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Clinical Pastoral Education |
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CPE is an educational method based on an action/reflection model of experiential learning. It brings together lay and ordained members of the Church into supervised encounters with people in crisis. The process seeks to clarify for the student the resources, methods and meaning of the Christian Faith as expressed in 'Pastoral Care'. Pastoral care has its own unique dimensions. Pastors evoke from people very different agendas, associations, images and responses than do other health professionals. People bring to the Pastoral Carer their conflicts over fate and freedom, meaninglessness and emptiness, guilt and condemnation. CPE programmes have three distinct yet related aspects: ClinicalIn the clinical aspect of the program students learn directly through intense involvement with people and from subsequent feedback given by peers, supervisors, and other professionals who are engaged in the process. Students develop a new awareness of their own humanity and theology, and of the needs of those to whom they minister. They discover more effective ways of relating to persons in crisis, and discard previously held prejudices and attitudes which are not longer useful. Learning from these experiences is the individual responsibility of each participant: what each person regards as important to learn will vary from student to student. Supervisors see their role as helping the student to clarify and set learning goals and then facilitate the student's working toward achieving them. EducationalThe educational process is less orientated to theory than most academic theological courses. Experiential learning attends rather to the study of 'living human documents', with particular emphasis on self-directed and effective learning. From their theological reflections arising out of specific human situations, students gain new understanding of different human situations. Participation in a unit of CPE requires discipline and rigour by students and supervisors to ensure that individual learning goals are set, and that these are addressed through the student's detailed reporting of pastoral encounters, the attendant feelings aroused, and subsequent reflection upon the event. A Unit consists of at least 400 hours and includes at least:
InterpersonalThe interpersonal goals of clinical pastoral education aim at helping students integrate the training experience into their own personality, under the guidance of their supervisor in a one-to-one relationship, and in a one-to-several relationship with their student peers. |
CreditCPE programmes in Tasmania are conducted according to the standards set by the Association for Supervised Pastoral Education in Australia Inc., which is affiliated with the Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Pastoral Educators. ApplicationsApplications are welcome from lay persons, theological students, clergy and members of Religious Orders. The selection committee is mindful of the advantage of selecting a group that includes a diversity of church traditions and a combination of clergy and lay people. PositionsUp to six positions are available in any program. Cost$800.00 Application procedureAdmission to the program is dependent upon the completion of application material, and an interview. Inquiries and completed applications to:The Reverend Eric Cave About the supervisorEric was accredited as a Clinical Supervisor by the Association of Supervised Pastoral Education in Australia Inc. in 1992 and re-accredited in 1998. Eric had twelve years of parish experience before being appointed Chaplain to the Royal Hobart Hospital in 1986. He is presently the Senior Chaplain for the Anglican Diocese and a member of the Professional Counsellors Association of Tasmania. His CPE experience has been gained in Sydney and Melbourne, working with a variety of supervisors. |
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