Confessions of a CPE Supervisor: Conversations about Clinical Pastoral Education

Host John Carter Thomas continues his conversation with Rev. Craig Stevens about becoming a CPE Supervisor.Rev. Charles “Craig” Stevens is the CPE Supervisor and Director of the Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education Department at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. He is certified as a Diplomate in Pastoral Supervision by the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) and a Board Certified Chaplain through the Spiritual Care Association. Rev. Stevens holds an MDiv. from Gardner-Webb University and a B.S. from Clemson University. He is ordained and endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. When not in the hospital, Craig and his wife spend time camping, attending Clemson Tiger football games, and volunteering their weekends as marching band parents to their three children.

Rev. Craig Stevens is a newly certified CPE Supervisor and Director of Spiritual Care at the Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, South Carolina. He shares his experiences of becoming a CPE Supervisor and offers advice to anyone considering training.

Host John Carter Thomas is having a conversation with Shannon Borchert, a CPE Supervisor, about being the Senior Director of Spiritual Care at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania, and coming out as a gay man.

Host John Carter Thomas talks with the Rev. Dr. Noel Gray about her work as a CPE Supervisor and Pastor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Host John Carter Thomas is discussing CPE with Rev. Jeff Hoppe, a CPE educator at the Veterans Administration hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma.Reverend M. Jeffrey (Jeff) Hoppe – I became fully certified as an ACPE Educator in 2005 during my 18-year service as a Staff Chaplain in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. I came to Chaplaincy as a vocation after 5 years in the local parish and a year of Residency at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. I am a native of Texas, have lived in various regions of the country, am educated/ordained in Southern Baptist institutions, and am endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Before coming to Eastern Oklahoma VA Healthcare System in 2018, I served in a Chaplain leadership role at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. I have been married to my wife Kathy since 1981. We have two adult sons, three grandsons, and one granddaughter. In the past several years, Kathy and I have collaborated in the writing and publishing of two books: ‘Discovery Teaching Like Jesus’ and ‘Drowning for Jesus.’

John Carter Thomas holds a conversation with Rev. Ardella Gibson about the importance of a podcast about Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). The conversation ends with a "Myth Buster" about a common misunderstanding about CPE.