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Late July Updates

1. Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center-Manila about to open. Had planning meeting today. The Manila branch will be led by Dr. Sim Dang-Awan and assisted by Ms. Chit Panizales. CPE-Manila begins August 6, with counseling services soon to follow.

2. Charity Dinner has been moved from September 4 to October 1st. This will allow the dinner to also be the 1 year celebration of the formal launching of Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center.

3. CPSP-Baguio chapter meeting is set for August 27 at 9am. Venue TBD.

4. CPE-Baguio Batch 3 will begin August 6 in synch with CPE-Manila.

5. Many activities are still up in the air. These include disaster response training with BBEG, Family counseling with AVRC-1, and training with Northridge School. We will update as best we can as things begin to coalesce.

Article on Bukal in “Pastoral Report”

Article on Bukal Life and our new relationship with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy is in “Pastoral Report” the web newsletter of the CPSP.
See the Article

CPE Application Form

CPE Application Form is located:

http://www.bukallife.org/forms/CPSP_CPE_Application_Form.doc

Note: While the 2011 CPE-Intensive was a great success in trainees, certifications, seminars, and supervisors-in-training, we actually spent more money than we received from tuitions. Therefore, we have considerably increased the tuition. We hope to find more people willing to invest in future pastoral care providers, counselors, and chaplains by providing to our scholarship endowment. If you have any questions or comments, please email us at info@bukallife.org

June Updates

1. On May 28th, we held the graduation ceremony for Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). 23 graduates of CPE as well as several more completing a unit of Supervisor-in-Training as well. The ceremony was held at UCCP-Baguio with approximately 85 people joining us on this rainy day. Dr. Sim Dang-Awan, the newly elected President of the Board of Trustees of Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center, gave the graduation address. Afterwards, we enjoyed a nice lunch together.

2. Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center will hold its first CPE Unit One training in Manila. It will start in August, and be led locally by Dr. Sim Dang-Awan and Sr. Sofia Natama. Contact us at info@bukallife.org for more information. We are also in the early stages in arranging for CPE program in Ifugao/Kalinga region. More info to follow soon (we hope).

3. Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center will hold its next CPE training in Baguio the end of June. This will be spread out over a longer period of time than our CPE Intensive program. This is to accommodate those with busy schedules. Contact us at info@bukallife.org.

4. Parenting Seminar will be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, KM4 La Trinidad on July 14. Training will be led by Ms. Tessa Leones.

5. The next meeting of CPSP-Philippines will be on August 27, starting at 9am at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary. If you have questions about CPSP-Philippines or becoming involved in one of the newly formed chapters, you may contact Ms. Chit Panizales (you can use our email info@bukallife.org, and we will forward it to her).

CPE Intensive 2011 Graduation Set

CPE Graduation. 9am. Saturday, May 28, 2011. at UCCP-Baguio. Anticipate approximately 23 graduates… most Unit 1, a few advanced units. It has been a busy but rewarding 10 weeks

William & Viola Farrell Symposium 2011 Completed

It was a great day. After months of preparation, the first William & Viola Farrell Symposium of Pastoral Care & Counseling was completed.

We had 105 attend coming from churches, NGOs, schools, hospitals and other organizations. The goal of this series is to provide training that bridges the gap between secular and religious counseling. The goal is to provide people from different fields involved with helping people, to empower them to deal with the psychological, emotional, and spiritual needs of their patients/clients.

Dr. Cesar Espineda was the main speaker. He is a Diplomate with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy. He has graciously taken on a role of mentor for both CPSP-Philippines and Bukal Life Care & Counseling Center. Both of his topics centered on the importance of self-awareness and self-understanding of the counselor.

The first topic was “The Person as a Benchmark for Counseling.” The second was “Transference– Our Un/Conscious Reaction in the Human-Patient Encounter.”

The lectures were also tied to discussions as a whole group, as well as small-group discussion afterwards. Additionally, a cultural performance was provided by Batang, a Cordilleran dance troupe. They did dances from Kalinga, Mountain Province, and Ifugao. Additionally, we had a presentation of artwork by local artist, Rommel Pidaso. The work showed creation of culturally relevant “basura art”, or artwork constructed from garbage. Creation of meaning and beauty from what has been rejected certainly seems to be a relevant counseling metaphor.

We thank all those who attended. Of course we also thank our guest lecturer, our cultural presenters, volunteers, and sponsors.

April 2011 Updates

Busy times busy times. We are in week 3 of CPE intensive. Things are going well, but a bit crazy. But here are some upcoming items.

A. May 7. Minimedical mission in Irisan, Baguio City

B. May 9-12. Training with teachers at Calvary Baptist Elementary School and CPE students. Topics in working with children of special needs, learning styles, and teambuilding.

C. May 9-13. Vacation Bible School for Special Needs Children.

D. May 14. Counseling Symposium, Baguio City. Details to follow.

E. May 28. Last day of CPE. Graduation.

F. August and September. The newest batch of CPE.

CPE 2011 Batch 1

Our trainees and staff got together on Monday (March 21) and have been busy ever since. Commissioning will be held at West Baguio Baptist Church at 2pm, this Friday (March 25)

March 4 Activities

March 4 was a busy day for us. The morning was our seminar in “Managing Conflict and Confrontation Well.” It was led by Celia Munson, the training coordinator of Bukal Life Care and Counseling Center. We were invited by Prof. Wilma Awingan, a professor at University of Cordilleras, and a member of our board of directors. The training was done as part of an all day activity involving the Department of Psychology at UC. Between 150 and 200 attended.

In the evening we had a dinner/meeting for CPE supervisors. This was for preparing for the CPE program starting on March 21 and continuing through May. We had great food (thanks to Ate Flor). We all are excited about the upcoming program for our 22 trainees.
Those attending were:

Rev. Joel S. Aguirre, CPE Supervisor and Program Director
Bob Munson, Bukal Life Administrator
Celia Munson, Associate Supervisor, and Training Coordinator
Dr. Ryan Clark, Associate Supervisor
Joyce Gray, Supervisor-in-training
Felicitas Panizales, Supervisor-in-training
Sr. Sofia Cinches, Supervisor-in-training
Theresa Leones, CPE Psychologist/Trainer
Jehny Pedazo, Program Coordinator

February Updates

Several things are coming up. Here are just a few:

Feb 1st. Cooperative Meeting.

Feb 3rd. Student Retreat at St. Pauls, for High School Students at CCDC.

Feb 12th. Parents Meeting at IHMS, La Trinidad

Preparing for CPE that starts at the end of March. Also for Special Needs VBS during 2nd week of May, and (prayerfully) a major Pastoral Care Symposium also in mid-May.

That’s enough info for now.