Clinical Healthcare Chaplaincy at Anam Cara CPE

Where Spiritual Formation Meets Clinical Excellence

Clinical Settings Call for Clinically-Trained Chaplains

In healthcare, spiritual care isn’t an afterthought.

It’s part of whole-person care—woven into treatment plans, discharge meetings, and moments no one else is equipped to hold. As a chaplain, you bring presence where there is pain. Stillness where there is chaos and meaning when the answers run out.

But to serve well, you need more than empathy. You need formation, clinical awareness, and a trusted framework. That’s exactly what our CPE program offers.

Get Clinical Chaplaincy Training—Without Uprooting Your Life

You don’t have to leave your hospital, your team, or your family to grow professionally and spiritually.

Our program is fully online, highly relational, and built around your real-world service.

Live Online Cohorts

Weekly, real-time sessions with peers and a certified educator.

12-Week Intensive Format

A complete unit of accredited Clinical Pastoral Education in just three months.

Use Your Current Role

Most students complete their clinical hours in their existing healthcare position

Learn to Lead in Interdisciplinary Teams

Spiritual care is increasingly integrated into the broader care team—and rightly so.

Our training helps you.

  • Collaborate effectively with nurses, physicians, and social workers.

  • Document pastoral interventions with clinical clarity.

  • Communicate your role and value in patient-centered language.

  • Offer ethical and spiritual insight in high-stakes decisions.

This is not general ministry—it’s professional chaplaincy rooted in best practices and deep formation.

Formation That’s Grounded in Reflection and Practice

Each week, you’ll gather with your cohort for shared learning, guided supervision, and meaningful theological reflection. You’ll present real patient encounters, reflect on your inner experience, and receive thoughtful, structured feedback. Through written reflections, case studies, and supervision, you’ll grow in emotional awareness, spiritual maturity, and professional capacity.

Accredited. Respectful. Widely Recognized.

Anam Cara CPE is an affiliate of Clinical Pastoral Education International (CPEI)

CPEI is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)

Meets national standards recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and CHEA

Fulfills CPE requirements for many hospital credentialing processes and board certification pathways

You Belong on the Team. Let Your Training Reflect That.

You’re already doing meaningful work. Now take the next step in your formation

with training that meets the moment, honors your setting, and equips you for the full scope of chaplaincy in healthcare.