The ACPE Supervisory Education Process: An Historical Perspective

Abstract

As the number of Clinical Pastoral Education students increases, supervisors in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) are in short supply due to retirements. We explore factors associated with this supply problem, reporting here four results from our survey of active and retired supervisors. We identify the ages of the current supervisory pool, the ages at which supervisors were certified and the length of time spent in the supervisory education program across the decades. The survey results also identify what supervisors perceive as the most helpful components of their supervisory education. These four results identify trends across the decades that may be associated with the present and future shortages of supervisors.

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supervision clinical pastoral education

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