The College of Pastoral Supervision & Psychotherapy is a theologically based covenant community, dedicated to "recovery of the soul" and promoting competency in the clinical pastoral field.
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We regret this denigration of COMISS. Stapleford's views will undoubtedly carry weight, especially since he is in the inner circle of leadership of the ACPE. COMISS is the only existing forum where all interested parties in the clinical pastoral field can be heard, and we believe COMISS should be strengthened, not subverted.
For the record, Stapleford repeats two already discredited claims. He claims that Lerrill White, in announcing that ACPE is the only accrediting organization authorized to receive Medicare pass-through funds, speaks only for himself, and not the ACPE. White's misinformation was in fact published in the ACPE News in June 2003. The same false claim was earlier published in the ACPE News by then ACPE President, William Baugh.
Stapleford also repeats the false information that eligibility for Medicare pass-through funds now depends on recognition of the U.S. Department of Education. That is not the case, nor has it ever been the case in the past.
Misinformation of this sort is a continuing tradition in the ACPE. The purpose seems to be to position itself as the only legitimate player in the clinical pastoral training field.
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at February 26, 2005 5:57 PM
