Survivors and Those Experiencing Abuse: Spiritual Care Implications
Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and two leading chaplains for a wide-ranging discussion of the implications of abuse for spiritual care providers.
What defines abuse? How can care providers best respond when abuse is disclosed, and how should they provide care when abused is suspected? Furthermore, how can spiritual care providers who are themselves survivors of abuse or are experiencing it presently serve fellow survivors?
This webinar’s learning outcomes have been indexed to ACPE and APC BCCI rubrics, but should not be construed as endorsement by either organization:
ACPE Category A, Outcome 1: Narrative History
ACPE Category B, Outcome 1: Self-Care
ACPE Category C, Outcome 1: Empathy
BCCI Section II, PIC3
BCCI Section II, PIC4
Please register here.
We’ll be joined by:
Rev. Dr. Jan Fuller
University Chaplain and Dean of Multifaith Engagement, Emeritx, Elon University
Jan Fuller spent her early life in the Middle East, living through four wars before she was 23 and returned to the US. She considers Beirut, Lebanon her home and is fluent in Arabic. At an early age she felt called to a ministry bringing heart and mind, scholarship and faith, together as part of a whole life and found that calling in University Chaplaincy. Her career as a University chaplain has served students, faculty, and staff over 40 years at Yale, Hollins, and Elon. At Elon, as a part of her Chaplaincy, she built a multifaith center, program, and staff for the purpose of offering the university population skills to build bridges of respect, honor, and friendship.
She is also poet and preacher. Her book Blessings students and seasons: Interfaith prayers for Higher Education came out out June 1, 2024 from Church Publishing. She is also working on a volume about higher education chaplaincy. In her spare time, Jan enjoys travel, fine needle work, playing guitar, and reading memoir and fiction.
Rev. Dr. Kristen Leslie
Kristen Leslie is a feminist pastoral theologian who addresses issues of survivor resilience in the aftermath of sexualized violence on college campuses, in the United States military and in Rwanda. She received a B.A. from the College of Wooster, an MDiv from Yale University Divinity School, and a PhD from the Claremont School of Theology. An ordained United Methodist minister, she has served as a parish pastor, a college chaplain, a pastoral counselor, a rape counselor and a divinity school professor. Presently she is the Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the author of When Violence is No Stranger: Pastoral Counseling with Survivors of Acquaintance Rape (Fortress Press, 2003) and numerous essays on topics related to sexualized violence and the healing role of religious professionals. She has served as a subject matter expert for the U.S. Navy and the U. S. Air Force, on matters related to sexualized violence, moral injury, and pastoral care with Millennials. She is a regular lecturer for WarFighters Advance, a therapeutic retreat setting serving the needs of veterans and active duty service members who have experienced post-traumatic stress, moral injury and military sexual trauma.
