This episode features an interview with Aaron Pawelek who is a pastoral counselor and co-chair of the Pastoral Care Specialist Training Program, a new curriculum developed by the former American Association of Pastoral Counselors and the current ACPE Psychotherapy Commission. The 48-hour program focuses on providing the knowledge and skills pastoral caregivers in churches and faith communities need to help others effectively, ethically, and safely. To learn more about the program, click here.   Aaron Pawelek LICSW, MSW, MTS, is an ACPE Psychotherapist at the New England Pastoral Institute in Salem, New Hampshire. He received his Master of Social Work and Master of Theological Studies degrees from Boston University. Aaron has been leading the development of the Pastoral Care Specialist program since 2017. 

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Pastoral Care Specialist

This episode features an interview with Suzanne Tindall, an interfaith minister, hospice chaplain, and Certified Spiritual Director. Our discussion presents a short introduction to spiritual direction and how it differs from other forms of spiritual care.  Suzanne Tindall holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from California State University and a Master of Arts in Culture and  Spirituality from Holy Names University. She is an ordained interfaith minister and a Certified Spiritual Director through the Chaplaincy Institute.

Spiritual Direction

This episode features an interview with Kayla Sadowy, who provides music therapy in hospice and other settings. We discuss how music therapy intersects with spiritual care, and how music can empower a patient 's spiritual journey. Kayla Sadowy holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Capital University and a Masters of Music Therapy from Temple University. She is also pursuing her Masters of Divinity and is a candidate for the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the ELCA. 

Music Therapy and Spiritual Care

This episode features an interview with Pamela Ayo Yetunde, who discusses some of her most recent publications, including her newest book Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, U.S. Law, and Womanist Theology for Transgender Spiritual Care. Ayo is assistant professor of pastoral and spiritual care and counseling at United Theological Seminary and founder of Center of the Heart, which provides pastoral counseling, yoga, and conflict resolution education.

Spiritual Care and Religious Freedom Law

This is an interview with Charles Fensham, author of Misguided Love: Christians and the Rupture of LGBTQI2+ People. Charles is Professor of Systematic Theology at Knox College, University of Toronto. The book is published by the Journal of Pastoral Care Publications and discusses the history of harm toward sexual and gender minority Christians.

Religious Harm of Sexual and Gender Minorities

In this episode, we interview Russell Siler Jones who is developing the Spiritually-Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) program with ACPE. The program will help therapists increase their knowledge and skills for working with their clients’ spirituality, as well as helping therapists learn ethically appropriate ways of drawing upon their own spirituality in the therapeutic relationship. SIP is currently in its pilot stage, but you can sign up to learn more on the ACPE website. Russell Siler Jones is a pastoral counselor in Asheville, NC, and Director of the Residency in Psychotherapy and Spirituality for CareNet-Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in Winston-Salem, NC. He is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, and a North Carolina Certified Fee-Based Practicing Pastoral Counselor. He is past chair of AAPC’s Southeast Region and now serves on the ACPE Psychotherapy Commission.

Spiritually-Integrated Psychotherapy

In this episode, we interview George Fitchett and Wendy Cadge, who discuss the Transforming Chaplaincy program, which is focused on creating and promoting quantitative and qualitative social science research for chaplaincy. Out of the Transforming Chaplaincy project, emerged the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab which is focused on chaplain education and training. 

Transforming Chaplaincy and Chaplaincy Innovation

In this episode, we interview Katherine Tang, who is the Senior Manager for Spiritual Care, Clinical Pastoral Education, and Volunteer Services at Banner-University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Katherine has directed the program since August 2017, and was fully credentialed as a Certified Educator through ACPE in November 2018. She began as a Palliative Care chaplain in 2010 and is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church.

Chaplaincy, Palliative Care, and Growing Through Conflict

In this episode, we interview Tahara Akmal, an ACPE Certified Educator in Washington, D.C. Tahara describes her own journey through CPE and her approach working with patients in the hospital setting. In May 2015, Tahara made history as the first Muslim woman since ACPE’s inception in 1967, certified as an Associate Supervisor. She was certified as a Full ACPE Supervisor in March 2016.

The Sacred Work of Hospital Chaplaincy

In this episode, we discuss integrating meditation and mindfulness in spiritual care. We interviewed several members of a panel on the theme of Meditation, Buddhism, and Mental Health from the Psychology, Culture, and Religion unit of the American Academy of Religion at the 2019 Annual Meeting. Interviewees include: Kin Cheung, Francisca Cho, Ira Helderman, Wakoh Shannon Hickey, Franz Metcalf, and Pierce Salguero. 

Mindfulness and Meditation in Spiritual Caregiving

In this episode, we interview Eileen Campbell-Reed, a minister, theologian, and seminary professor. She introduces "Three Minute Ministry Mentor," a video series for equipping pastors, chaplains, counselors, activists, and seminary students in their work as ministers. You can learn more about Eileen and "Three Minute Ministry Mentor" at: www.eileencampbellreed.org

Mentoring Ministers

In this inaugural episode of Spiritual Care Today, we have a show in two parts. In 2019, AAPC (the American Association of Pastoral Counselors) consolidated with ACPE (the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education). Part One features an interview with Teri Canzoneri, former President of AAPC, and Amy Greene, Chair of ACPE, who both discuss the consolidation as well as the relationship between chaplaincy and pastoral counseling, or spiritually-integrated psychotherapy. Part Two features a group discussion with former leaders of AAPC who answer the question: what is pastoral counseling?

Pastoral Counseling, Chaplaincy, and the Future of the Professions

Spiritual Care Today is the official podcast of the Journal of Pastoral Care Publications, Inc. The vision of JPCP Inc. is advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective literature on pastoral and spiritual care, counseling, psychotherapy, education, and research.

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