Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC - Education

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy - Level 2
2024-06-01 09:30 - 2024-06-15 16:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom videoconferencing
ACPE Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Training
Level 2, 15 hours by Zoom beginning June 1, 2024
Why: Recent research demonstrates the importance of recognizing and working with spiritual issues that clients inevitably bring to psychotherapy, yet many psychotherapists do not have the training and confidence to deal with spiritual or religious issues without promoting or imposing their own beliefs and values.
What: ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education, (www.acpe.edu), drawing on the wisdom of seasoned clinicians and faculty in accredited Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy, has created an in-depth 30-hour (in two 15 hour levels) training program in Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP).
Thank you to Crossroads of Caring, Inc., Rochester, NY for assistance in promoting this training.
Who: Licensed and pre-licensed psychotherapists, counselors, mental health/ health professionals, case managers, substance abuse counselors, etc.
** Includes 15 hours per Level of NBCC hours. For those licensed in NY, CEUs available for LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, and PhD and PsyD psychologists.
Following completion of Levels 1 and 2 of basic SIP training, Individual and group consultation with SIP Trainers is available for those who wish to become SIP Certified by ACPE.
When: Five 3-hour sessions for Level 2, June 1 to June 15, 2024
(See detailed schedule below)
SIP Trainer: Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
Dr. Gustafson is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in NY. His career includes Prison Chaplaincy, Pastoral Psychotherapy, Interim Ministry, College Instructor in Psychology, Instructor of Pastoral Care in the New York School of Ministry (United Church of Christ), and ACPE authorized SIP Trainer.
Cost: $400 per person for each of two levels and includes all course materials and CEUs. Register separately for each 15 hour level.
A limited number of partial scholarships available for those in need.
Registration is limited to 21 participants so register early!
Have questions or want to register?
Contact Dr. Gustafson for more program and registration information at wayne.gustafson@acpe.edu Registration includes a short Zoom call with Dr. Gustafson.

Level 2

June 1, 2024
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

June 1, 2024
1:30 – 4:30 PM

June 8, 2024
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

June 8, 2024
1:30 – 4:30 PM

June 15, 2024
3 hours TBS

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Training - Level 1
2024-05-04 09:30 - 2024-05-18 16:30 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
ACPE Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Training
Level 1, 15 hours by Zoom beginning May 4, 2024
Why: Recent research demonstrates the importance of recognizing and working with spiritual issues that clients inevitably bring to psychotherapy, yet many psychotherapists do not have the training and confidence to deal with spiritual or religious issues without promoting or imposing their own beliefs and values.
What: ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education, (www.acpe.edu), drawing on the wisdom of seasoned clinicians and faculty in accredited Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy, has created an in-depth 30-hour (in two 15 hour levels) training program in Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP).
Thank you to Crossroads of Caring, Inc., Rochester, NY for assistance in promoting this training.
Who: Licensed and pre-licensed psychotherapists, counselors, mental health/ health professionals, case managers, substance abuse counselors, etc.
** Includes 15 hours per Level of NBCC hours. For those in NY, CEUs available for LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, and PhD and PsyD psychologists.
Following completion of Levels 1 and 2 of basic SIP training, Individual and group consultation with SIP Trainers is available for those who wish to become SIP Certified by ACPE.
When: Five 3-hour sessions for Level 1, May 4, 11, 18, 2024
(See detailed schedule below)
SIP Trainer: Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
Dr. Gustafson is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in NY. His career includes Prison Chaplaincy, Pastoral Psychotherapy, Interim Ministry, College Instructor in Psychology, Instructor of Pastoral Care in the New York School of Ministry (United Church of Christ), and ACPE authorized SIP Trainer.
Cost: $400 per person for each of two levels and includes all course materials and CEUs.
Register separately for each 15 hour level.
A limited number of partial scholarships available for those in need.
Registration is limited to 21 participants so register early!
Have questions or want to register?
Contact Dr. Gustafson for more program and registration information at wayne.gustafson@acpe.edu Registration includes a short Zoom call with Dr. Gustafson.
SIP Training Session dates are as follows:

Level 1
All times Eastern

May 4, 2024
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

May 4, 2024
1:30 – 4:30 PM

May 11, 2024
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

May 11, 2024
1:30 – 4:30 PM

May 18, 2024
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Case Consultation Package for Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Certification
2024-01-03 08:00 - 2024-03-02 12:00 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
A combination of Individual and Group Case Consultation using the Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Case Conceptualization Template.
For those who have completed 30 hours of SIP Training.
Schedules to be determined by the Trainer and participants.
For more details:
https://acpe.edu/education/psychotherapy/training-opportunities/2024/01/03/default-calendar/acpe-sip-individual-group-consultation-package

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Training - Level 2
2023-06-03 09:30 - 2023-06-17 16:30 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Training
Level 2, 15 hours by Zoom beginning June 3, 2023
Why: Recent research demonstrates the importance of recognizing and working with spiritual issues that clients inevitably bring to psychotherapy, yet many psychotherapists do not have the training and confidence to deal with spiritual or religious issues without promoting or imposing their own beliefs and values.
What: ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education, (www.acpe.edu), drawing on the wisdom of seasoned clinicians and faculty in accredited Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy, has created an in-depth 30-hour (in two 15 hour levels) training program in Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP).
Co-sponsored by Crossroads of Caring, Inc.
Who: Licensed and pre-licensed psychotherapists, counselors, mental health/ health professionals, case managers, substance abuse counselors, etc.
** Includes 15 hours of NY CEUs for LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, and LMHC. NBCC hours also available. (In addition to the Level 1 15 hours)
(Following completion of Levels 1 and 2 of basic SIP training, Individual and group consultation with SIP Trainers are available for those who wish to become SIP Certified by ACPE.)
When: Five 3-hour sessions for Level 2, June 3, 10, 17
(See detailed schedule below)
SIP Trainer:
Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
Dr. Gustafson is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in NY. His career includes Prison Chaplaincy, Pastoral Psychotherapy, Interim Ministry, College Instructor in Psychology, and Instructor of Pastoral Care in the New York School of Ministry (United Church of Christ).
Cost: $400 per person for each of two levels and includes all course materials and CEUs. Register separately for each 15 hour level.
A limited number of partial scholarships available for those in need.
Registration is limited to 21 participants so register early!
Have questions?
Contact Dr. Gustafson for more program and registration information at dr.w.gustafson@gmail.com
Level 2 Training Session dates are as follows: (all times are Eastern Daylight)
June 3, 2023 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
June 3, 2023 1:30 – 4:30 PM
June 10, 2023 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
June 10, 2023 1:30 – 4:30 PM
June 17, 2023 3 hours TBS

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy Training - Level 1
2023-05-12 13:00 - 2023-05-20 16:30 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Training
Level 1, 15 hours by Zoom beginning May 12, 2023
Why: Recent research demonstrates the importance of recognizing and working with spiritual issues that clients inevitably bring to psychotherapy, yet many psychotherapists do not have the training and confidence to deal with spiritual or religious issues without promoting or imposing their own beliefs and values.
What: ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education, (www.acpe.edu), drawing on the wisdom of seasoned clinicians and faculty in accredited Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy, has created an in-depth 30-hour (in two 15 hour levels) training program in Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP).
Co-sponsored by Crossroads of Caring, Inc.
Who: Licensed and pre-licensed psychotherapists, counselors, mental health/ health professionals, case managers, substance abuse counselors, etc.
** Includes 15 hours of NY CEUs for LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, and LMHC. NBCC hours also available. (An additional 15 hours available in Level 2)
(Following completion of Levels 1 and 2 of basic SIP training, Individual and group consultation with SIP Trainers are available for those who wish to become SIP Certified by ACPE.)
When: Five 3-hour sessions for Level 1, May 12, 13, 20, 2023
(See detailed schedule below)
SIP Trainer:
Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
Dr. Gustafson is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in NY. His career includes Prison Chaplaincy, Pastoral Psychotherapy, Interim Ministry, College Instructor in Psychology, and Instructor of Pastoral Care in the New York School of Ministry (United Church of Christ).
Cost: $400 per person for each of two levels and includes all course materials and CEUs. Register separately for each 15 hour level.
A limited number of partial scholarships available for those in need.
Registration is limited to 21 participants so register early!
Have questions?
Contact Dr. Gustafson for more program and registration information at dr.w.gustafson@gmail.com
SIP Training Level 1 Session dates are as follows: (All times Eastern Daylight)
May 12, 2023 1 – 4 PM
May 13, 2023 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
May 13, 2023 1:30 – 4:30 PM
May 20, 2023 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
May 20, 2023 1:30 – 4:30 PM

Pastor Support Group by Zoom
2023-04-12 09:30 - 2023-06-22 11:00 UTC
New Members can join in a new quarter
beginning April 12, 2023
Cost for 6 90 minute sessions is $120
Click here for details

CANCELLED - Toolkit for Healthy Relationships and Community in Congregations
2023-03-14 18:30 - 2023-05-23 21:00 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
Six 2.5 hour sessions, Tuesdays, 6:30 – 9:00 pm
3 consecutive sessions beginning March 14, 2023 and 3 sessions beginning May 9, 2023
The purpose of this workshop is:
To equip participants in religious congregations with the tools to engage in, develop, and maintain healthy relationships.
And to demonstrate how improved human relationships can help congregations deal with conflict, crises, and decision-making.
Click here for more workshop and registration information

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Training (Rescheduled)
2022-10-28 13:00 - 2022-11-30 17:00 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
Up to 30 NBCC CE Credit hours May be earned for this program. Also, 30 NY CEUs are available for LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, and LMHC.
Participants from other locations are also welcome to register.
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.
This ACPE SIP Training provides theoretical foundations and practical skills to help therapists integrate spirituality into their work in a deeply ethical way. The SIP Training consists of 10 three-hour courses and is open to licensed and pre-licensed mental health practitioners in mental health disciplines. See below for specific dates/times for each 3-hour course.
Click here for a complete program description and learning objectives for each course. Cost for this online training is $800. A limited number of reduced fee seats are available for those in need.
This training is led by Wayne Gustafson and you can contact him for more SIP and registration information at dr.w.gustafson@gmail.com
Session dates are as follows:
Course 1 Oct 28, 2022 1 – 4 pm
Course 2 Oct 29, 2022 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Course 3 Oct 29, 2022 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Course 4 Nov 4, 2022 1 – 4 pm
Course 5 Nov 5, 2022 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Course 6 Nov 5, 2022 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Course 7 Nov 11, 2022 1 – 4 pm
Course 8 Nov 12, 2022 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Course 9 Nov 12, 2022 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Course 10 TBS between November 18 and 30

Reading and Writing Fiction as a Road to Truth (The Wisdom Weaver)
2022-04-12 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
No single path leads to truth. Reading and writing novels have taught me that the road linking fiction and truth goes both ways and illuminates in both directions. Session 1 explores my search for truth through writing Community of Promise: The Untold Story of Moses, and Session 2, through writing The Wisdom Weaver. Both novels are set at the time of the Exodus and you may be surprised by the truth revealed. Testimonial: “Wayne provides fascinating insight into the writing process, allowing interactive discussion with participants, along with wonderful readings from each novel.”

Reading and Writing Fiction as a Road to Truth (Community of Promise)
2022-04-05 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing

Family Systems and Pastoral Leadership
2022-01-19 18:30 - 2022-03-23 20:45 UTC | Zoom videoconferencing
The New York School of Ministry
Family Systems and Pastoral Leadership
Instructor, Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
Wednesday evenings 6:30 – 8:45 PM from Jan 19 to March 23, 2022 (except Ash Wednesday, March 2)
This course makes use of Bowenian Family Systems Theory to view the functional emotional process of congregational systems and to lay the foundation for non-anxious leadership and pastoral care. It will also focus on how Family Systems Theory helps pastors be as healthy as they can be in ministry and how they can use their personal process of “differentiation” to maximize their leadership capacities in congregations.
Click Here for Course, Registration, and Cost Details

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Consultation - September 20 2021
2021-09-20 08:00 - 2021-11-13 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom videoconferencing
10 hours of SIP Consultation by Zoom beginning September 20
4 hours Individual and 3 2-hour groups
Scheduled between September 20 and November 13, 2021
Click here for Details
with Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
SIP Trainer, Ithaca, NY
Registration and Payment directly with Dr. Gustafson
dr.w.gustafson@gmail.com

Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy (SIP) Consultation - July 19 2021
2021-07-19 08:00 - 2021-09-11 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom videoconferencing
10 hours of SIP Consultation by Zoom beginning July 19
4 hours Individual and 3 2-hour groups
Scheduled between July 19 and September 11, 2021
Click Here for details.
with Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
SIP Trainer, Ithaca, NY
Registration and Payment directly with Dr. Gustafson
dr.w.gustafson@gmail.com

Workshops in Tonawanda, NY
2021-07-16 19:00 - 2021-07-18 15:00 (America/New_York) | Zion United Church of Christ, Tonawanda, NY, 15, Koenig Circle, Tonawanda, NY, United States
I will be at Zion United Church of Christ in Tonawanda, NY July 16, 17, 18, 2021
Friday 7 – 9, Introduction to Basic Training in Lay Pastoral Care
Saturday 9 – 4, Basic Training in Lay Pastoral Care.
Sunday after church (3 hour workshop in “Spirituality for You and Me” – dealing with the practicalities of spirituality.

There is no cost.
To register call the church office at 716-836-6220 or by e-mail at ucczion@gmail.com

Working with Spiritual Struggles
2021-05-22 09:00 - 12:15 (America/New_York) | Zoom videoconferencing
Continuing Education for Ministers and those Preparing for Ministry
Taught by Rev. Wayne E. Gustafson, DMin, LMHC
Click here for Registration

Course Description
Parishioners frequently come to their pastors for help with particular spiritual struggles: how to recover a sense of meaning or purpose when life events have challenged their core beliefs and values; how to make difficult decisions that bring them into conflict with their personal beliefs or their religious community; how to recover when they have been harmed by a religious leader or a religious community.
Course Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:

Recognize and describe spiritual struggles.
Identify spiritual struggles commonly encountered in parishioners.
Identify and begin using helpful strategies for addressing spiritual struggles in ethical and effective ways.

The course provides 3 hours of continuing education for authorized ministers whose associations require it.
This curriculum is taken from “Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy,” a 30 hour training program for psychotherapists offered by “ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care and Education.” Primary authors: Russell Siler Jones, ThD, LPCS and Jill Snodgrass, MDiv, MA, PhD.
This course has been modified by Dr. Gustafson for pastoral ministry with permission.
Technology:
This course uses the platform Zoom. You do not need to have a Zoom account to participate in the course. You do need to have a webcam. If you have questions about video-conferenced courses or would like to set up a test to see how Zoom works on your computer, please email Rev. Marjorie Purnine, Dean of the New York School of Ministry, at mpurnine@uccny.org.
