Caroline Peacock, DMin, LCSW, M.Div

Rev. Caroline Peacock, DMin, LCSW, MDiv, is System Director of Care Transformation for Emory Spiritual Health and Director of Spiritual Health for Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Dr. Peacock is a certified educator with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, an ordained Episcopal priest, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a certified teacher in Cognitively Based Compassion Training™. She has been with Emory Healthcare since 2013, where she received her training as a spiritual health educator. Prior to training in spiritual health, she worked as a clinical social worker in New York City with a clinical focus on trauma and PTSD. She has a Master of Divinity from General Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work from City University of New York Hunter College. Dr. Peacock earned her Doctor of Ministry from Candler School of Theology at Emory University with a research focus on the role of spiritual health practitioners in psychedelic assisted therapy. She has a passion for offering compassionate, respectful, inclusive and effective patient and family-centered care.

Current Positions & Responsibilities

• System Director of Care Transformation for Emory Spiritual Health.
• Director of Spiritual Health program for Winship Cancer Institute.

As Director of Spiritual Health for the Winship Cancer Institute Caroline is responsible for overseeing the provision of spiritual and emotional support to patients, families and staff members across the Winship component sites. Caroline is also the Certified Educator working with Spiritual Health residents at EUH. Winship Spiritual Health Clinicians are available at EUH, EUHM, and ESJH, offering professional, compassionate and effective spiritual health assessment and intervention.

Caroline’s vision for spiritual health includes provision of care to all persons, with a broad array of religious, cultural and philosophical identities and perspectives. Caroline’s vision for spiritual health is full integration of spiritual health within the healthcare system, ensuring compassionate and effective companionship to persons in moments of suffering, transition, and distress.

Awards

• 2020 Spirit of Winship Award

Most Recent Publications

1. Pasricha, I. Peacock, C, Palitsky, R, Clark-Soles, J, Maples-Keller, JL, Grang, G.H., Kaplan, D. (2025). Spiritual health practitioners reveal key motivations in psychedelic-assisted therapy practice. Psychedelics. Genomics Press. DOI: 10.61373/pp025r.0008
2. Palitsky, R., Captari, L. E., Maples-Keller, J. L., Peacock, C., Rupert, D., Kaplan, D. M., Stavros, G., Grant, G. H., & Sandage, S. J. (2025). Applying relational spirituality to develop spiritual and religious competencies in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy training. Psychotherapy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000594
3. Palitsky, R., Maples-Keller, J. L., Peacock, C., Dunlop, B. W., Mletzko, T., Grant, G. H., Raison, C. L., Chao, S., Shub, I., Mendelbaum-Kweller, M., Smolyar, L., Kaplan, D. M., Rothbaum, B. O., & Zarrabi, A. J. (2025). A critical evaluation of psilocybin-assisted therapy protocol components from clinical trial patients, facilitators, and caregivers. Psychotherapy.  https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000551
4. Palitsky R, Kaplan DM, Perna J, Bosshardt Z, Maples-Keller JL, Levin-Aspenson HF, Zarrabi AJ, Peacock C, Mletzko T, Rothbaum BO, Raison CL, Grant GH, Dunlop BW. A framework for assessment of adverse events occurring in psychedelic-assisted therapies. J Psychopharmacology. 2024 Aug;38(8):690-700. doi: 10.1177/02698811241265756.
5. Peacock C, Mascaro, JS, Brauer E, Zarrabi, AJ, Dunlop BW, Maples-Keller L, Grant GH, Raison CL, Rab F, Palitsky R. Spiritual health practitioners’ contributions to psychedelic assisted therapy: A qualitative analysis. PLOS One. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296071
6. Palitsky R, Kaplan DM, Peacock C, et al. Importance of Integrating Spiritual, Existential, Religious, and Theological Components in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023;80(7):743–749. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1554
7. Peacock C, Mascaro JS, Brauer E, Zarrabi AJ, Dunlop BW, Maples-Keller JL, Grant GH, Raison CL, Rab F, Palitsky R. Spiritual health practitioners' contributions to psychedelic assisted therapy: A qualitative analysis. PLoS One. 2024 Jan 2;19(1):e0296071. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296071. PMID: 38166057; PMCID: PMC10760908.
8. Panzer, P.G., Desai, P., Peacock, C. (2022). Traumatic Stress in the Community: Identification and Intervention. In: Sowers, W.E., McQuistion, H.L., Ranz, J.M., Feldman, J.M., Runnels, P.S. (eds) Textbook of Community Psychiatry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10239-4_16
9. Mascaro, J. S., Palmer, P. K., Ash, M. J., Peacock, C., Sharma, A., Escoffery, C., & Raison, C. (2021). Incivility is associated with Burnout and Reduced Compassion Satisfaction: A Mixed-Method Study to Identify Causes of Burnout among Oncology Clinical Research Coordinators in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
10. Mascaro, J. S., Palmer, P. K., Ash, M. J., Peacock, C., Sharma, A., Escoffery, C., & Raison, C. (2021). Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Compassion-Centered Team Intervention to Improve Clinical Research Coordinator Resilience and Well-Being. JCO Oncology Practice, OP-21.

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