How to Get the Most Out of Clinical Pastoral Education

by Gordon J. Hilsman

This accessible primer sets out the core elements and methods of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), and shows how to use it most effectively to improve clinicians' capacity for spiritual care. The guide explains how to learn best from verbatim sessions, open agenda groups and writing projects. It shows how the primary learning modalities of CPE add competence to a spiritual caregiver's practice, suggesting helpful ways to reflect on spiritual care encounters from varying perspectives. It recommends ways to collaborate with a peer group, enhance frameworks of understanding people, improve self-awareness and broaden one's scope of caring while also deepening it. Written by an experienced supervisor of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, this guide is an essential introduction for anyone seeking to foster positive attitudes and practice of spiritual care in hospitals, hospices and other clinical settings.

176 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2018

Reviews

[Reagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not a thrilling read but a necessary one. I am finishing it after my eighth week of CPE, and I wish I had read it before starting. The content on writing and participating in verbatim dialogue is gold. I will definitely be referencing this book throughout my year of learning.