral identity.
Dr. Booth is also available as a life coach and pastoral counselor to individuals navigating life and relationship challenges. Working with engaged couples to prepare for their marriage, including availability as an officiant, is also an area of significant experience and expertise.
As a pastoral counselor and coach, Dr. Booth relies on spiritual and psychological resources to assist the client to reflect critically about their current struggles in the context of a confidential, caring environment. He recognizes that lasting change is the result of the power of God, the grace of Christ and the indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Prior to joining Shepherd’s Staff Ministry, Dr. Booth served for over 40 years as a pastor, Christian educator, pastoral counselor, and spiritual director. He is a graduate of Campbell University, and Andover Newton Theological School (now Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity). He received coach training from the Center for Congregational Health.
For an initial free 15-minute introductory call or to make a full 50-minute appointment, contact Dr. Booth by calling 804-327-0707 or complete the contact form.
Terry Maples
MDiv
Terry’s passion is clergy coaching that builds trust-based relationships, honors the client’s own wisdom in discerning solutions, creates contexts that encourage change by attending to emotions, and poses powerful questions that foster self-awareness leading to action. Much of Terry’s personal and professional growth occurred over 40 years in vocational ministry—27 years as educator for three congregations (20 years in one congregation) and 13 years as a denominational executive.
An eager lifelong learner, Terry stretched himself through coach training with Dr. Eddie Hammett at Coach Approach Ministries, through family systems training with Dr. Larry Matthews via Leadership in Ministry, through peer-learning groups, and years of studying the Enneagram. Most recently, Terry received intentional interim pastor training through the Center for Healthy Congregations.
Rev. Maples holds an accounting degree from the University of Alabama (1979) and a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1983). Terry wrote a book published by Nurturing Faith in 2016, and he has crafted small group and Bible study lesson series and numerous articles for religious publications.
You may contact Terry at Shepherd’s Staff Ministry at 804-327-0707 or fill out the contact form.