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Formation for Reflective, Competent and Compassionate Practice

           

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ACPEWA Inc is one of seven members of the Australia and New Zealand Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ANZACPE) Ltd and as such is the standardised accrediting body for CPE Centres and CPE programs in Western Australia. Potential CPE participants are encouraged to check the accrediting body of the CPE program for which they are applying. Please contact secretary@acpewa.org with any queries.

ANZACPE Conference 2025

From Survival to Transformation

ACPEWA Inc. is looking forward

to hosting you in Boorloo PERTH

on Whadjuk  Noongar Country

in Western Australia

The ANZACPE Conference 2025 at the Ingot Hotel, Belmont Perth, commences on 31 August, 2025 with registrations at 4p.m and concludes on 4 September 2025 at lunchtime.

It will be followed by Education in Supervision 4 September 2025 afternoon to 6 September lunchtime 2025 at the same venue.

15 hours of peer group education in supervision, in accordance with the ANZACPE Common Standards, will be offered directly after the Conference i.e. lunchtime Thursday 4 September to lunchtime Saturday 6 September.

This is for Provisional Clinical Pastoral Supervisors, Provisional Clinical Pastoral Educators and accredited colleagues at each level. This time will include education sessions as well as the facilitated presentation of your work as a supervisor/educator in a small group of peers.

Accommodation is available at the Ingot Hotel, Belmont, Perth.

Please ring reservations on 08-9259-3888 and quote ‘ANZACPE 2025 Conference’ for the discounted room rates.

There are also many other hotels in the immediate vicinity of the Ingot Hotel.

Registration form will be sent in mid May 2025

Early Bird Registration by 30 June 2025

Final Registrations by 15 August 2025

 

Systems Centered Theory

What Can Systems Centered Theory offer

the Uniqueness of a CPE Peer Group?

Keeping a here-and-now experiential work at the heart of the three-morning training, we will be introduced to functional subgrouping and be given room for conference attendees to practice, discovering the pleasures and frustrations of this different way of interacting.

Our Guest Speakers are

Mike Maher and Ann MacIver

Accredited Trainers of SCT based in U.K.

Mike Maher is an experienced psychotherapist, trainer and organisational consultant.  He was formerly Deputy Director at Peper Harow Therapeutic Community, and subsequently maintained a long involvement with organisations engaged in therapeutic childcare and treatment.  He is Director of the international Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute and is a licensed SCT practitioner. As well as running a private clinical practice Mike runs SCT training groups in Holland and Denmark and offers systems-centered consultation and clinical supervision to organisations and individuals. He has presented at many international conferences and his work has been regularly published.

Annie MacIver worked in senior leadership and management roles in the public sector in the UK for over 30 years.  She has experience of leading large and complex statutory child-care organisations across large geographical areas. The wellbeing and safety of children remains Annie’s passion and she is proud to be a social worker.  Annie is a Licensed Systems-Centered practitioner and a board member of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute Inc, a Director of SCTUK and is Co- Director of the Yvonne Agazarian Training and Resource Center in Philadelphia.  Now working in private practice Annie offers coaching, mentoring and training to teams and individuals in the private, public and third sector, in the UK and internationally, with a particular focus on delivering outcomes in complex and challenging organisational contexts

 

This conference information can be downloaded using this link: ANZACPE Conference 2025

 

 

Expressions of Interest

ANZACPE Conference 2025

August 31-September 4

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the ANZACPE Conference 2025.  Naturally we seek to have the costs as economical as possible for you and are based on the number of persons attending. The completed Expression of Interest form both for the Conference and the Education in Supervision afterwards helps us plan the costings.

We invite you to complete and submit the following EOI form by COB March 28, 2025

  • Extra fees will apply for this Education.
  • For provisional Supervisors and provisional Educators
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What is CPE ?

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is an experiential training program in pastoral/spiritual care using an action/reflection model of learning, supplemented with teaching sessions and reading. Participants explore how to be present to others who are experiencing distress and how to offer grounded spiritual interventions informed by self-awareness and best practice.

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WHAT OUR PARTICIPANTS SAY

 


My CPE experience was invaluable, helping develop my interpersonal skills through close supervision, peer feedback, and over 200 hours offering spiritual assessment and care to patients, families and staff. As a result, my capacity to listen deeply to others with acceptance, empathy and compassion has grown in leaps and bounds. Ultimately, my ability to offer holistic, person-centred care has improved immeasurably and for this I will be eternally grateful. 

Lily Stieler

 


CPE programme has enabled me to connect with my inner self at a deeper level and has created fresh awareness in me while being attentive to my thoughts and emotions. The relationships with my peers have challenged me to reflect on my experiences in a new light and further grow and observe my responses. Supervisory sessions have offered me the ability to claim my learnings and acquire the skills necessary to spiritually care for myself and develop my identity as a pastoral person.

Lloyd D’Souza


CPE is a deeply rewarding course of study. I learned a great deal about my own behaviour, motivations, and patterns, and grew in my ability to respond to the needs of those to whom I offer pastoral care. I grew in my ability to theologically reflect. Group work was mutually supportive, and close supervision pushed me to explore some difficult issues, providing support along the way.

Grahame Bowland

 



CPE provided me with the environment, learning and tools to effectively minister to people in their time of need. The opportunity to be with people in their most vulnerable hour is an invaluable experience. The CPE experience is like no other. As a result of CPE, I have significantly grown in understanding of the human person (of both myself and others), strengthened in my convictions, and deepened in faith, hope and charity. I highly recommend this program and will certainly be applying for the advanced format in the future.

Nathan Barrie



For me CPE was transformative. An opportunity to engage in a space of reflective practice with others and with a skilled supervisor, assisted me greatly in my professional and personal growth.
To explore and understand my own practice, my own story and how these work in tandem will be invaluable moving forward. I would highly encourage anyone especially those in the pastoral workforce to engage in the CPE programme, it can be a life and career changer!
Erin Gillespie

 

 

 

 

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND US

Perth Community CPE Centre


Contact: Michelle Benjamin (Centre Director)

Email:    piccpe7@gmail.com for enquiries or an application package.

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