CPE Program

BUKAL LIFE

CARE & COUNSELING CENTER INC.

THE CENTER FOR CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION

www.bukallife.org

Vision: To foster communities of healing, hospitality, and wholeness.

Mission Statement: To assist individual and community transformation and healing through counseling, training,

medical care, and community development in the Philippines.

Rev. Delrio Jamandre, UCCP Minister

"CPE is a great experience for me as a minister. It helped me deal

with my feelings as a person. CPE is not only to gain skills in

counseling but most especially to really know ourselves, our inner

being." 

Sister Monica Tuguinay, SIHM

"Two of my great learnings from CPE: Learning more and more about myself,  … and to understand more the other rather than focusing on

myself; another is giving more quality time to listen to people

especially the sick"

Joan Guzman Dangkiw, Church Youth Coordinator

“CPE led me to recognize some of my strengths that were unknown

to me before...Now I am more attached with myself and my

creator. All glory to God!” 

Alfredo “Peter” Dela Cruz, Jr.  PBTS Seminarian, Irisan Children in Crisis Program

 "My upbringing and environment unconsciously made me think and

believe that I was good for nothing. Through the CPE structure and group

dynamics, I came to appreciate the way God made me. ... Many thanks to BUKAL for this unique training."

Jehny Pedazo, RN, BUKAL staff

“I committed myself to pastoral counseling because I know what it

feels like to be in great need of guidance yet ignorant and fearful

about who to approach and trust….  ”

Zekotsolo Wezah, M.Div., PBTS M.Div.graquate, Missionary in the U.S.

“Taking CPE has not changed my faith as a believer but it has widened my

perspective..”

Sister Crispina Abluyon, SIHM

"I thought that at [age] 70, it was time for me to relax. Thank God for CPE! It has enriched me for a wholesome and

more meaningful ministry."

Christina Fagkas, Saint Andrews Seminary Theological Seminary

"I learned to overcome my fear of heights... overcome my shyness,

overcome my lack of confidence and learn to mingle with others"

Joyce  D. Gray, M.Div.Supervisor, Clinical Pastoral Education

" What a joy it has been for me to witness men and women find peace

within themselves… and most especially to be connected to the Object of their

faith"

TOPICS COVERED:

1. Mission of CPE under the BUKAL life program2. Accreditation, Background of CPSP3. Short Background and history of CPE4. CPE organizational set-up5. The CPE process6. Training/Tuition Fees7. Questions and Answers

Mission (BUKAL CPE) • To foster an experienced based

theological

• education combining the practice of pastoral

• care with qualified supervision and peer group

• reflection grounded in a person centered

• approach to religious ministry.

Accreditation Adopts the standards and is accredited by the College of Pastoral

Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) of New York, USA.

About CPSP

The College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy is a theologically based covenant community, dedicated to "Recovery of Soul."

CPSP offers the following:Accredited training and credentialing for Pastoral Psychotherapy. Credential is certification as Diplomate

in Pastoral Psychotherapy.

Accredited training and credentialing for Pastoral Supervision. Credential is certification as Diplomate in Pastoral Supervision.

Accredited training and credentialing for Pastoral Counseling. Credential is certification as Pastoral Counselor or Associate Pastoral Counselor.

Accredited training and credentialing for Clinical Chaplaincy. Credential is certification as Board Certified Clinical Chaplain or Board Certified Associate Clinical Chaplain.

http://www.pastoralreport.com/about.html

History of CPE

• Clinical Pastoral Education was pioneered in the US in the 1920’s by Anton Boisen, Richard Cabot, and Helen Flanders Dunbar

Reverend Anton Boisen, father of the Clinical Pastoral Education movement, placed theological students in supervised contact with patients in mental hospitals.

His innovative educational program brought disciplined training to the historical connection between faith and mental health.

Richard Cabot's efforts to define the physician's, as well as the health care system's, role in human well-being, presaged medicine's current attempts to emphasize the social context of the patient.

the American College of Physicians

In the 1930s, when theories of dynamic psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and the relationship between medicine and psychiatry were still in flux, Helen Flanders Dunbar carved a theoretical niche for psychosomatic medicine--a holistic, organismic niche.

She established the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine, serving as its chief editor from 1938 to 1947, and, in 1942 was instrumental in founding the American Psychosomatic Society.

http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/dunbar.html

History – CPE in Baguio &

BUKAL Lifetraces its roots with the CPE Program of the Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary which was pioneered by

Dr. Alfredo Cabrera in the 90’s and was later revived by Dr. Anne Windus in the year 2001.

In the year 2009, Rev. Aguirre was given the privilege to manage the center and sought accreditation with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) of New York, USA.

Rev. Debbie Miller, an APC certified Chaplain directed the center in 2006 and was assisted by Rev. Joel S. Aguirre another ACPE trained chaplain.

In June 2010, the BUKAL Life Care and Counseling Center was incorporated with Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission

- an ecumenical institution, which partners with all faith traditions for the advancement of professional chaplaincy and pastoral care.

Republic Act 9258

CPE Organization Set-up

CLINICAL CHAPLAIN

SUPERVISORS

CLINICAL CHAPLAINS

CPETRAINEES

CPSPNew York Philippine

Baptist Theological Seminary

BUKAL Life Care and

Counseling Center Governing

Training Supervisors

Governing Training Supervisors

• Rev. Dr. Raymond Lawrence is the founding secretary of the Clinical Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy.

• a minister for 50 years, first as a Methodist and later as an Episcopalian.

• engaged in training clergy in the art and science of pastoral counseling and psychotherapy since 1969

Governing Training SupervisorsRev. Dr. Cesar Espineda

is a pastoral psychotherapist, clinical theological, and educator in private practice in Manhattan, New York.

He holds a Master of Philosophy in ecuminical studies, a post graduate degree City and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in administration and supervision and a Master’s degree in Sacred of Theology (Union Theological Seminary, New York)

He had an Advance Professional Diploma in religion and religious studies, and Master of Arts in pastoral counseling (Fordham University, New York )

He is Currently affiliated with the Good Shepherd Church, an American Catholic Community, in the Diocese of California, USA. 

He is a Diplomate of Pastoral Supervsion and Psychotherapy with College of Pastoral Supervision and Pschotherapy (CPSP), the Vice-President for External Affairs of BUKAL Life Care and Counseling Center and the Oversight Director of CPSP Philippines.

The CPE Process

• Trainees experienced a variety of opportunities to reflect on their cultural clinical experience with supervisors, peers and other professions. The primary components of CPE focus learning in three areas:

Pastoral Competence:• Through case presentations of pastoral visits, group life,

topical didactics and individual supervision with a CPE Supervisor.

Professional Competence:• Through professional presentation and supervised practice

opportunities offered by a CPE Supervisor, pastoral care staff and other interdisciplinary professionals.

Conceptual Competence:• Through individual and group focused theological reflection

on life-based experience.

INTENSIVE CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

A twelve week program minimum of 400 hours of supervised ministry and training.

The CPE trainee will spend eight hours per week in group learning, and 20-30 hours per week in the church/hospital providing pastoral care and counseling to patients, their families and staff.

 Each student will have 10 hours of individual supervision during the

course. The weekday group time will include: clinical presentations, topical seminars, and a group process seminar each week.

 Trainees receive one unit of CPE credit, the clinical work may be

transferred to certain seminaries for the pursuit of advance theological degrees ( B.Th., M. Div., etc), and an accreditation with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP),

EXTENDED CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

16-26 weeks week program minimum of 400 hours of supervised ministry and training.

The CPE trainee will spend 4 hours per week in group learning, and 13.7 hours per week in the church/hospital providing pastoral care and counseling to

patients, their families and staff.

Each student will have 10 hours of individual supervision during the course. The weekday/END group time will include: clinical presentations, topical seminars, and a group process seminar each week.

 Trainees receive one unit of CPE credit, the clinical work may be transferred to

certain seminaries for the pursuit of advance theological degrees ( B.Th., M. Div., etc), and an accreditation with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP).

Intensive UnitThe intensive unit is best for student interns or for those who

are able to fully invest of their time in CPE.

Extended UnitThe extended unit is the same in everyway as the Intensive

unit, except that the schedule is spread over a longer period of time. It is useful for professionals who do not have the option

to invest full-time in CPE.

Half UnitSome trainees prefer to take a half unit. This is especially useful for those involved in theological schools or denominations that require CPE training experience, but do not require a full unit. A

half unit typically takes approximately 6 weeks.

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FEESFull Unit

Standard Training Fee: P15,000

Half UnitStandard Training Fee: P9,500

Does not include Food, Lodging, and Transportation

Thank you for listening..

•Q & A portion