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Charles R. Hicks Named CPSP's Administrator
The College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) is delighted to announce the appointment of Charles R. Hicks as its new Administrator. 'Administrator' is equivalent of what would be...
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CPSP and the Upcoming AKRI Group Relations Conference by David Roth
Whenever I talk with fellow members of CPSP, recurring themes emerge. Among the most common are struggles with pastoral identity, how the chaplain should use and work with authority, our roles on...
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Joanne Martindale, CPSP Diplomate, Promoted to Colonel in Army Reserve – by...
Chaplain Joanne S. Martindale, a CPSP Diplomate CPE Supervisor, member of the Nautilus Pacific Chapter, and Veterans Administration chaplain at David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, CA,...
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Committee on the Promotion and Certification of Chapters – By Miriam...
Our covenant reminds us that chapter life is the heart of our organization. The values and commitments that we uphold each time we read this covenant – collegial professional community; mutual...
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NCTS-West Announces 2015 Fall Gathering
National Clinical Training Seminar-West ( NCTS-West) announces the dates and venue of the next gathering. Please mark on your calendar the dates of October 18-20, 2015 for the event which will be held...
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Reflections on 2015 Spring National Clinical Training Seminar - East – By...
I entered the world of CPSP in late summer of 2011 as a supervisor in training. Since that time I have attended just about every National Clinical Training Seminar (NCTS) and have come to value...
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Revision in CPSP's Certification Process – By Jonathan Freeman
At its most recent meeting, the CPSP Governing Council approved changes to the CPSP certification process. These changes are implemented to strengthen the role of the chapter in the certification...
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The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care – By Raymond...
Almost a century ago Anton Boisen changed the face of pastoral work. He taught religious professionals to be healers. Listening to persons suffering mentally or physically was his central theme. To get...
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Raymond Lawrence, CPSP General Secretary, Response to Charleston, SC Tragedy
The ghastly event at Mother Emanuel AME Church Thursday in Charleston, South Carolina, was an unspeakable act of violence seemingly motivated explicitly by racial hatred.We must do all we can to...
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Columbia, SC CPSP Chapter Responds to Charleston Tragedy – By Hayden Howell
Editor's Note: Below is a Pastoral Letter to the Columbia, SC and the CPSP community from Hayden Howell, CPE Supervisor.Dear Columbia Chapter, CPSP (other colleagues, and former members of the...
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Candy and Pencils – By Ron Evans
The purpose of my going to the Correctional Centre, aka jail, was to meet with two artists confined to the facility, individuals who I hoped might be able to do some sketching for a writing project I...
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Professor Valerie Cooper Reflections on the Charleston Tragedy and the...
Dr. Valerie Cooper, Associate Professor of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School, in a recent interview on WUNC.ORG's NPR station provides a rich and thoughtful perspective on the Charleston, SC...
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The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Part Two-- By...
(An Extended Review of Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy George Fitchett & Steve Nolan, Editors)NOTE: See Part IIThe CaseErica is the mother of a two-year-old girl...
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Editor's Note: Response to William Alberts' CounterPunch Article, "Prophets...
In a recent article published on CounterPunch.org entitled: Prophets of the People or Chaplains of the Status Quo?, William Alberts, PhD launches a searing attack against the Association of Clinical...
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From Dover, Massachusetts: Reflections on the A. K. Rice's 2015 International...
Arriving during the midnight hours at Dover, Massachusetts for a six-day international residential training was an experience I will not soon forget.The conference, presented by the A.K. Rice...
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Editor's Note: CAPPT Accreditation of UAMS Clinical Pastoral Education...
The following announcement appeared on the (UAMS) website:"CAPPT Accreditation of UAMS Clinical Pastoral Education Training Program"On June 10, 2015, the Clinical Pastoral Education Training program at...
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The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care -- Part 3---By...
The Current Crisis in Healthcare Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care(An Extended Review of Spiritual Care in Practice: Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy George Fitchett & Steve Nolan, Editors)Part...
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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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