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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George Hankins Hull, a CPSP Diplomate in Clinical Pastoral Education, serves as director of pastoral care and Clinical Pastoral Education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center in Little Rock. A recent article, Hospital Chaplains Shepherd a Changing Flock, appeared in the Pine Bluff Commercial on October 21, 2007.
Many will find George Hull's remarks about the role and function of chaplain refreshing. This is especially true in this age of the watered down understanding of the role, training and certification of today's clinical chaplains.
Hull states:
We train folks to engage in an interdisciplinary approach to patient care," Hankins Hull said, noting that chaplains are one piece of the puzzle that makes up a patient's situation.
They also learn to ditch the "Godspeak" used by clergy and theologians.
"Chaplains who are clinically trained speak in the vocabulary of everyday life," he said. "We talk about diagnosis and prognosis, sickness and health, life and death, relationships _ all of these are profoundly theological and go to the heart of all the major faith traditions, so we don't need to slip into a religious vocabulary when talking.
-Perry Miller, Editor
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Editor's Note: The link to the story published in the Pine Bluff Commercial was initially provided but the link no longer exist. The PR was able to obtain a document containing the story written by Christie Storm. Download file
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at October 21, 2007 11:03 PM
