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Spiritually Integrated Training
There are two types of training available through the ACPE Psychotherapy Commission:
Pastoral Care Specialist (PCS) - soon to be Spiritual Care Specialist (SCS)
- 48 hour training with mental health content for pastoral, voluntary, nursing, traditional, or faith-based healers
- comprehensive and culturally sensitive
- ascribes to ethical competencies
- invitational to wide variety of religious and spiritual belief systems
- no mental health practitioner license is required
- more detail found here
- 30 hour - Level 1 and Level 2 hierarchical trainings
- Leads to certification
- 20 hours of post-training required for certification
- ascribes to spiritual competencies and professional ethical codes
- full mental health practitioner license required (LPC, LMFT, LCSW, etc)
- more detail found here
You can register for current trainings at the ACPE website.
Helpful Books on Spiritual Integration
We recommend any of these books to help you begin your journey.
You can purchase your own ACPE SIP Program Participant Manual at Amazon!
This manual is a helpful guide for participants while they are receiving the SIP training with helpful references, commentary, slides, and checklists for practitioner use after certification. Participants also refer to this manual when engaging in consultation after training has been completed.