2024-25 Pastoral Care Series
Presenter: Reverend Beth Toler, M.Div. Th.D., LMFT
Beth Toler is an ordained American Baptist minister, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has extensive experience in various academic, ministry and mental health settings. Beth currently operates a private counseling practice at the Middleton Center for Pastoral Counseling at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian, co-facilitates clergy colleague groups for the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania and other local clergy in Delaware County, serves as an active member of Laurel House's Mainline Domestic Violence Clergy Taskforce, and serves as the chair of ACPE's Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Commission. Her active writing and research focus on the methodological and practical implications of integrating religion and spirituality into the counseling process.
Schedule: (Fall ’24 – Spring of ’25)
Note: Monday sessions start at Noon EST and Thursday sessions are at 7 pm EST; full workshop descriptions are available on web page.
October 7 & 10 Good Grief: Equipping Church Leaders to Walk with Those who Mourn
November 4 & 7 Understanding and Engaging Shame in Pastoral Ministry
January 6 & 9 Caring for Those with Dementia and the People Who Love Them
February 3 & 6 And Let There Be Marshes: LGBTQ Pastoral Care 101
March 3 & 6 When God Disappears: The Spiritual Struggle of Depression
April 7 & 10 Listening for the Soul: What it Means to Hear, Understand, and Engage the Soul.