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Pastoral Care Week, October 21—27, 2018, is hosted by The COMISS Network: The...
The first Pastoral Care Week was held in October 1985. Since then it has grown beyond national to international proportions. The celebration of Pastoral Care Week provides an opportunity for chaplains...
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You are warmly invited to join us / Estás cordialmente invitado a unirte a...
The CPSP Plenary Planning Committee warmly invites you to join us forThe 29th PlenaryofThe College of Pastoral Supervisionand PsychotherapyinSan Antonio, TexasMarch 24 - 27, 2019Workshops &...
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Assault on Pittsburg Synagogue—by Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary
Chaplain Dan Leger, a CPSP Clinical Chaplain at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Palliative and Supportive Institute, was among the victims of the shooting yesterday at Pittsburgh’s Tree...
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Statement by David Plummer, Co-President 28-October, 2018 CPSP Governing...
Well, I had purposed in my heart, just prior to this weekend, of foregoing any particular presidential address or even observations. But then the events that took place at the Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life...
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New National Guidelines Call for Improved Access to Vital Palliative Care—by...
Many people living with a serious illness who are receiving treatment for their condition, whether heart failure, lung disease, cancer or another illness, don’t have access to palliative care, which...
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Reminder to Vote on Tuesday -- by Raymond J. Lawrence
If the current President has his way tomorrow I fear for the future of our nation, and also of the world. Vote, please! And do everything you can to get your friends to vote! Tomorrow could be the last...
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Statement by David Plummer, Co-President 28-October, 2018 CPSP Governing...
Well, I had purposed in my heart, just prior to this weekend, of foregoing any particular presidential address or even observations. But then the events that took place at the Pittsburgh's Tree of Life...
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Just Released! The 2018 Revision of The CPSP Standards -- by Ed Luckett, Jr.,...
The new (2018) edition of The Standards of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy marks the third stage in the evolution of our basic documents since our adopting Bylaws that set out a...
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Public Statement in Response to the Abuse of Immigrants Seeking Asylum in Our...
The continuing ill treatment of immigrants seeking refuge in our country is not congruent with who we are as a nation. We call on all citizens to protest the actions of our current government that...
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Writing a New Chapter — by Dom Fuccillo
A year ago, I "Faded to Black" in a Pastoral Report essay. Attending a few meetings this year of a Denver CPSP Chapter has since rekindled those ashes.The chapter's first meeting, to which I had been...
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Brian H. Childs Receives Board Certification Healthcare Ethics Consultant
Brian H. Childs, Ph.D. a Diplomate Supervisor and Psychotherapist as well as training supervisor in CPSP, has been recently board certified as a healthcare ethics consultant. Initiated by the American...
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AOC and CAPPT Announce 2019 Plenary Workshop: The Training Program...
Ken Waddell, Chair of the CPSP Accreditation Oversight Committee (AOC) and Brian Childs, Board Member with the Commission for the Accreditation of Pastoral and Psychotherapy Training (CAPPT) will be...
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Pastoral Care and Counseling’s Sensitive Gentleman — by James Pruett
Friday, January 11, 2019, in Asheville, North Carolina, our tradition lost one of its finest providers of hospitality and sustainers of this movement when the Reverend Dr. C. Roy Woodruff, Sr. passed...
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Meet Dr. Roslyn A. Karaban at the 29th CPSP Plenary
The theme of the 29th CPSP Plenary, "The Soul of Clinical Pastoral Work: The Clinical Chaplain as Therapist". This year's event will feature a consultant with an impressive background and extensive...
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Robert Dykstra's Newest Book – Finding Ourselves Lost: Ministry in the Age of...
Don’t call this a book review. Call it rather a book alert, an urgent update to members of the CPSP community.It’s been forever since a theological tome at any point caused my eyes to water, and was...
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7 Reasons to Attend the 29th CPSP Plenary in San Antonio... besides the usual...
1. The RiverwalkThe San Antonio River Walk (also known as Paseo del Río or simply as The River Walk) is a city park and network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath...
View Article2019 CPSP Plenary discussion with Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary
We took a moment to talk with Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary, about the upcoming 2019 CPSP Plenary program and the event consultant, Dr. Roslyn A. Karaban. This is a historic event for CPSP, as...
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Libby Grobmyer and Jonathan Freeman named as Co-Presidents of the College of...
Libby Grobmyer, is a CPSP Board Certified Clinical Chaplain. She serves as the Chaplain for the UAMS Palliative Care Service, and is a living donor advocate for the UAMS Transplant Program. Grobmyer...
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Living, Dying – Gaining, Losing – Change (whether Consciously or...
On the 95th anniversary of Dunbar’s study on “The Medieval Mass in the West.” 1924 [she entered seminary soon after writing this]On the 90th anniversary of Dunbar’s 1st of 3 doctoral dissertations:...
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Authority, Leadership and Spirituality In A Culture of Nationalism -- A Group...
Authority, Leadership and SpiritualityIn A Culture of NationalismA Group Relations Program at the National Clinical Training Seminars (NCTS) ConferenceCollege of Pastoral Supervision and...
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In Celebration of the Nemours Clinical Pastoral Education/Training Program --...
(L-R): Fran Nichols, Scott Smith, Dr. Larry Moss, Jane Mericle, Dr. Mary Lee, Dr. Roy Proujansky, Kelly Thompson, and Dr. Al Carden When Kelly Thompson's fourth child was born, she was not expected to...
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The New Colossus, Revised, 2019 Version -- by Raymond J. Lawrence
The poet Emma Lazarus, who lived in New York City and died in 1887 at the age of 38, wrote the brief poem that is inscribed on our Statue of Liberty:“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses...
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Registration is now open for the Fall 2019 NCTS-East event with guest speaker...
We're pleased to announce that registration is now open for the National Clinical Training Seminar - East (NCTS-East) event, November 4–5, 2019 in Morristown, NJ. The theme of this Fall's event is:...
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In response to the tragedies in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH
Editor's Note: Chaplain Patty Berrón, BCCC, BCPC, and a member of the Dallas Metroplex, TX Chapter, who along with colleagues, is providing leadership clinical care and counseling to those who are...
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CPSP Members in the news - Michael Eselun inducted into the Eudaimonia...
Michael Eselun, CPSP Board Certified Clinical Chaplain, was recently selected as a member of the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI) Eudaimonia Society. His presentation is linked to the photo,...
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CPSP’s Stephen Faller, Diplomate, BCCC, BCPC, publishes Christianity and the...
Editor’s note: Stephen Faller is a Board Certified Clinical Chaplain/Pastoral Counselor and a Diplomate Clinical Education/Training Supervisor with the College of Pastoral Supervision and...
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Caregivers Learning About Tragedy and Trauma in Gettyburg
Thirty-seven members from ten chapters in Region 2 gathered August 18-19, 2019 in Gettysburg, PA to deal with recent traumatic events such as the Tree of Life synagogue shootings this past October in...
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CPSP Members in the News: William Alberts recipient of Distinguished Alumni...
Editor's Note: William Alberts, CPSP Diplomate, and author, is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University School of Theology. Reverend Scott Campbell, who introduced Dr....
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Pastoral Care Week: Hospitality: Cultivating Space – October 20-26, 2019
The week of October 20-26, 2019 represents 34 years of celebrating Pastoral Care Week.Pastoral Care Week is a time of both celebration and education. Organizations and institutions throughout the...
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Woman in Leadership by Rev. Dr. Nancy Schaffer, Chairperson, Diplomate...
Raymond Lawrence approached me to chair a working group promoting Women in Leadership (WIL) within CPSP. Raymond spoke of the “vagueness” of this initiative which I embraced as an opportunity and a...
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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through activism
Editor's Note: In this time of division, even with forces designed to legitimize expressions and actions fueled by hate and racial discrimination, we need to hear and re-hear the voice and message of...
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A Message to the CPSP Community – by Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary
The current coronavirus crisis has left the nation, the world and the CPSP community in a state of confusion and some degree of anxiety. No one knows how bad or how long this pandemic will last. The...
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For those who read – by Raymond J. Lawrence
In December, Joanne Greenberg published a novel entitled Jubilee Year, based on Leviticus 25:4,10. When I finished reading it, I had thoughts of the story as a fantasy of what the end of civilization...
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CPSP Chaplain Serving on Frontline of Coronavirus War
CPSP Chaplain Rabbi Dr. Hillel Fox was interviewed recently for a New York Post article about his role as a hospital chaplain during the coronavirus pandemic.You can read the full article here: "NYC...
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Calling all CPSP Clinicians and Diplomates (Diplomates Are Clinical Too!) –...
On 19 May, Professor Austyn Snowden of Napier University Scotland (and part of ERICH - a research institute initiated by chaplains for chaplains to enhance spiritual care practice) invited...
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Reflections on Minneapolis – by Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary, CPSP
We have all known that a poisonous racism resides deeply in the DNA of the people of our country. But the event in Minneapolis on Tuesday brings in focus our sickness in the shockingly vivid video. We...
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Ecumenical Psychodynamic - Exegetic - Clinical Pastoral Chaplaincy:...
Welcome to the 95th anniversary of when Helen Flanders Dunbar met Anton Theophilus Boisen – thus founding professional chaplaincy;and to the 30th plenary of The College of Pastoral...
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The HeART of Conversation, and Care – by Jennifer R. Harper, MDiv, DD, NCPsyA
Jennifer R. Harper, MDiv, DD, NCPsyAThe HeART of Conversation, and CareConference: College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy Sunday, March 1, 2020, Afternoon Plenary Keynote Address, The...
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A Statement Against Racism and Injustice by the CPSP Executive Chapter
We, the professional pastoral care community called the College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy, call on communities of faith, the clergy of all traditions, and all conscientious people of...
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A Call to Arms – by Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary
You received a lot of material in the Pastoral Report last week, both Robert Powell’s Dunbar Award presentation and Jennifer Harper’s even longer document, her acceptance speech on receiving the 2020...
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Anton Theophilus Boisen as a Clinician – in Favor of Psychotherapy – by...
Note: Originally published in Pastoral Report, 29-Nov. 2017. Republished on 17-June 2020 in response to the recent article, Call to Arms by Raymond J. Lawrence, General SecretaryThe following is a...
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A Perspective to Consider on Today's World – by David Plummer
We're taking a moment to share a 17-minute video by Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales (many Christian parents and people raised in Christian homes will know about this series). Vischer gives...
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Article Repost from 1999: Special Report from the CPSP General Secretary
FOREWORD. Our Administrative Coordinator, Krista Argiropolis, dug the following document out of our archives yesterday and sent it around to several persons in leadership. It is my 1999 Annual Report...
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An Important Netflix Documentary in August – by Dave Plummer
Netflix has put together quite a damning exposé on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Please see and read, "Trump administration...
View Article"With Profound Religious Rights Concerns For All People"
It was brought to the attention of the Executive Chapter of CPSP that Muslim detainees' religious rights and dignity are being violated by the U.S. Dept. of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....
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Remembering Kenneth C. Blank
Ken Blank, a Diplomate in the Savannah, GA Chapter(formerly, Indian Nations - San Antonio Chapter) and past-president of CPSP, died this weekend. Ken lived in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife of 42...
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Remembering Ron Evans by Raymond J. Lawrence
The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy mourns the death of Ron Evans, who died on October 1, at age 84, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. An early member of CPSP, Ron showed up at the fourth...
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Pastoral Care Week, October 25-31, 2020
Sometimes a picture is more informative and revealing than either words or actions, referencing the thought, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” This year’s theme, Collaborative Healthcare:...
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Reflections on the Recent NCTS-East Virtual Event
National Clinical Training Seminar–East (NCTS-East) just went virtual for 2020 this week, making it the first national event for CPSP that was held entirely online!For the past nineteen years,...
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