Spiritual Care Education – CPE
Rev. Jen Dillinger
Manager, Spiritual Care Education - CPE
Rev. Jen Dillinger is an ACPE Certified Educator and Chaplain Supervisor at SHC. An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister with a Sivananda Yoga spiritual lineage, Jen received her B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University and her M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. Jen completed the Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Chaplain Internship at SHC followed by the Residency in 2004-2005. She served as an oncology and pediatric chaplain for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, with on call roles at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Boston Children’s Hospital, before returning to SHC in 2012 to begin CPE educator training. In addition to being a member of the CPE faculty at SHC, Jen has served as an interfaith chaplain for Spiritual Care Services and the SHC Palliative Care Team (Hoover Clinic). She has co-authored research articles on spirituality in healthcare in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, and Journal of Religion and Health. She enjoys dancing, practicing yoga and meditation, and stargazing.
Chaplain Supervisor, Spiritual Care Education - CPE
The Rev. Eric Nefstead is an ACPE Certified Educator, Board Certified Chaplain (with APC), and ordained minister (priest of the Episcopal Diocese of California). He has been an ACPE Certified Educator, chaplain, congregational minister, and educator in several organizations and hospitals in the Bay Area. He is passionate about education at the intersection of spirituality and healthcare, addressing issues such as End-of-Life Care, Advanced Directives, Enneagram, System-Centered (SCT) group awareness, interprofessional education, trauma-informed care, and essentials pastoral care skills. Eric is a certified HeartMath trainer. He received a MDiv from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, NY, a BA from St. Olaf College, in Northfield, MN, and a CAS (Certificate of Anglican Studies), from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, CA. He was an ACPE Resident at Mayo Medical Center, in Rochester, MN, received ACPE CE education at several hospitals in the Bay Area, and completed a Fellowship in Palliative Care, at the VA Palo Alto, CA. His focus on spiritual care, and service through healthcare, was informed by the HIV/AIDS crisis.