Clinical Pastoral Education

The organization that was set to change the face of Professional Chaplaincy and Clinical Pastoral training movement, the Spiritual Care Collaborative, has been dissolved as a corporation.   The Association of Professional Chaplains, one of the founding organizations, had withdrawn from membership in the fall of 2010.   On May 14, 2012, the Steering Committee of the Spiritual Care Collaborative (SCC) voted to dissolve its formal Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) structure. The LLC was formed in 2007 as the six founding associations prepared for the 2009 SCC Summit. While this formal structure is no longer needed, the five associations of the SCC, American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Canadian Association for Spiritual Care, National Association of Catholic Chaplains, and National Association of Jewish Chaplains, remain deeply committed to one another to convene quarterly via conference calls to share projects, to re...

Presidential Address March 18, 2013 Las Vegas, NV Brian H. Childs, CPSP President I have recently turned 66 years old. Recently I have been thinking quite a bit about my own death. I have come realize that I have lived more than likely the vast majority of my life years. Now this realization is not macabre. I am most grateful for my life. I have lived a good and full life. I have loved and been loved. I have been forgiven as I have forgiven. I have dear children and I have done the best I can in my work and my calling. Te Deum. Yet, I had always thought that I would die without ever having been to Las Vegas. Here I am. Likewise I had never ever thought I would be the President of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy. Here I am. What curves life can throw even at the end of it all. I am honored and pleased to be your President over the next two years. As I have prepared for this post over the year of my term as President elect I have come to focus on what I ho...

The Class of 2012-2013 Clinical Pastoral Education Faculty: George Hankins Hull, Dip.Th., Th.M. George Buck, Ph.D Supervisors in Training: Susan McDougal UAMS Staff Chaplain Bill Briant, Staff Chaplain M.Th.    For information about CPE Training at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Visit:  UAMS CPE Read the  Pastoral Report  the online newsletter of the College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy

TheCollege of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy  (CPSP) now offers a clinical fellow in hospice and palliative care. This is a sub-specialty credential for those already credentialed as Board Certified Clinical Chaplains / Board Certified Pastoral Counselors. CPSP's newly developed credential "Clinical Fellow in Hospice & Palliative Care" has generated lots of interest within the CPSP community and beyond. A Frequently Asked Question: I am a certified chaplain by another pastoral care cognate group. How can I apply for the certification as Clinical Fellow in Hospice & Palliative Care? Answer: For those who are credentialed at the “board certified” level by one of the other pastoral care cognate groups, CPSP offers reciprocity of credentials at the Board Certified Clinical Chaplain level. Example: Board Certified Chaplains with APC/BCCI are eligible for reciprocity of their credentials to become a Board Certified Clinical Chaplain with CPSP. Candidate...

On behalf of the CPSP Plenary Organizing Committee, we warmly invite you to join us for the 2013 gathering of the CPSP Community.  We will meet March 17 through March 20, 2013, at the Golden Nugget Resort in downtown Las Vegas. A block of rooms have been reserved at a special rate of $49 per night.  You can reserve your room online by selecting the following link: Golden Nugget Resort in downtown Las Vegas Full details of the Plenary Registration, Schedule and workshops will be forthcoming.  George Hankins Hull CPSP Plenary Secretary

Raymond Lawrence, CPSP General Secretary In July the CPSP leadership received a communication from Robin C. Brown-Haithco, President of ACPE and Deryck Durston, Interim Executive Director. They wrote to inform us of an action by the ACPE Board of Representatives taken on July 11, 2012, suggesting that the two organizations return to the negotiating table. The letter further indicated that ACPE is willing to engage in new dialogue with the goal of resolving our current differences. We welcome this overture and consider it a promising development. It has been the CPSP intention at all times to remain in dialogue with ACPE and to deal directly with our most pressing issues. Brian Childs Chair, CPSP Mediation Team  The CPSP Executive Committee has reviewed the ACPE acknowledgement of our impasse and invitation to return to negotiations, and we welcome the opportunity to return to the negotiating table and seek more effective ways to facilitate both organizations’ commitm...