Extended Units of CPE
Accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE), extended units are offered in online and hybrid formats throughout the year as part of the Ecumenical Institute. No application fee. Tuition is $3000 per unit. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
ONLINE UNIT BEGINS OCTOBER 23, 2025 - MAY 7, 2026
Thursdays, 5-9 pm EST
Email completed application and essay responses directly to Amelia at amelia.catone@gmail.com BEFORE OCTOBER 9, 2025
UPCOMING ONLINE UNIT BEGINS JANUARY 27, 2026 - JUNE 24, 2026
Tuesdays, 4-9 pm EST
Email completed application and essay responses directly to Amelia at amelia.catone@gmail.com BEFORE January 13, 2026
COMING SOON IN 2026
Low residency extended units with a Vajrayana Buddhist-based curriculum through Yangti Yoga
CPE Discernment Seminar
The CPE Discernment Seminar is to help demystify the format, process, and content of Clinical Pastoral Education, which is the professional training for spiritual caregivers. This seminar will focus on training units accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). Held over six weeks in 90-minute sessions, the seminar is open to anyone interested in CPE to help them understand what it is, clarify their "why," learn more about what is entailed in becoming a professional chaplain, and prepare to complete the application. Registration and attendance with participation at all six sessions is required. Weekly reflective exercises help to clarify the discernment process. Sessions will not be recorded.
About
Amelia Catone is an ACPE Certified Educator and Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains. She is a student of Vajrayana Buddhism in the Longchen Nyingtik lineage under Dzigar Köngtrul Rinpoche, and also holds a Master of Divinity degree from St. Thomas University. Her foundational training and service as an interfaith chaplain began in 2015 at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, and continued at Level I Trauma hospitals Albany Medical Center (Albany, New York) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. With experience in many different urban health care settings, including hospice, oncology, trauma and burns, pediatrics, transplant, and mental health, Amelia is dedicated to training spiritual caregivers who are versatile, compassionate, and committed to their own and others’ well-being. She lives outside Boston with her partner and two children.
Contact
Please reach out with questions, or complete the form if you’d like to receive the invite to the monthly Board Certification Support Group, held on the 3rd Friday of the month from 12-1 pm EST.