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August 19, 2024

Spiritual Care Specialist Training with Aaron Pawelek


Friday, September 13, 2024 - TBA Friday, January, 2025


In times of crisis, the first place many turn to is their local church or faith community. Studies show that 25% of those seeking help for mental illness first turn to a clergy person. This is higher than the percentage of people who first go to a psychiatrist or medical doctor.*


The SCS Training Program is a 48-hour course providing the knowledge and skills pastoral caregivers in churches and faith communities need to help others effectively, ethically, and safely. Issues and topics covered include:


  • Ethics of Spiritual Care
  • Marriage and Family Issues in Systemic Perspective
  • Spiritual Assessment and Diagnosis 
  • Listening in the Service of Healing 
  • Grief and Loss
  • Mental Health and the Role of the Faith Community
  • Understanding and Responding Effectively to Domestic Violence 
  • Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care
  • Substance Abuse, Addiction, and the Role of the Faith Community

This 48-hour training program will run over 16 3-hour Friday afternoons scheduled on Zoom from

1 pm - 4 pm (EST).

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Breathe

Member Reflection


Lone Ranger and his faithful horse

On course, finger on the trigger.

Triggered.

Stranger the mask, this pace of riding

My pain is getting BIGGER.

Where is Tonto? He knows the terrain.

Crazy thoughts in my brain, whirlwind in the rain.

Bury pain in the busy,

push against the grain, strive, strain,

Is this what it means to be alive?

I’m dizzy.

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Rev. Steven Green

In Case You Missed It

2023 Year in Review Now Available


ACPE's 2023 Year in Review highlights a year of significant achievements, transitions, and community engagement. Key points include:


  • Leadership: ACPE concluded its executive search process after a year of strong interim support from Robin Brown-Haithco.
  • Strategic Planning: Progress was made on a new strategic plan focusing on ACPE's future in spiritual care education...Read more

Theory Integration Mentor Training/Re-Training


Monday, August 19, 2024 1:00-2:30 pm EST


These trainings will be live on Zoom for Educators interested in attending. This is also for current Theory Mentors as a refresher. This training will be recorded for those who are unable to attend the live sessions... Attend Training

Want to get more involved in ACPE? Looking for Leadership Development Opportunities?


Applications Close August 31st


As part of my role as Chair-Elect of the Board, I also serve as Chair of the Leadership Development Committee. And we are officially in that season- when we begin planning who will help lead our association in the year(s) ahead. On August 1st, the application process will be opened for you to self-nominate to serve in a leadership capacity within the ACPE...Read more

2024 Compensation and Benefits Survey


Final Week to Complete the Survey!


Your ACPE colleagues need your input! Help us generate a good report to support salaries and positions. ACPE is asking all Certified Educators, Certified Educator Candidates, and Spiritual Care Professionals to participate in a salary...Take Survey

Informal Consultation on Working with a CEC

We invite all ACPE Certified Educators working with Certified Educator Candidates to join us for informal consultations and conversations via Zoom. The drop-in meeting (no RSVP required) will take place on the first and third Mondays of the month, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET... Read more

Weekly Highlights
Memorials and Milestones
  • Nothing to report.

Visit the ACPE Memorials and Milestones page for more details. Please email webmaster@acpe.edu to add someone to our thoughts.

UNC Healthcare

ACPE Certified Educators and CECs in Phase II are invited to apply for an opening for a Certified Educator...View more

Centra Health Spiritual Care and Education

Centra Health is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 Intern & Resident Programs...View more

Other Educational Opportunities


Upcoming Psychotherapy Trainings and Events:


Pastoral Care Specialist (now Spiritual Care Specialist) Training Program


ACPE SIP Individual/Group Consultation Package - NO CEs or NBCC Credit Available!

July 1 to August 31, 2024


ACPE SIP Consultation Group - NO CEs or NBCC Credit Available!

August 17, 2024 to November 16, 2026


2024 SIP Training Level II Patricia Williams

September 6, 2024


ACPE Fall 2024 Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapist Conference

October 11-13, 2024

Upcoming Community of Practice Events

North Central CoP- Wisconsin Dells, WI- September 21-24, 2024

ACPE continues to be the Standard for Spiritual Care & Education because of the generosity of our donors.

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ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education

ACPE is the standard for spiritual care and education. Our diverse membership includes Certified CPE Educators, Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapists, Spiritual Care Professionals and Practitioners, Pastoral Counselors, Chaplains, Faith Communities, and Seminaries. Our multi-disciplinary, multi-faith, multi-racial community of professionals provides education, connection, and formation through continuing education, networking, and leadership development.

 

ACPE is the premier, Department of Education recognized, organization that provides the highest quality CPE programs for spiritual care professionals of any faith and in any setting. We do this through a rigorous accreditation and certification process for centers and educators that provide CPE.

 

The depth of our training enables students to realize their full potential to strengthen the spiritual health of people in their care as well as themselves.

 

ACPE members are actively engaged in a wide variety of professional development activities including communities of practice, conferences, spiritual care research, and informal networking. We are more than just an association: we are a movement committed to the transformation of the human suffering. Our opportunities for formation and community enrich our member's work of healing and transforming people and communities in the US and across the globe.

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