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ANNUAL NCTS-WEST, OCTOBER 18–20, 2015--Roles, Boundaries, and Vulnerability...
Join us for this year’s NCTS-West at Christ the King Retreat Center in Sacramento, California. This will be an intensive, experiential, residential conference intended to expand your clinical...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: A Book that Examines" Being Called" from a variety of...
Publisher described in its email announcement as:"Scientists and scholars representing diverse disciplines and worldviews describe and interpret their experience of feeling called to a particular life...
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CPSP Cyber Meeting of the Governing Council Announced
Editor's Note: Bill Scar, CPSP President, sent the following message to all members of the CPSP Governing Council:To All Members of the CPSP Governing Council,Greetings!We now look forward to the...
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Dates for the National Clinical Training Seminar-East Announced
Francine Hernandez, Coordinator for NCTS - East, announces the dates and venue for the gathering of the National Clinical Training Seminar-East.Please place on your calendar the dates of November 2-3,...
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Editor's Note: Doctors Fail to Address Patients’ Spiritual Needs by Dr ROBERT...
In an article posted in the NYTimes by Dr ROBERT KLITZMAN, M.D on August 13, 2015, Dr Klitzman, MD comments:"Eventually, my patient dying from cancer did speak with a chaplain. I noticed him visiting...
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A Silently Politicized Profession – by The Reverend Dr. Belen Gonzalez y...
Ever heard it said, “There are no politics in the chaplaincy profession,” Yeah right! I would like to believe that politics is not a constituent characteristic of the chaplaincy profession. However, I...
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THE LOSS OF DONALD CAPPS--By Raymond Lawrence, General Secretary
The sudden death of Don Capps in an automobile accident has deprived CPSP, as well as the entire clinical pastoral community, of arguably the wisest voice of our generation in the field of clinical...
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CPSP's New Website
CPSP now has a new website, CPSP.ORG. No. It’s not the one shown here. It was created some where around 1998 and certainly not the one we have been using over the last twelve years or so. You are now...
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NATIONAL CLINICAL SEMINAR - SOUTH ANNOUNCES ITS FALL 2015 EVENT
Robert Griffin, Coordinator for National Clinical Training Seminar - South (NCTS-South), announces the dates and venue of the training event:Monday-Tuesday, October 26 & 27, 2015Holiday Inn, 638...
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SCHEDULE: NCTS-East, Nov. 2-3, 2015
As previously announced, National Clinical Training Seminar - East will meet November 2 - 3, 2015 at the Loyola Retreat Center, Morristown, New Jersey.Howard Friedman and a portion of his team...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Grandparenting Track Offered by Commission on Accreditation of...
The Pastoral Report took notice of a recent news release posted on the Commission for the Accreditation of Pastoral and Psychotherapy Training (CAPPT) website that is relevant to all CPSP Clinical...
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HELP WANTED: Innovative Possibilities for Clinical Military Chaplain Training...
Recently, I have been talking with a number of military chaplains. Many have never had even one unit of CPE although they would like to. They know that clinical pastoral training would benefit their...
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Thomas Waynick, CPSP Diplomate
Pastoral Institute Names New CEOThe Ledger-Inquirer recent published an article featuring Thomas Waynick, a member of the Fort Belvoir CPSP Chapter and a Diplomate in Pastoral Psychotherapy and...
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CPSP in the NEWS: A Lesson From Animals About Being Humane By William...
William Alberts, Phd published an article inCounterPunch.ORG: A Lesson From Animals About Being Humane: Boots, a Katrina Hurricane survivor, is an almost 13-year-old male Golden Retriever-Chow mix, who...
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UPDATE: NCTS - EAST
A Group Relations Program at the NCTS ConferenceThe National Clinical Training Seminar - East will meet November 2 - 3, 2015 at the Loyola Retreat Center, Morristown, New Jersey. The Theme is:...
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A Significant Reminder--By David Roth
Today, October 1st, 2015, is the 50th anniversary of the death of Anton T. Boisen (1876-1965), founder of the clinical pastoral movement. Without Boisen, no one would be doing clinical chaplaincy...
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Two Kinds of Group Relations Opportunities at NCTS this Fall-- By Jack Lampl...
East and West National Clinical Training Seminars this fall will offer two different Group Relations Events:“Roles, Boundaries, and Vulnerability in Care-Providing Institutions” and“Leadership and...
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Commission for the Accreditation of Pastoral and Psychotherapy Training...
The Reverend Doctor Willard W.C. Ashley, Sr.The Board of Trustees of the Commission for the Accreditation of Pastoral and Psychotherapy Training announces the addition of a member to the board. The...
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A Silently Politicized Profession - Part II--by The Rev. Dr. Belen Gonzalez y...
All politically charged circumstances have a historical antecedent. Two decades ago, many of you might remember a document called A White Paper: Professional Chaplaincy—Its Role and Importance in...
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