Because that pastoral care education part is reflection and formation about yourself. Which you've dismissed as it should be group therapy. Which we aren't therapists we draw on psychological principles and part of that formation is understanding those boundaries.
I haven't dismissed it, I've engaged in it deeply. And I've derived benefits from it. I'm also in spiritual direction and trauma therapy. But if, and sorry to be aggressive - "CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUATION" isn't about *education* on how to perform *clinical pastoral care*... then what are we doing?