Clinical Pastoral Training
Training for Clinical Pastoral Care is training for hospital and hospice chaplains. While formal programs exist, and are generally required for employment as such, it is not necessarily the best option for pastors of congregations. Often, this training may take place through mentoring by experienced clergy.
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Recommended Reading
Nouwen, Henri J.M. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society. 1972. Reprint, New York: Doubleday, 1979.
Resources for Further Study
Franklin, Cynthia and Rowena Fong, eds. The Church Leader’s Counseling Resource Book: A Guide to Mental Health and Social Problems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Kidder, Annemarie S. Making Confession, Hearing Confession: A History of the Cure of Souls. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2010.
Swinton, John. Dementia: Living in the Memories of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012.
Tournier, Paul. To Understand Each Other: Classic Wisdom on Marriage. Translated by John S. Gilmour. 1967. Reprint, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996.
Tournier, Paul. Learn to Grow Old. Translated by Edwin Hudson. 1972. Reprint, Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991.
