1. BETH NEWTON WATSON, M.DIV., BCC
327 MELROSE AVENUE, GREENCASTLE, IN 46135 (CELL) 765-301-0087,
BWATSON@CINERGYMETRO.NET
EDUCATIONAL, CERTIFICATION AND ORDINATION HISTORY
Indiana Healthcare Leadership Academy Class of 2012-2013
United Way Ardath Burkhardt Leadership Program 2010-2011
Certified Full Clinical Pastoral Educator, Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. This is the final level of
certification to be a graduate level clinical pastoral educator for professional ministry students.
Certified Associate Clinical Pastoral Educator, Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. This is a post
graduate certification to be a graduate level clinical pastoral educator for professional ministry students.
Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church, Northern Illinois Annual Conference.
Ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church, Northern Illinois Annual Conference.
M.Div., Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois.
B.A. in English, with Honors, Cum Laude, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
3/09- Director, Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Services, Indiana University Health,
Indianapolis, IN
Leadership of 35 member department of chaplains, chaplain educators, chaplain fellows,
residents and interns, providing spiritual care coverage for the Academic Health Center:
Methodist, University and Riley Hospitals. Clinical pastoral educator for chaplain fellow
program. Co-leader of Reflection Rounds with Dr. Nancy Butler with third year medical
students in 2012. Presenter for Dr. Meg Gaffney’s Senior Ethics Elective on Spiritual
Assessment and Spiritual Care. Provider of Spiritual Care to director and above leadership
in IU Health: Academic Health Center. Convener of Emotional and Spiritual Wellbeing
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2. IU Health Statewide Task Group. Writer of weekly Sanctuary Moments for publication to
26,000 employees around the state.
8/04- 2/09 Director, Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Services, Clarian West Medical
Center, Clarian Health Partners.
Interfaith Chaplain to staff, patients and families, providing ongoing spiritual care and counseling to
persons of all faiths (or none) as well as crisis ministry, and/ or daily nurture to all requesting care. As
Director, preparing budget, and administering the work of the Staff Chaplain, a variety of volunteers, and 18
students per year. Providing 24/7 on-call emergency ministry. Working directly with CEO and Vice
Presidents toward integration of Values and Practice in the hospital, in the writing of policy, the
development of work flows, and evaluation of care. Assisting in the development of culture and community
in the workplace. Providing education to leadership and staff in effective communication skills, conflict
resolution skills, development of healthy relationships, evaluation of interpersonal interactions, goal
development, crucial conversations, relaxation techniques, values clarification, management training,
performance evaluation and termination of employment, care of mind body spirit interface. Providing
leadership and training in Relationship-Centered Care, using Appreciative Inquiry. Leadership of regularly
scheduled dialogue with senior leadership as well as directors around care for the ‘whole person’ of all who
enter the doors, including spiritual aspects of daily life and work. Clinical Pastoral Educator for Chaplain
Interns, developing and implementing graduate level education programs in spiritual care and crisis
ministry, as well as clinical supervision of their professional integration of faith, person and practice.
Hospital Ethics Officer providing ethical consultation surrounding practical medical and professional
matters. Worship Facilitator for regular and extraordinary services. Author of weekly “Sanctuary Moment”
article for the newsletter.
8/05-5/07 Part-time Consultant for Field Education Program at Christian Theological
Seminary, Indianapolis, In. On campus weekly consulting with field supervisors about students’ work.
10/96-8/04 Clinical Pastoral Educator for St. Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, In . Training and
supervising clergy and seminary students in crisis intervention and clinical pastoral care education.
6/94- Counselor in private practice. Focusing on unresolved grief work, juvenile delinquency,
sexual abuse recovery, couples' counseling, mediation and conflict resolution, pastoral counseling, divorce
recovery, custody and visitation mediation, and substance abuse. Custody Evaluator and Mediator for
Circuit Courts of Putnam, Owen, Hendricks and Clay Counties.
1/98- Educator/Counselor for teens mandated by Putnam Circuit Court due to their parents' divorce.
From 1993 to 1999, I worked a variety of jobs, listed here, in order to maintain my professional credentials,
work close to Greencastle, support and raise my children who were small, and recover from the death of my
first husband. In each of the jobs my work was valued. These jobs overlapped, and I include them to explain
the breadth of my experience.
1/98-5/03 Pastor, Bridgeton United Methodist Church. Responsible for preaching on Sunday and
emergency calling.
10/98-5/01 Facilitator, Teen Time Program, Putnam County Family Support Services. Leading
a weekly support group for grieving middle school students at Greencastle Middle School.
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3. 8/97-4/99 Supervisor, Healthy Families Program, Putnam County Family Support Services,
supervising 5 full-time employees who provide home visiting services to parents of newborn through age
five children, aimed at the prevention of child abuse and the promotion of healthy attachment and
appropriate developmental expectations. Left to work at St. Vincent's Hospital.
8/96-8/98 Kids' Time Program Leader, Putnam County Family Support Services. Leading a
twice weekly support group for third grade students at Cloverdale Elementary School, specifically students
with special needs for support due to difficult family circumstances, emotionally handicapping conditions
and behavior problems. Left to work at St. Vincent's Hospital.
8/96-8/97 Domestic Violence Prevention Coordinator, Putnam County Family Support
Services. Coordinating programming in support of victims of domestic violence, including training and
supervising volunteers, providing actual support to victims, including advocacy within the court system. Left
to become Supervisor in the Healthy Families Program.
6/96-8/96 Clinical Educator, ACTS Urban Clinical Pastoral Education Program, Chicago, IL.
Supervising summer semester student ministers at the AIDS Pastoral Care Network, the Kovler Center for
International Victims of Torture, the Cook County Jail, the Night Street Ministry, Interfaith House for
victims surviving traumatic injury and loss, Cook County Hospital AIDS Clinic. Helping clergy and qualified
lay persons develop ministry skills, integrate their faith with their practice of caring for others in crisis, and
learn to acknowledge and use (or work around) their gifts and limitations for ministry. This was a summer
education position.
8/94-1/96 Training Supervisor, Clinical Pastoral Education, Anderson Commission for
Pastoral Education, c/o Christian Counseling Center, 501 College Drive, Anderson, IN.
Teaching seminary students and community clergy crisis intervention, pastoral care, counseling and other
ministry skills. Students ministered in a variety of settings: small community hospitals, nursing homes, large
and small parish settings, jails, funeral homes, counseling centers. Left to work at St. Vincent's Hospital.
12/93-8/95 Executive Director, Putnam County Mental Health Association, Greencastle, IN.
Responsible for running court-mandated "Helping Children Through the Divorce" for divorcing parents
with children under the age of eighteen; Putnam County Access House for Supervised Visitation between
parents without custody and their children; The Social Club--a drop in center for chronically and severely
mentally ill adults; Clothe-A-Child program, which purchased new, well-fitting clothing for children
referred by school personnel; Coats for Kids, which collected used coats, cleaned and mended them, and
distributed them to county children during one day in the fall; Christmas Gift Lift, which purchased holiday
gifts for nursing home residents without family; and sundry other programs.
6/93-8/95 Teacher, Putnam County Court Substance Abuse Treatment Program. Teaching all
people convicted of alcohol or other drug-related misdemeanors twelve hours per month. (also 5/99-7/99)
5/93-12/93 Program Director, Putnam County Mental Health Association, Greencastle, IN.
Left to become Executive Director.
8/90-3/93 Chaplain and Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor, Dallas Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Crisis Intervention with patients and families.
Responsible for pastoral care to Nursing Home Care Unit, and for supervising two units (six students each)
of Clinical Pastoral Education (Summer Full-Time and Fall-Winter-Spring Extended Units) per year, in
addition to weekly on-call responsibilities and general pastoral care to walk-in patients and families. Also,
assisting patients to complete Advance Directives, stating their preferences for care should they lose the
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4. ability to discuss their medical treatment with family and physicians. Left to move with physician husband to
Greencastle.
2/89-6/90 Associate Minister, Gibson City and Elliott United Methodist Parish, Gibson City
and Elliott, Illinois. Left to move with physician husband to Dallas.
9/84-8/88 Emergency Room/ Trauma Chaplain and Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisor,
Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois. Crisis Intervention with trauma patients, rape victims, families in
crisis, suicide survivors, and persons with unresolved grief issues. Counselor to Emergency Room staff,
including trauma surgeons, social workers, medical residents and nursing staff. Left to move with physician
husband to Champaign/Urbana area.
6/80-6/82 Associate Minister, First United Methodist Church, Waukegan, Illinois. Left to
enter Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.
6/79-6/80 Student Pastor, Morgan Park United Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois.
Professional Training and Credentials, and Other Experience
8/12/15 Presented “Grief in the Workplace,” Spring Mill Surgical Center
7/29/15 Presented “Emotional and Spiritual Support in the Workplace,” at the CNO training provided by
Indianapolis Coalition for Patient Safety
7/28/15 Adjunct Lecturer of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine.
6/4-6/15 Attended Association of Professional Chaplains Annual Conference, Louisville, KY
11/25/08 Provided Grief Counseling for staff members of North United Methodist Church, Indianapolis,
after the death of a staffperson.
10/08 Attended National Conference, ACPE, Richmond, Virginia
9/08 Attended East Central Region ACPE Regional Conference, New Harmony, Indiana
5/08-12/08 Clinical Pastoral Educator for Clarian Health Partners Supervisory Education students, co-
leader with St. Vincent Hospitals Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education. Previously, Clinical Pastoral
Educator providing individual supervision for Clarian Health Partners Supervisory Education Students since
2003.
10/07 Attended (and made presentation at) American Academy of Communication in Healthcare,
Charlotte, North Carolina
8/06 Attended “Adhering to Life-Enhancing Choices” continuing education seminar.
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5. 3/06 Taught “Issues of Racism and Sexism” for the South Indiana Conference of the United Methodist
Church.
3/06 Taught “Issues in Counseling” class.
3/00 Elected to the National Certification Commission for the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, a
body that examines and certifies candidates in training to be ACPE Educators.
12/99 Attended “The Grieving Child” seminar with Dr. James Fogarty
9/9-10/99 Attended “Surviving Trauma without Drama” and “Wrestling with the Angel” with Bill
O'Hanlon.
8/23-24/99 Attended “Psychotherapeutic Techniques with Children and Adolescents” with Dr. Richard A.
Gardner.
10/98 Attended “Treatment of the Adoptive Family” Workshop.
9/98 Presented “Helping Children Through Divorce” Seminar to the Annual Meeting of the Legal
Secretaries of Indiana.
3/98 Attended “Families and Forgiveness: Healing Wounds in the Family” 1998 IAMFT Annual Conference.
1/98-7/98 Attended Healthy Families Indiana Basic Training, 100 hours.
10/97 Attended “Attachment and Intimacy Disorders of Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood” Masters
and Johnson Conference.
9/97 Attended “Treatment of Sex Offenders” MRNISO's 8th
Annual Fall Conference.
10/96 Attended Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence Continuing Education.
1/96 Attended the Second International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Clearwater Beach,
Florida.
11/95-1/96 Co-led four mandated day long workshops for Northern Illinois Synod Lutheran Pastors on
Clergy Sexual Ethics.
2/95 Led Terre Haute District of the South Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church Lay
Speakers' School.
6/94 Completed Certified Custody Mediation Training Seminar (40 hours)
5/94- Member, East Central Region of ACPE Certification Committee.
3/94 Led Terre Haute District of the South Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church Lay
Speakers' School.
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6. 10/93-1/94 Co-led ten mandated day long workshops for North Indiana Conference United Methodist
Clergy on Clergy Sexual Ethics.
4/88 Granted Full Supervisor Status by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, after supervising
seven groups (ten weeks per unit) of CPE students, and writing new papers and meeting a national
committee.
10/84 Granted Acting Supervisor Status by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, after writing
papers on learning and personality theories, theological perspectives on clinical education, a paper
integrating my practice of supervision, my faith and personality, and meeting a national committee.
9/83-9/84 Chaplain Fellow, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Co-Supervision (group
and individual) of one group of six seminarians and clergy (one unit of CPE), solo supervision of two units.
Member of the Consultation and Liaison Psychiatric Team, Chaplain to the Dialysis Unit.
9/82-9/83 Chaplain Resident, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Responsible for pastoral
care to the 200 bed Prentice Women's Hospital, including the Intensive Care Nursery, High Risk Pregnancy
Unit, Obstetrics and Normal Newborn Nursery Unit, and the Gynecological Oncology Unit. Twenty-four
hours / week on-call duty covering crises, codes and deaths, and offering pastoral care to patients, families
and staff. Participated in setting up Perinatal Loss protocol, and co-facilitated Perinatal Loss Support Group.
Also, facilitated a Gynecologic Oncology Support Group.
9/79-6/80 Chaplain Intern, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. Responsible for pastoral care to
Plastic Surgery and Burn Units, Pediatric Orthopedic Unit, plus weekly twenty-four hour on-call duty.
Paged to every "Code" and death, to care for patient's family, surrounding patients, and staff. Called first to
every rape / domestic crisis victim, responsible for triage and facilitation of patient's treatment through the
Emergency Room.
6/79-9/79 Chaplain Intern, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. Responsible for pastoral care to the
Renal Transplant Unit, plus weekly 24 hour on-call duty. Paged to every "Code" and death, to care for
patient's family, surrounding patients, and staff. Called first to every rape / domestic crisis victim,
responsible for triage and facilitation of patient's treatment through the Emergency Room.
Memberships and Publications
Co-authored, “The Time is NOW, Early and Sustained Response, CISM at Indiana University Health”,
Glenn C. Calkins, Beth Newton Watson
Chair, East Central Region, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, 2014-
Evans Center for Spirituality and Medicine Board, 2009-
Clergy Member, Indiana Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 2006-.
Author of weekly “Sanctuary Moments,” articles promoting deepening of spiritual practice, as well as
Relationship-Centered Care in CWMC’s Sanctuary of Healing.
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7. Elder-in-Residence for Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, Greencastle, IN.
Past Elected Member, National Certification Commission of Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.
Co-authored “Helping Children Through Divorce” Workbook and Curriculum for Putnam County Court
mandated classes for divorcing parents with children under the age of 18, and for children ages 5-
18. This curriculum is still in use in twice monthly classes.
Clergy Member, Northern Illinois Annual Conference, United Methodist Church. 1980-2006
Fellow, College of Chaplains 1994-present
Member, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts 1996-present
References
Herbert Buchanan, President, IU Health Methodist and University Hospitals, Indiana University Health,
Alfonso Gatmaitan, CEO and President, IU Health Arnett, PO Box 5545, Lafayette, IN 47903-5545
Shelley Lancaster RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Indiana University Health: West Medical Center, 1111 N.
Ronald Reagan Parkway, Avon, IN 46123.
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