Projects in the Field
Demonstration Projects in Jewish Chaplaincy
The project maps, builds, and strengthens Jewish chaplaincy as a field to support innovative models of spiritual care.
MDMA-assisted Therapy for PTSD
Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non‑profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics.
Integrated Clinical & Academic Pastoral Education in a Jewish Seminary
The Center for Pastoral Education is a seminary-based chaplaincy education program within the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) in New York City. Founded in 2010, the Center offers clinical and academic education to seminary students, clergy, and professionals from all faith traditions and all Jewish movements.
Mapping Buddhist Chaplains in North America
This project is a first attempt to answer some fundamental questions about Buddhist chaplaincy as a professional field, including how many Buddhist chaplains there are, where they work, what Buddhist traditions they represent, where they are educated, how they are certified, and what concerns they have about their profession.
Trauma Chaplaincy
North American religious leaders are responding to collective trauma on a weekly basis. Whether mobilizing to provide basic support services to community members in the aftermath of a hurricane or tailoring a sermon for the Sunday after a mass shooting ...
Trans Spiritual Care Initiative
TSCI trains chaplains and clergy to advocate for and with transgender patients and interrupt discrimination against transgender people in healthcare settings and faith communities.
Spiritual Care and End-of-Life in ICU
Families whose loved one with an advanced illness is admitted to an ICU often are unprepared to make difficult decisions about goals of care and, as a result, request or accept futile, life-prolonging care.
SPACES
Dr. Jenny Palmer will lead semi-structured qualitative interviews with (1) dyads of family care partners and persons with dementia (when able to participate) to explore the role of spirituality in illness experiences and palliative care needs, and ...
San Francisco Night Ministry
The Night Ministry provides crisis intervention, counseling and referral services every night of the year. Since 1964, we haven’t missed one night in 50 years.
Police Chaplaincy and CPE
Like many cities in the United States, Baltimore has struggled with structural racism manifest in economic and housing policies as well as a strong dis-trust of law enforcement.