CASC/ACSS is committed to the professional education and Certification of people involved in spiritual care, psychospiritual therapy, education and research. ​

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.

Mission and Purpose

• To promote excellence in spiritual care practice, psychospiritual therapy, education and research.
• To advance the profession of spiritual care and psyschospiritual therapy in Canada
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Values

• ​Self Awareness and Spiritual Growth
• Education
• Collaboration
• Empathy
• Inclusiveness
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Spirituality

There are many definitions for the term “spirituality”.  CASC/ACSS views spirituality as universal dimension of human experience, a life energy, and a connection to the transcendent that promotes resilience in the face of challenges. It incorporates features such as meaning, purpose, values, hope, trust, love, truth, wonder, beauty, and one's sense of connection to self, to others, and to the sacred.  

Spiritual Diversity

CASC/ACSS Professionals and Members come from a diverse background of spirituality, culture, and worldview. Whether you identify with a Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Indigenous, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh or other spirituality, or identify as spiritual-but-not-religious, agnostic, atheist or other, you are welcome at CASC/ACSS.  CASC/ACSS Professionals serve all people, regardless of their spiritual background, gender, sexuality, culture, or any other aspect of their identity.  

Where We Work

• Health Care
• Mental Health
• Private Practice
• Corrections
• Military
• Education
  
  
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History

• Clinical Pyschospiritual Education (CPE) was developed by Anton Boisen in the 1920's
• CASC/ACSS began in 1965​​

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