CASC/ACSS

promoting excellence in spiritual care, psychospiritual therapy, education and research.

CASC/ACSS is the leading association of spiritual care and psychospiritual therapy in Canada. With over 1200 diverse members across Canada, CASC/ACSS embraces a holistic approach to health and wellbeing, with a special focus on spiritual and religious care. CASC/ACSS provides educational programs for those preparing to become Certified Spiritual Care Practitioners, Certified Psychospiritual Therapists, and Certified Supervisor Educators in a variety of institutional, community and private-practice settings. We also educate those who are preparing for ordained/commissioned religious leadership to have competence in providing spiritual care to their faith communities.

What is Spiritual Care?
Spiritual care embraces a holistic approach to care, attending to an individual’s beliefs, values, behaviours and experiences related to spirituality, religion and culture. Spiritual Care Practitioners inspire hope, empower healing, and make space for meaningful change. Spiritual care is practiced through the assessment and treatment of issues specific to each person.

What is Psychospiritual Therapy?
Psychospiritual therapy is a complex, wide-ranging area of practice that integrates spirituality, psycho-education, mental health, wellness, religion, pathology and human development principles. These principles are used in the assessment, treatment of various challenges across all stages of the life cycle, including cognitive, emotional, social, behavioural, spiritual, moral and developmental.
Engaging in a collaborative process with individuals, families, communities, organizations and other institutions, CASC/ACSS Certified Psychospiritual Therapists use interventions informed by spirituality, religion, and psychology as well as counselling theories, ethical standards, human diversity and the range of human traditions.

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Internships/Placements

In collaboration with accredited teaching centres across Canada, CASC/ACSS offers clinical internships/placements, called Supervised Psychospiritual Education (SPE), in which students develop the art and skills of spiritual care or psychospiritual therapy. Internships/placements are offered at 31 of the leading health authorities and organizations across Canada.

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Teaching Centres

CASC/ACSS offers clinical internships/placements, called Supervised Psychospiritual Education (SPE), at over 30 nationally recognized health authorities across the country.