We will be joining “One Sending Body” at the National Missions Conference in Cebu City, Philippines August 26-28. We have a partnering relationship with them, so we are looking forward to this event.
To accommodate this event, we asked CPSP-Baguio and Benguet chapters to move their Quarterly meeting to September 3. Hopefully, it will still be at Cafe Cordillera 8:30am – 11:30am. P200 for breakfast.
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.
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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).
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.
Article on our team on the website of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy.
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