Pastoral Counseling with Rev. Abigail Ifatola Jefferson
If you are in need of emotional support and would like to speak with someone who is compassionate, caring and an empathetic listener, consider participating in pastoral counseling with Reverend Abigail “Ifatola” Jefferson. All counseling sessions are one-to-one by phone, Zoom or in person.
Contact abijef@gmail.com or call (401) 932-6565 to schedule an appointment. (Appointments are available Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and occasionally on Saturdays.)
Reverend Abigail “Ifatola” Jefferson, ordained in 2017 at One Spirit Learning Alliance of New York City, is currently a Chaplaincy Pastoral counselor in training under the supervision of Bishop Kenneth Corbin of Amity, New York. She is also a chapter member of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy of New York. She is certified in Kripalu Yoga, Karma Kids Yoga, Kemetic Yoga, and Yoga 4Cancer. Rev. Abigail has served as an adjunct professor for Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Learning Program, as a teaching artist for Brown University’s Arts Literacy Program, and as Manager for the New York Public Library Schomburg Center’s Teen Curators Program. A resident of South County, Rhode Island and a founding member of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers, Abigail has released a beautifully illustrated children’s book titled Imani’s Heart: The Dancing Angel. Her short story, 1968, was prominently featured in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Visible Ink Program’s anthology and 12th annual performance. On March 28, 2022, her poetry, “I Need Rest” was featured in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Visible Ink Program’s 13th annual performance and streamed exclusively at visibleink.vimeo.mskcc.org (time stamp 49.28).
What is Clinical Pastoral Education? It is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers of all faiths (pastors, priests, rabbis, imams and others) into supervised encounters with persons in emotional distress. Out of an intense involvement with persons in need, and the feedback from peers and teachers, students develop new awareness of themselves as persons and of the needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human situations, they gain a new understanding of ministry. Within the interdisciplinary team process of helping persons, they develop skills in interpersonal and interprofessional relationships. (ACPE, 2020)
Contact abijef@gmail.com or call (401) 932-6565 to schedule an appointment. (Appointments are available Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and occasionally on Saturdays.)
Reverend Abigail “Ifatola” Jefferson, ordained in 2017 at One Spirit Learning Alliance of New York City, is currently a Chaplaincy Pastoral counselor in training under the supervision of Bishop Kenneth Corbin of Amity, New York. She is also a chapter member of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy of New York. She is certified in Kripalu Yoga, Karma Kids Yoga, Kemetic Yoga, and Yoga 4Cancer. Rev. Abigail has served as an adjunct professor for Lesley University’s Creative Arts in Learning Program, as a teaching artist for Brown University’s Arts Literacy Program, and as Manager for the New York Public Library Schomburg Center’s Teen Curators Program. A resident of South County, Rhode Island and a founding member of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers, Abigail has released a beautifully illustrated children’s book titled Imani’s Heart: The Dancing Angel. Her short story, 1968, was prominently featured in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Visible Ink Program’s anthology and 12th annual performance. On March 28, 2022, her poetry, “I Need Rest” was featured in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Visible Ink Program’s 13th annual performance and streamed exclusively at visibleink.vimeo.mskcc.org (time stamp 49.28).
What is Clinical Pastoral Education? It is interfaith professional education for ministry. It brings theological students and ministers of all faiths (pastors, priests, rabbis, imams and others) into supervised encounters with persons in emotional distress. Out of an intense involvement with persons in need, and the feedback from peers and teachers, students develop new awareness of themselves as persons and of the needs of those to whom they minister. From theological reflection on specific human situations, they gain a new understanding of ministry. Within the interdisciplinary team process of helping persons, they develop skills in interpersonal and interprofessional relationships. (ACPE, 2020)