Clinical Pastoral Education Residency Position

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/.

The Uniqueness of the CPSP Plenary

Many meetings and conferences fail because they follow an agenda which places the conference speaker at the heart of the event and the attendee as observer. The structure of the CPSP plenary stands in sharp contrast to the linear model of many conferences which place an exclusive emphasis on an individual speaker.

We avoid this in CPSP by placing the emphasis on the small group process in which the plenary presenters take part in the consultative process of the small group experience. CPSP is unique in our field in how we structure our gathering in a way that wisdom is shared, consultation is sought and community is fostered in terms of accountability.

The College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy Task Force Report

College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy

TASK FORCE FOR THE FUTURE REPORT:

Delivered at the 2009 CPSP Plenary By Luise Weinrich

The late writer David Foster Wallace, a man of great soul who I believe would have loved a community like CPSP, told this story at Kenyon College's commencement: in 2005:

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says "Morning, boys. How's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and says "What is water?" (David Foster Wallace, Kenyon College commencement address, 2005).

For over a year now, the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy's Task Force for the Future has been at work, talking with our members about your vision for CPSP. We've been seeking your views about where we are, and where we're headed in the future, finding out what the water is like our community.

Our work is ongoing. We've conducted dozens of interviews so far. These interviews are in-depth conversations. Most have been conducted by telephone and have lasted from 30-60 minutes, yielding on average 2-3 pages of notes per call.

Because CPSP is an international community, our task force has also made use of Internet technology to speak with people across the country and in other parts of the world. We have intentionally spoken with members of our community whose voices are not usually heard at our formal gatherings in hopes of gaining a broader view of our community in all its diversity. We have spoken with new members and members who have been a part of CPSP from its inception, and many in-between.

From those conversations, the following five themes have emerged:

1. Our members deeply value local chapters. Almost to a person, CPSP members report that the work they do and the depth of community they share in their local chapters lie at the heart of the CPSP experience for them. Members indicate that the challenge, support and peer supervision they receive in local chapters is life-giving, and positively impacts the quality of their clinical work and ministry.

They also state that chapter life has enriched their lives in significant and positive ways. Members describe life in chapters as a rare, precious gift. One person noted that no other professional organization – of doctors, lawyers, care givers etc. – has anything approaching the depth of communal and professional support we have in our CPSP chapters.

Chapter life is not perfect. Some members expressed concern that other chapters are not functioning in an ideal manner. Our observation from speaking with individual members of chapters is that the overall level of health in chapters is quite high. Members frequently state that it is this rare quality of human community, shaped by the values of CPSP's covenant, that draws them to CPSP and sustains them in their work and in their life together.

Several chapter members have spoken of how valuable it has been for them to receive outside consultation about their chapter's process, while other chapters seem less clear about this requirement. Our task force believes that the policy for chapters to be in ongoing consultation with an outside consultant is a good one that promotes health and vitality in chapters.

We recommend that this practice continue to be encouraged. We also recommend that we continue to make the strength and vitality of local chapters the central focus of CPSP.

2. Our members value CPSP's commitment to traveling light. Overwhelmingly, CPSP members have voiced their appreciation for our decentralized organizational structure and our commitment to keeping administrative operations, costs and bureaucracy to a minimum. Members also appreciate that the leadership in our organization is informal, flexible, and personal.

Members have noted that our streamlined, grass-roots way of organizing ourselves allows us to move quickly into a variety of settings and to provide vital services in communities and to people who would otherwise not have access to high-quality clinical care.

Members appreciate that when they see a need, they are able to establish training programs, clinical services and ministries in a wide variety of contexts without the excessive bureaucracy, "red tape" and high administrative costs that might otherwise render these services cost-prohibitive.

There is also appreciation that our work is carried out not by a paid staff in a centralized office but rather is accomplished by individuals who see a need and voluntarily give of their time, energy and resources to meet the need.

A number of voices, old and new, have cautioned that, while structure seems to promise security or stability, the creation of unnecessary structure would in fact weigh us down, take the focus away from our mission, and decrease our ability to respond to and serve people in need.

We as a task force echo what we have heard from the community on this matter. We urge CPSP not to let conscious or unconscious anxiety about our growth lead us to create unnecessary structures that would hinder rather than support our carrying out the creative work of ministry that gives us our vitality and, after all, is the reason for our existence.

3. Our members appreciate the current leadership and have some anxiety about future leadership. While a couple of members called for a change in leadership, there is widespread satisfaction with and appreciation of the present leadership. Some members expressed anxiety about what will happen when the "old guard" passes away or its influence wanes. Some excitement has been expressed about new leadership emerging. Some have observed that there has been a "changing of the guard" in recent years as new leadership has increasingly stepped forward.

Our task force believes that there is strong leadership in our community. We note that the covenant states that we value personal authority and creativity. We trust that, with such a covenant to one another, CPSP will manage well leadership transitions that occur in the future.
Luise Weincrich

CPSP a professional community committed to accountability in which every member has a voice.

To read the rest of the CPSP Task Force Report and to learn more about the CPSP Community vist the Pastoral Report the online Journal of CPSP

Association of Professional Chaplains Facing Significant Financial Challenges

The Association of Professional Chaplains recently informed its membership that the organization is experiencing “significant financial challenges.” The APC president, Sue Wintz, related in a letter to the APC membership that the association has made some $80,000 cuts to its budget. The president’s letter requested that APC members consider making a donation of at least $25, 00 to help off set any additional cuts which might have to be made to the organization’s budget. APC Board Certified Chaplains pay annual dues of $265.00 representing some of the highest fees in the profession.

CPSP Plenary 2009-The Tavistock Group

CPSP Plenary 2009

“Tavistock” is the label commonly given to a particular type of group seminar that follows the tradition of Wilfred Bion and his colleagues who were geographically based in a section of London called Tavistock.

The basic premise of the Tavistock approach to group work is that ownership of the group belongs to the membership, and that the consultant(s) will take a posture “outside the group” and will make consultative contributions to the group as a whole, not to particular individuals. A consultant in the Tavistock model does not take a leadership role in the specific work of a Tavistock group, but does provide consultation as well as protecting the boundaries of the group with regard to time and space. A Tavistock group relations seminar has the character of a laboratory in that a specific time and place is set apart to do a specific kind of disciplined task.

The traditional Tavistock group (so-called) is the closest thing to a sacrament that the Plenary has---an action symbolizing things that are complex and difficult to fully define.It is a combination free-for-all, Quaker meeting and psychoanalytic couch.

In the CPSP Tavistock group no hierarchy exists. There is a center, middle and fringe. Any voice may be heard, and all voices are subject to interpretation, analysis, or rebuttal, but no voice should be quashed.

If no words are spoken in Tavistock we should not consider that to be a failure. We should simply contemplate the meaning of the silence.

The non-hierarchical structure of Tavistock well symbolizes the CPSP community.

We hope that the willingness to dare to do creative work in the Tavistock group will also reflect the commitment of the CPSP community.
No subject is out of bounds in the Tavistock meeting.

CPSP: “Promoting competency and accountability in the clinical pastoral tradition”

CPSP Clinical Pastoral Education Training Programs

CPSP CPE/PPS CENTERS LISTING

UPDATED 11/08

ARKANSAS

AR – Little Rock (CPE) 

George Hankins-Hull,  M.Div   

University Arkansas fo Medical Sciences Medical Center 

Little Rock,  AR

(501) 686-6888 

AR – Springdale (CPE) 

C. J. Malone,  M.Div   

Northwest Health System 

Springdale,  AR72764 

(479) 957-8782 

CALIFORNIA

CA - Long Beach (CPE) 

Karyn Reddick,  M.Div   

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center / Miller Children's Hospital 

Long Beach,  CA90806 

(562) 933-1452 

COLORADO

CO – Lakewood (CPE) 

Foy Richey,  M.Div   

Rocky Mountain Center for Education and Training 

Lakewood,  CO 80235 

(303) 797-8255 

DELWARE

DE – Wilmington (CPE)

Bryan Bass-Riley

Nemours-Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

1600 Rockland Road

Wilmington, DE 19803

(302) 651-5063

MASSACHUSETTES

MA – Boston (CPE/PPS) 

William E. Alberts,  Ph.D.,  

Boston Medical Center 

Boston,  MA 02118 

(617) 638-6850 

MARYLAND

MD – Easton (CPE/PPS) 

Benjamin P. Bogia,  Ph.D.   

Shore Health System of Maryland 

Easton,  MD21601 

(410) 822-1000 

MD – Hagerstown, MD (CPE)

David C. Baker, Ph.D.

Washington County Hospital

251 East Antietam Street

Hagerstown, MD 21740

(301) 790-8146 / fax: (301) 790-9473

MD – Salisbury (CPE/PPS) 

Geofrey Tio, D.Min

Peninsula Regional Medical Center 

Salisbury,  MD21801USA 

(410) 543-7202

MD – Salisbury (CPE/PPS) 

Benjamin P. Bogia,  Ph.D.  

 

Life Perspectives,  LLC 

Salisbury,  MD21801 

(443) 735-3793 

MD – Salisbury (CPE) 

Rabbi James Michaels, 

Hebrew Home of Greater Washington

6121 Montrose Rd.

Rockville, MD 20852

(301) 816-7711 / fax: (301) 770-8512

MISSISSIPPI

MS – Pass Christian (CPE) 

Curtis Burge,  M.Div   

American Institute for Ministry 

Pass Christian,  MS 39571 

(228) 255-9921 

NORTH CAROLINA

NC – Durham (CPE/PPS) 

Perry Miller,  D.Min   

Pastoral Care and Counseling Institute 

Durham,  NC27707 

919-489-6452 

NC – Hendersonville (CPE) 

Charles D. Kirby,  M.Div   

Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville 

Hendersonville,  NC28791 

(828) 696-1168 

NC – Hickory (CPE) 

John L. Robbins,  M.Div.   

Catawba Valley Medical Center 

Hickory,  NC28602 

(828) 326-3377 

NC – Pinehurst (CPE) 

Beverly Jessup,  D.Min.   

FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital 

Pinehurst,  NC28374 

(910) 715-1092 / 1955 

NC – Raleigh (CPE/PPS) 

J. John Edgerton,  III,  D.Min.   

WakeMed Department of Spiritual Care 

Raleigh,  NC27610 

(919) 350-8556 

NC - Sneads Ferry (CPE) 

Mac Wallace,  M.Div   

Sundance Family Services 

Sneads Ferry,  NC28460

(910) 317-3631 

NEW JERSEY

NJ – Edison (CPE) 

Annari Griesel,  Ph.D.,    

JFK Medical Center 

65 James Street, Edison,  NJ 08818 

(732) 321-7512 

NJ – Newark (CPE) 

George Blackwell,  M.Div   

The University Hospital 

Newark. NJ 07101 

(973) 972-5688 

NJ – North Bergen (CPE) 

Carlos Alejandro,  M.S.,  MDiv.   

Palisades Medical Center,  Dept. of Pastoral Care and Education

7600 River Road, North Bergen,  NJ  07047

(201) 854-5796 

NEW YORK

NY – Bedford Hills (CPE) 

Maria Lopez,  M.Div   

Bedford Hills Correctional Facility 

Bedford Hills,  NY 10507 

(914) 241-3100 x 4801 

NY – Bronx (CPE) 

Shimon Hirschhorn    

The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale 

5901 Palisade Avenue, Bronx,  NY 10471  

(718) 581-1416 

NY – Brooklyn (CPE) 

Belen Gonzalez y Perez,  D.Min   

Clinical Pastoral Education Center at Long Island College Hospital

Brooklyn,  NY 11201 

(718) 780-1120 / Fax: 718-780-1120

NY – Dolgeville (CPE/PPS) 

Edwin R. Kopp,  M.Div   

Mohawk Valley Institute for Pastoral Care 

Dogeville,  NY 13329 

(315) 292-6879 

NY – Far Rockaway (CPE/PPS) 

Richard Liew,  D.Min   

Episcopal Health Services, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island  

Far Rockaway,  NY 11691 

(719) 869-7411 

NY – New York (CPE) 

Cesar G. Espineda,  Ph.D.   

Continuum Hospice Care 

New York,  NY 10019 

(212) 649-5543 

NY – New York (CPE) 

Florence Fleming,  Ph.D   

Mt. Sinai Medical Center 

New York,  NY 

(212) 860-8163 

NY – Valley Stream (CPE) 

Kathryn Martino,  M.Div   

Franklin Hospital Medical Center 

Valley Stream,  NY 11581 

(718) 738-0621 

OHIO

OH – Columbus (CPE/PPS) 

James Gebhart,  Ph.D  <> 

Columbus,  OH 43221 

(614) 451-8132 

OH – Dayton (CPE) 

Basharat Masih,  M.Div

Kettering Health Network/Grandview Medical Center & Hospital

405 Grand Ave., Dayton, OH 45066

Office: (937)723-3883

Pager: (937)636-3870

Fax: (937)226-3234

Cell: (937)307-9011

OH – Dayton (CPE) 

John E. Harris,  M.Div   

Miami Valley Hospital 

Dayton,  OH 45409 

(937) 208-2499 

OH – Dayton (CPE/PPS) 

Henry S. Uy,  M.Div   

Kettering Medical Center 

Dayton,  OH 45429 

(937) 395-8640 

PENNSYLVANIA

PA – Pittsburgh (CPE) 

Charles M. Starr,  D.Min.   

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 

Pittsburgh,  PA15232 

(412) 623-1691 

SOUTH CAROLINA

SC – Liberty Hill (CPE/PPS) 

Eugene C. Rollins,  M.Div,  D.Min.,  LPC,  LPCS   

Liberty Hill Presbyterian Church 

Liberty Hill,  SC29074 

888-403-2856 / Fax: 888-403-2855 

TENNESSEE

TN – Sewanee (CPE) 

Jonathan Clark,  M.Div   

School of Theology University of the South 

Sewanee,  TN 37383 

(931) 308-8819 

TEXAS

TX - Corpus Christi (CPE) 

Molly Armstrong  

VistaCare Hospice, Clinical Pastoral Education

4320 South Padre Island Drive,  Suite B, Corpus Christi, TX 78411

(361) 854-1540 / (888) 878-1540 / fax: (361) 980-8661 

TX – Laredo (CPE) 

Esteban Montilla,  M.Div   

Laredo Medical Center, Department of Pastoral Services  

Laredo,  TX78045 

(956) 796-3657 

TX – Mission (CPE) 

Esteban Montilla,  M.Div   

MissionRegionalMedicalCenter

900 South Bryan Road, Mission,  TX78572 

(956) 323-1273 

TX – San Antonio (CPE) 

Esteban Montilla,  M.Div   

The Ecumenical Center for Religion & Health 

San Antonio,  TX78229 

(210) 616-0885 

VIRGINIA

VA – Grottoes (CPE/PPS) 

Roger L. Mace,  D.Min.   

Potomac Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Pastoral Counseling & Consultation Services 

Grottoes,  VA24441 

(540) 249-3780 

VA – Hampton (CPE) 

David B. Plummer,  M.Div   

Sentara CarePlex Hospital 

3000 Coliseum Drive, Hampton,  VA 23666 

(757) 736-1201 

VA – Williamsburg (CPE) 

Joel Harvey,  D.Min.  

 

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

100 Sentara Circle, Williamsburg, VA 23188 

Office: (757) 984-7101

Pager: (757) 882-0449

INTERNATIONAL

Bahamas – Nassau (CPE) 

Sebastian S. Campbell,  M.Div   

Princess Margaret Hospital 

Nassau,  Bahamas 

(242) 392-7220 

DF - Caracas 1041 (CPE) 

Esteban Montilla,  M.Div   

Graduate School of Theology &Professional Counseling

Caracas 1041,  DFVenezuela 

0212-264-5774 

Hong Kong – Kowloon (CPE) 

Man Ping Patty To,  M.Div   

Caritas Medical Center

Wai Yan Block, Kowloon,  Hong Kong

(8522) 713-0301 

Dr. Mei-Po Young Tam,

Bethel Bible Seminary

G/F, 45-47 Grampian Road

Kowloon City, Hong Kong

(852) 2336-9197

Malaysia (CPE)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (011) -603 - 20312728

The Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia

16, Jalan Pudu Lama, 50200

Ontario – Toronto (CPE) 

Norman E. Headley,  M.Div   

The Hospital for Sick Children, Clinical Pastoral Education / Pastoral Psychotherapy 

Toronto,  OntarioM5G 1X8Canada 

(416) 813-5290 

Philippines – Iloilo City (CPE) 

Daisy O. Basiliano,  M.Div   

Central Philippines University School of Theology 

Iloilo City,  Philippines 

(011-03) 3329-1971 x1048 

Puerto Rico – Arecibo (CPE) 

Miguel A. Santiago,  D.Min  

Pastoral Care Department Hospicio La Paz En Puerto Rico

Arecibo,  Puerto Rico00612 

(800) 981-0032 

Puerto Rico – Humacao (CPE) 

Carlos Alejandro,  M.Div   

Ryder Memorial Hospital 

Humacao,  PR 00792 

(787) 852-0768 

Singapore (CPE) 

Wong Tak Meng,  M.Div   

St. Andrews Community Hospital 

Singapore 529895 

(011-65) 6586-1990 / Fax: (011-65) 6586-1988 

South Korea – Seoul (CPE) 

Mugun Chong,  S.J.   

St. Vincent's Hospital,  Mapo,  PO Box 44 

Seoul,  South Korea 121-6000 

(82) (11) 882-7570 

Tanzania – Moshi (CPE) 

Lermy Lwankomezi,  M.Div  

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center 

Moshi,  Tanzania 

(011-255) 746-025-425