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Chaplain Adriatico has 5 UNITS of Clinical Pastoral Education with 2,000 Clinical Hours serving in trauma 1 units in emergency rooms, ICU units and Cancer Wards.

Updated: Nov 30, 2023

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a professional education program that focuses on the development of individuals as spiritual caregivers. CPE programs are typically offered in healthcare settings, such as hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes. They are designed to give students the skills and knowledge they need to become effective spiritual caregivers.

CPE programs are open to individuals from all faith traditions or no tradition. Students are encouraged to explore their beliefs and values as part of the learning process. The programs use a cohort model, where students meet regularly with a small group of peers to share experiences and provide mutual support.

The primary goal of CPE is to enhance the personal and professional development of the student as a spiritual caregiver. The program is designed to provide students with opportunities for self-reflection and self-awareness and to develop pastoral skills such as active listening, empathetic communication, and ethical decision-making. CPE programs involve supervised clinical work with patients and families and regular group and individual supervision with a certified supervisor.

CPE programs are typically offered in three levels: Level I, Level II, and Supervisory Education. Level I CPE is an introduction to spiritual care and provides students with the foundational skills needed to begin clinical work. Level II CPE is a more advanced program that builds on the skills learned in Level I and includes more in-depth clinical work. Supervisory Education is for individuals who have completed Level II and are interested in becoming certified CPE supervisors themselves.

In this article, we will explore the history and purpose of CPE, the different levels of CPE programs, the curriculum and structure of CPE, the benefits of completing a CPE program, and the job opportunities available for those who complete a CPE program.

The roots of CPE can be traced back to the early 20th century in Massachusetts. The Rev. Anton T. Boisen, a Presbyterian minister who had experienced a mental breakdown and sought to integrate his own experiences into his ministry, established the first CPE program in 1925 at Worcester State Hospital. Boisen believed that the traditional seminary model of education did not adequately prepare Christian clergy for the challenges they would face in providing pastoral care to people in crisis. He developed a new model of education that combined academic study with clinical experience, which became the foundation of the CPE program. (For an excellent history of CPE, check out the book Trust the Process by the Rev. Stephen King.)

The purpose of CPE is to provide individuals with the skills and knowledge they need to provide effective spiritual care in various settings, including healthcare, military, and corrections. The program is designed to be an experiential learning process that allows students to reflect on their own experiences and beliefs while learning from their peers and supervisors.

CPE programs are typically offered in three levels: Level I, Level II, and Supervisory Education.

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Level I and II CPE involve 300 hours of supervised clinical work with patients and families and 100 hours of group and individual supervision with a certified supervisor.

Level I CPE is an introduction to spiritual care designed for individuals new to the field. The program provides students with the foundational skills for effective clinical work, such as active listening, empathetic communication, and ethical decision-making.

Level II CPE is a more advanced program that builds on the skills learned in Level I and includes more in-depth clinical work, self-reflection, and study. Level II CPE is designed for individuals interested in further developing their spiritual care skills and who have already completed Level I CPE.

Supervisory Education is for individuals who have completed Level II and are interested in becoming certified CPE supervisors. The program is designed to provide individuals with the skills and knowledge they need to supervise CPE students. Supervisory Education typically takes three to five years to complete. It involves supervised clinical and educational work and regular group and individual supervision with a certified supervisor.

The curriculum of CPE programs is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to provide effective spiritual care. The curriculum typically includes topics such as:

• Theology and spiritual care
• Communication skills
• Ethics and decision-making
• Self-awareness and self-reflection
• Cultural humility and diversity
• Crisis intervention
• Grief and loss
• Death and dying
• The Role of the Chaplain

CPE programs typically involve both classroom learning and supervised clinical work with patients and families. Supervised clinical work allows students to apply the skills they have learned in the classroom in a real-world setting. The clinical work is typically supervised by a certified CPE supervisor, who provides regular feedback and support to the student.

In addition to the supervised clinical work, CPE programs include regular group and individual supervision with a certified supervisor. These supervision sessions allow students to reflect on their clinical experiences, receive feedback on their spiritual care skills, and explore the personal and professional issues that arise in their work as spiritual caregivers. (For a helpful book on how to get the most out of CPE, check out the book How to Get the Most Out of CPE by Gordon J. Hilsman.)

Completing a CPE program can provide numerous benefits for individuals interested in spiritual care in healthcare settings. Some of the benefits include:

CPE programs provide individuals with the skills and knowledge they need to provide effective spiritual care to people in healthcare settings. These skills include active listening, empathetic communication, and ethical decision-making, among others.

CPE programs are designed to be an experiential learning process that allows students to reflect on their own experiences and beliefs while learning from their peers and mentors. This process can lead to personal and professional growth and development.

Completing four units of CPE is often a requirement for individuals who want to become certified chaplains or pursue other careers in spiritual care.

Various job opportunities are available for individuals who complete a CPE program. Some of the available jobs include:

A chaplain is a trained spiritual caregiver who provides emotional and spiritual support to patients, families, and staff in healthcare settings. Chaplains work in various settings.

A spiritual care coordinator oversees spiritual care programs, often in healthcare. This may include developing policies and procedures, training staff, and working with patients and families to provide spiritual support.

Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is a professional education program designed to provide individuals with the skills and knowledge they need to provide effective spiritual care in various settings. CPE programs are offered in a cohort model, where students meet regularly with a certified supervisor and engage in supervised clinical work. CPE programs typically include topics such as theology, communication skills, ethics, cultural humility, crisis intervention, grief and loss, and the chaplain's role.

Completing a CPE program can provide numerous benefits for individuals interested in spiritual care. Some of these benefits include the development of spiritual care skills, personal and professional growth, credentialing, and job opportunities.

Various job opportunities are available for individuals who complete a CPE program, including a chaplain and spiritual care coordinator. These roles allow individuals to provide emotional and spiritual support to patients, families, and staff and to oversee spiritual care programs for individuals and families in crisis.

In conclusion, CPE is a valuable program for individuals interested in providing spiritual care in healthcare settings. The program offers individuals the skills and knowledge they need to provide effective spiritual care and personal and professional growth opportunities. Completing a CPE program can also open up job opportunities in healthcare settings and allow individuals to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

 What is Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), and how does it work? (davidfleenor.org) 

 The Army’s Suicide Prevention Program improves the Army's readiness by developing and enhancing the Army’s Suicide Prevention Program policies, training, data collection and analysis, and strategic communications designed to prevent suicide and support those affected by suicide.

The Army Suicide Prevention Office is not a crisis center and does not provide counseling services. If you or someone you know needs help, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and press 1 for the Military Crisis Line.

The Army Suicide Prevention Program educates and trains active duty, reserve and National Guard Soldiers, Army Civilians and Family members on suicide prevention and postvention actions to minimize the risk of suicide.

The Army Suicide Prevention Program develops and implements progressive, complementary training and education activities for leaders, Soldiers, and prevention professionals to impart the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that enable increased protection and reduced risk of suicide.

The Army conducts annual suicide prevention training using the ACE (Ask, Care, Escort) training model. The training is for all Soldiers and is meant to increase awareness of suicide risk factors, warning signs and resources, and to encourage intervention for at-risk Army Family members.

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• Fighting Stigma
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• Fighting Stigma
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• Active Listening
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• Fighting Stigma
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• Practicing ACE
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• ACE-SI Info Sheet
• ACE for Soldiers Slides
• ACE for Soldiers Facilitator's Handbook
• ACE for Army Civilians Slides
• ACE for Army Civilians Facilitator's Handbook
• ACE for Leaders Slides
• ACE for Family Members Slides
• Guidance for Conducting Ask Care Escort Suicide Intervention Training (ACE-SI) - Oct. 2, 2023

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize  when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their  immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need  any formal training to attend the workshop—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone. ASIST makes a difference As the world’s leading suicide intervention workshop,  LivingWorks’ ASIST program is supported by numerous  evaluations including independent and peer-reviewed  studies. Results demonstrate that ASIST helps  participants become more willing, ready, and able to  intervene with someone at risk of suicide.  ASIST is also proven to reduce suicidality for those at  risk. A 2013 study that monitored over 1,500 suicidal  callers to crisis lines found that callers who spoke with  ASIST-trained counselors were 74% less likely to be suicidal after the call, compared to callers who spoke with  counselors trained in methods other than ASIST. Callers  were also less overwhelmed, less depressed, and more  hopeful after speaking with ASIST-trained counselors.  FOCUS: Suicide intervention training DURATION: Two days (15 hours) PARTICIPANTS: Anyone 16 or older TRAINERS: Two registered trainers  per 15–30 participants LANGUAGES: English, French, Spanish,  Inuktitut, and Norwegian; Large print  and Braille also available Goals and objectives In the course of the two-day workshop,  ASIST participants learn to: • Understand the ways personal and societal  attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions • Provide guidance and suicide first-aid to a person  at risk in ways that meet their individual safety needs • Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety  plan and the actions required to implement it • Appreciate the value of improving and integrating  suicide prevention resources in the community at large • Recognize other important aspects of suicide  prevention including life-promotion and self-care ASIST trainers ASIST workshops are facilitated by a minimum of two  registered trainers who have completed a five-day  Training for Trainers (T4T) course. ASIST trainers come from diverse backgrounds, but they must all deliver regular workshops and participate in a rigorous quality control program to remain registered. For information about trainers in your area, email info@livingworks.net.  A listing of upcoming workshops is available at  www.livingworks.net under “Find a Training.”  ASIST participants ASIST is a resource for the whole community. It helps people apply suicide first-aid in many settings: with family,  friends, co-workers, and teammates, as well as formal  caregiving roles. Many organizations have incorporated ASIST into professional development for their employees.  Its widespread use in various communities creates a  common language to understand suicide safety issues and communicate across different organizational backgrounds. INTERVENTION TRAINING info@livingworks.net www.livingworks.net TOLL FREE N.A. 1.888.733.5484 © 03/2018 LivingWorks Education Inc. Workshop Process ASIST is based on adult learning principles. Valuing participants’ contributions and experiences, it encourages them to take an active role in the learning process. ASIST’s key features include small group learning to facilitate involvement, participants spend over half the workshop in a small group with one of the trainers. Audiovisual aid High-quality slides, diagrams, and videos help participants understand and memorize concepts. Training focus Some participants may have previous personal or professional experience with suicide or intervention. ASIST builds on these experiences to contribute to the overall learning goal—providing suicide first-aid. Reliable, proven model Workshop activities are structured around the ASIST intervention model and provide applicable, hands-on skills practice. Emphasis on individual needs Participants learn to adapt to the specific circumstances of a person at risk and work collaboratively to help them stay safe. Perspective matters Participants are encouraged to reflect on and share their own attitudes about suicide and suicide intervention. This helps them understand how their perspectives may affect their role in providing help to a person at risk. Direct approach By encouraging honest, open, and direct talk about suicide, ASIST helps prepare to discuss the topic with a person at risk. Adaptable components ASIST trainers can tailor certain features of the program, such as role-playing activities, to meet participants’ professional or cultural needs 

 ASIST-info-sheet.pdf (livingworks.net) 

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Chaplain Adriatico has conducted over 45 seminars in the course of his 15 year career as a United States Army and Navy Chaplain.

Recognizing the importance of family support, the Army introduced the program Building Strong and Ready Families in 1997. Initially, 90 active-duty couples participated in four events. Over the past year, more than 130,000 Soldiers and Family members have participated in over 3,700 Strong Bonds events. The program’s success has led to increased funding, expansion Army-wide, and more training options.

New programs now meet Soldiers at different phases of the relationship cycle. Specific training is offered for the Single Soldier, Couples, Families with children, and all Soldiers and Families facing deployment.

Strong Bonds is fully funded and Chaplain-led with the support of the Commanding Officer. Soldiers and their Families attend with others in the unit who share the same deployment cycle. During the retreat, Soldiers and Families participate in small group activities that reveal common bonds and nurture friendships. This shores up spousal support at home, which can be vitally important while the Soldier is away. In addition, Soldiers and Families gain awareness of community resources that can assist with concerns about health and wellness, even crisis intervention.

An increasing percentage of recruits come from Army Families. Strong Bonds Family program is an investment in Army Families and in the Future Force.

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The United States Army Chaplain Corps

Chaplain Adriatico served 9 years on active duty as a United States Army Chaplain with the 2-35 Infantry, 101 BSB, Brooke Army Medical Center, Transportations units and several other combat units. 

He has conducted memorials, training seminars and counseling thousands of troops, military family members and was a vital role in his role as Battalion Chaplain. 

Chaplains serve almost every type of unit in the Army, from infantry and intelligence to hospitals and community ministries.

• Provide marriage and family counseling
• Serve at medical facilities, correctional facilities, or combat hospitals
• Become an instructor at one of several Officer service schools
• Get advanced training for staffing and managing Chaplaincy-related personnel

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Chaplain Adriatico served 6 years on active duty as a United States Army Chaplaincy as The Navy Command Chaplain in Yokosuka Japan and at FT Sam Houston Texas and the Navy Command Chaplain at the Navy Medicine Support Command.

A Navy Chaplain is a religious ministry professional and a Staff Corps Officer in the Navy who also works with the Marine Corps and Coast Guard12. Their principal purpose is "to promote the spiritual, religious, moral, and personal well-being of the members of the Department of the Navy," which includes the Navy and the United States Marine Corps2. They are responsible for tending to the spiritual and moral well-being of service members and their families, and their responsibilities include performing religious rites, conducting worship services, providing confidential counseling, and advising commanders on religious, spiritual and moral matters 

We are the Association of Evangelical Gospel Assemblies, Inc. (AEGA), originally organized and chartered in 1976 under the name “Christian Ministries” as a local ministerial fellowship in Monroe, Louisiana. In 1988, Godly men with over forty years of ministry experience, a fresh vision for soul-winning, church planting, missions, and Christian education expanded the fellowship internationally.

Today AEGA is a respected association with thousands of members across several divisions throughout the world.

• Ministerial credentials for qualified applicants (both men and women) – apply HERE
• Chaplain endorsement for military, VA and federal and state prisons, hospital and hospice – apply HERE
• 501(c)(3) for tax-exempt status under our group exemption to churches – apply HERE
• 501(c)(3) for tax-exempt status under our group exemption to evangelistic/religious organization ministries, music and worship ministries, Christian schools and Bible colleges. – apply HERE (Non-church ministries can apply for 501(c)(3) status through Paragon Christian Alliance International.)

• Regional and state events hosted in several countries by ministry partners.
• Men, women and youth events hosted by our ministry partners.
• The AEGA Ministers Leadership Conference is held annually in major metropolitan areas.

Check out details for the next event here!

Our educational divisions—Omega Bible Institute & Seminary and Evangel Christian University of America—enroll students from numerous denominations in a par excellence study program to earn Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees through distance learning.

AEGA is committed to mission work throughout the world by partnering with those who plant churches and develop Bible Schools. As is with most charitable organizations, we partner in feeding the poor and join in partnership with organization sponsoring Christmas Box deliveries. Through these outreaches we believe many are touched and brought to the Kingdom of God.

The 18 Fundamental Truths of the AEGA

1. The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired, the product of holy men of old who spoke and wrote as they were moved by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21).
2. God has revealed Himself as a triune being, but manifested in three personalities as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Isa. 48:16; Mt. 2819; Lk. 3:22).
3. The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, is divine, and shares in the Deity of God as the second person in the Holy Trinity (Mt. 1:23; Jn. 5:22, 23; 2 Jn. 3; Heb. 1:1-3).
4. Man is a created being, made in the likeness and image of God.
5. Man’s only hope of redemption from the stain of sin is through the shed blood of Christ, the Son of God (Lk. 24:47).
6. The true Church is the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12-27), not intended to be the edifice or institution, but the habitation of God through the Holy Spirit.
7. The Mission of the Church is to be: A) An agency for evangelizing the world (Acts 1:8; Mt. 28:19,20; Mk. 16:15,16); B) A corporate body in which man may worship God (1 Cor. 12:13);  C) A channel of God’s purpose to build a body of saints being perfected in the image of His Son (Eph. 4:11-16; 1 Cor. 12:28; 14:12).
8. The Ordinances of the Church are: Baptism in water and Holy Communion or the Lord’s Supper.
9. Every believer is entitled to, should seek for, and should expect to receive the “Baptism in the Holy Spirit.”
10. The Baptism of all born again believers “in the Holy Spirit” is always witnessed by the physical evidence of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives them utterance (Acts 2:4).
11. Divine healing is wrought by the power of God through the prayer of faith, the laying on of hands (Mk. 16:18; Jas. 5:14-15), fervent prayer (Jas. 5:16), and is the privilege of every believer who will accept it (Lk. 5:15).
12. Sanctification is a definite yet progressive work of grace, as taught in the Scriptures, which leads to holiness (Rom. 6:22).
13. God, by the Holy Spirit, definitely calls whom He desires, both male and female, to serve in the five-fold ministry (Eph. 4:11), and qualifies the ones called with power, talents, wisdom, and gifts pertaining to that office or offices (1 Cor. 12:28).
14. We believe that all Christians (including ministers) should pay tithes into the storehouse (Mal. 3:10,11).
15. We believe in the Pre-millennial coming of our Lord in the clouds, to catch away His Bride.
16. The second coming of Christ includes the “catching away” (rapture) of the “Church” (saints) (1 Thess. 4:16,17), followed by the actual, visible return of Christ with His saints to reign with Him on earth for one thousand years (Zech. 14:5; Mt. 24:27,30: Rev. 1:7; 19:11-14;20:1-6).
17. There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works.
18. “We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1).

Organized as a 501(c)(3) convention of churches and ecclesiastical body (providing ministerial credentials), AEGA does not operate as a bookkeeping business, or receive its income from its own published products or services (although we believe such products and services are needed in ministry).

As a true fellowship, we are supported entirely by our ministers, churches, and ministries just as the local church is supported by those it serves and oversees. As the Apostle Paul submitted himself to the leadership in Jerusalem and received offerings for distribution to those in need, we also work with our member ministries and churches to build the Kingdom of God around the world (2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 9:6-7).

AEGA is not an “organization” but a “living organism!”

We believe in teaching and upholding the fundamental truths of the Bible, though as a fellowship, we differ from a denominational structure. As such, we adhere to and believe the church and Christian nonprofit organizations should operate autonomously. Therefore, all property and assets are held in the name of your church or ministry.