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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Steven Voytovich, a CPSP Diplomate, is the Director of the Clinical Pastoral Education program at St. Raphael Hospital in New Haven, CT.
Earlier this year Steven Voytovich was the guest lecturer at the Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary (SVS) were he connected the value of clinical pastoral training to theological education. Rev. Voytovich said:
There was a time when I wondered ‘Could I simultaneously be a CPE supervisor and an Orthodox priest?’ but I soon realized that my clinical pastoral education allowed me to deepen my faith, and to express the theology I espouse in an operational sense... But, even if you are not headed toward an institutional setting, CPE training can help you grow in your ‘pastoral identity,’ imparting skills and talents that shape you as a pastoral care giver and that become part of your life journey.
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It seems the seminary is also doing its part to connect theology with the clinical practice of ministry. The director of Field Education at SVS, The V. Rev. Harry Pappas, states:
The SVS administration and faculty are considering transforming the current field education program into some form of CPE, in a creative way that would include both institutional ministry and parish ministry...
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Perry Miller, Editor
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at October 3, 2009 5:33 AM
