Dorothea Lotze is originally from Germany and came to the U.S. in 1993. She completed her theological degrees (M.Div. and Th.M.) in her homeland and at Candler-School of Theology, Emory University. For many years she worked as a hospital chaplain and as a Certified Educator of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE). dorothea.lotze-kola@acpe.edu The SIP training program is a multi-disciplinary, inter-spiritual, multi-racial community of persons gathered for education, connection, and formation in the work of spiritually integrated psychotherapy. It serves licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals (i.e., counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, pastoral counselors, psychologists, psychiatrists, addiction specialists, and more), as well as graduate students in any of those disciplines who seek to explore the ways spirituality, religion, and the search for meaning influence their own lives and the lives of their clients. 09/22/2026, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST 09/29/2026, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST 10/06/2026, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST 10/13/2026, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST 10/20/2026, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm EST The 15-hour SIP Program Level 1 Training includes the following three-hour courses: Course 1.1 Foundations and Ethics of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Course 1.2 Developing Spiritual Conversations in Psychotherapy Course 1.3 Spiritual Assessment Course 1.4 Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Resources, Part 1 Course 1.5 Spiritual Interventions: Working with Spiritual Struggles For course descriptions and learning objectives: https://acpe.edu/education/psychotherapy/spiritual-integrated-psychotherapy Continuing Education Credit Available: 15 credit hours ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. ACPE Provider 2045, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACPE maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/01/2024-11/01/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 15.0 Social Work Clinical continuing education credits. Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0301. Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #SW-0852. This training is delivered online in Zoom If you need special accommodations or have questions, please contact us. Who Should Attend? All mental health practitioners interested in learning more about the integration of spirituality in psychotherapy are welcome to attend yet the material has been geared toward those individuals who are licensed or on the path toward licensure. SIP certification is only possible after a full mental health license has been obtained from your state of practice. CE inquiries can be made directly to Latasha Matthews at latasha.matthews@acpe.edu Contact the ACPE SIP Trainer, Dorothea Lotze, for more information, including registration code information.