ACPE-Accredited Clinical Pastoral Education Units

Formation for Professional Chaplaincy, Rooted in Clinical Excellence

Overview: A CPE Pathway Grounded in Compassion, Courage, and Clarity

At the Center for Integral Spiritual Formation (CISF), our CPE programs are more than academic—they are transformational journeys. We invite students into deep personal reflection, skilled clinical practice, and the kind of spiritual growth that reshapes how you serve others. Whether you’re working in a hospital, prison, congregation, or nonprofit, our CPE units offer the formation and professional credibility to carry your work forward with confidence and care.

1. Clinical Healthcare Chaplaincy

For students ministering in hospitals, hospices, elder care homes, or community health organizations.

You’ll be supported in:

• Navigating trauma-informed care

• Engaging interfaith spiritual assessments

• Supporting patients, families, and medical staff in crisis

• Building emotional resilience and spiritual presence

This track is ideal for:

• Hospital or hospice chaplains

• Healthcare workers offering soul care

• Those seeking board certification through ACPE

2. Correctional Chaplaincy

For students serving in jails, prisons, or reentry and recovery programs.

You’ll learn to:

• Offer presence and hope in carceral environments

• Understand the psychology of trauma, justice, and confinement

• Engage ethically across systems of oppression

• Serve populations navigating grief, shame, anger, and spiritual hunger

This track is ideal for:

• Prison ministry workers

• Reentry support volunteers

• Spiritual leaders in recovery and justice movements

3. Military / First-Responder Spiritual Formation

For those who offer soul care to uniformed personnel and first-response teams.

You’ll be shaped in:

• Crisis debriefing and acute trauma support

• Navigating chain-of-command dynamics with compassion

• Honoring service culture while offering sacred presence

• Supporting moral injury, PTSD, and reintegration

This track is ideal for:

• Military chaplains (active/reserve)

• Police/fire/EMS chaplains

• Veterans offering peer spiritual support

What You’ll Receive

ACPE-accredited CPE unit (meets requirements for certification).

Supervision, theological integration, and clinical feedback.

Professional skills in spiritual assessment, trauma care, and ethics.

A community that challenges, supports, and sees you.