title: Opening up the circle: next steps in process group work in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE).
abstract: This article applies systems-centered theory (SCT) to the small process group experience in Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) by exploring six key questions: 1) What is the purpose of the small process group in CPE? 2) Is there an alternative to getting stuck in the "hot seat" dynamic? 3) Do we (clergy) always have to be nice? 4) Is there life beyond personal story telling? 5) Does the authority issue ever go away? 6) How much difference is too much difference? The article includes vignettes to illustrate theory.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Religious Ministries, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York St. New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: Joan E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hemenway
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States