PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAINCY

CPSP committed to providing free educational resources to the pastoral care and clinical pastoral training movement. This is a free CPSP Podcast: College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy Annual Meeting 2012 Part 1 from Leonard Chamblee on Vimeo . Communication Near The End OF Life Kimberly Garner, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.F.P. Dr. Kimberly Garner is a staff physician at the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is also an assistant professor of Geriatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Garner is the medical director of the Geriatric Evaluation and Management Unit at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System which is a specialized intermediate unit which provides an interdisciplinary team approach in an inpatient setting. Dr. Garner received a juris doctorate degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law and a maste...

UAMS Clinical Pastoral Education Residency Program The Clinical Pastoral Education training program focuses on the development of self-awareness, formation of pastoral identity, professional functioning, and the ability to address issues from a competent clinical and pastoral perspective. The CPE residency program is designed for the ordained person with a seminary degree and at least one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education. On occasion, a lay person may qualify for admission. CPE residents and interns serve as ecumenical chaplains, under supervision, to assigned areas throughout the UAMS Medical Center and clinics. The setting provides a rich base for clinical experience and opportunities for continued personal, professional and pastoral development. The UAMS Clinical Pastoral Training programs follow the standards set by the College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy (CPSP), the accrediting organization. A typical unit of CPE requires a minimum of 400 hours of supervised min...

Francine Hernandez, National Clinical Training Seminar Coordinator, encourages all members of the CPSP community to mark your calendar for the Fall 2011 NCTS Seminar. The event will be held at the Stella Maris Retreat Center, Elberon, NJ on Monday, Oct. 24-25, 2011. For more information visit the Pastoral Report the online journal of the College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy

PARISH-BASED CPE RESIDENCY POSITION: Stipend $40,000. Rural Parish with Recreation Ministry; Contracted with the South Carolina Department of Corrections and the Midlands Area Pastoral Counseling Services, Inc. Program Accredited by the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (January 4 – December 31, 2010). Inquire at Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church, Box 170, Liberty Hill, SC 29074 Telephone: 803-273-9191 lhpc@comporium.net . Gene Rollins, Supervisor. For more information about CPSP visit the link below: http://www.cpsp.org/ .

Invitation... Come join us in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the Gathering of the Community for the Nineteenth Plenary Meeting March 29th-April 1, 2009 Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel Virginia Beach, Virginia Hotel Registration... Sheraton Oceanfront Hotel, 36th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Tel: 800.521.5635 -or- 757.425.9000 Registrants must contact the hotel, at the telephone numbers listed above, to reserve sleeping rooms. Special Conference Rate: $109-$119 +tax. This rate is guaranteed only though February 26, 2009, and for a limited number of rooms, on a first-come basis. The price of the room will vary according to the view. The hotel rooms are quite spacious and will accommodate three or four persons comfortably. You are urged to register as early as possible if you intend to stay at the Sheraton. Please Note: Registration Rate after February 26, 2009: $245. Meals/Refreshments for Non-Registered Companion or Spouse: $75. For additional information please go to our...

CPSP Sponsoring Asia-Pacific Symposium on Clinical Pastoral Care November 17-21, 2008, the Asia-Pacific Symposium on "Clinical Pastoral Care, Counseling, and Education in the Asian Cultural Context" will be held in the dazzling city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It promises to draw seminal theoreticians and clinicians together, in the midst of a vibrant, culturally-diverse environment, to examine and discuss contextual and cultural relevancy in the pastoral care and counseling disciplines. CPSP inaugurates the first CPSP chapter in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. February 26th, 2008 Dr. Raymond J. Lawrence, General Secretary for the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy reviewed four candidates for Board Certification as Clinical Chaplains and inaugurated the first CPSP chapter in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. CPSP 2008 Plenary Gathering CPSP invites you to join us for an exciting time at the 2008 CPSP Plenary March 30 – April 2, 2008. This year's Plenary will feature informative ...

We are pleased to announce that Professor Arthur W. Frank will be the Keynote speaker at the at the 2008 Plenary Gathering of The College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy. Arthur W. Frank is professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, Alberta Canada. Dr. Frank received his undergraduate degree in English from Princeton University (High Honours, 1968), his M.A. in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Yale University (1975). He has taught at the University of Calgary since 1975. In 2006 he was elected a Fellow of The Hastings Center, the preeminent U.S. bioethics institute, and also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, which is the highest honor that Canadian academics can receive. He is the author of At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness (Houghton Mifflin, 1991), the story of his 1985 heart attack and subsequent testicular cancer. The book has been translated into four langua...