Training

LAMP Course

LAMP

LAMP = Leaders Accelerated Multiplying Professionals

This course invites participants to embark on a profound journey, mining gold that can accelerate advances in global wholistic health care. Taught by Dr. John Warlow (Adult Child and Family Christian Counselling & Coaching Psychiatrist) and team, it offers a robust presentation of the Christian Wholeness Framework.

The Christian Wholeness Framework beautifully integrates theology and psychology in a masterful and mature way, providing a common uniting picture language which can be learned and spoken by people from all cultures and contexts. In many ways the CWF closes gaps between secular and sacred, psychology and theology, discipleship and healing, Global North and South, lay and professional. Its goal is to facilitate wholistic God-centred transformation, and growth of attitudes, skills and knowledge for the participants personally and with their family and friends, church, ministry and places of work.

Strong recognition of participants’ skills and competency sets, coupled with interactive group learning processes, integration of prior knowledge and capacity, through the language of the CWF, will be a powerful element of this course.

The LAMP course is offered with interactive sessions, primarily online, and one week of face to face intensive around the middle of the program in Chiangmai, Thailand.

Tutor led small group work, with personal application, skills work, and group case supervision contributes significantly to why people rate the Living Wholeness learning experience so highly.   

For Whom

To have a capacity towards, to be passionate about and have an opportunity for… leading, multiplying, wholistic health… Thus , to have…

CAPACITY :  Significant Experience and training for those who are practicing as coaches, educators, researchers, pastors, theologians, counsellors, therapists, psychologists, spiritual directors, doctors, and psychiatrists.

REACH : A Strategic and influential role as an organizational / network level, and have a capacity to serve that organisation / network through this CWF experience.

Post Grad degree (Masters or higher) in social sciences / theology / counselling / coaching etc.

The LAMP Process

There are 6 learning processes, involving

21 training sessions (of 2.5 hours) on video link up, held twice per month,

1.5 hours in the 10 facilitated TASK sessions,

1 week in the face-to-face gathering in Thailand,

1 hour of “share, aware, prayer, practice” (SAP) with another colleague/close person,

A recommended 10 minutes per day of facilitated personal reflection.

A recommended 1 hour of reading time per week

The LAMP process is aligned with the Living Wholeness Community processes .

The process of the  curriculum is based on LW training andragogy (adult learning principles) and aligned with the Living Wholeness community – a community who learn, live and servant lead to give out the CWF for wholistic God centred transformation.

TIMING

Session times will be designed to fit participants living especially in USA, NZ,  Asia and Australia time zones. (Other time zones are absolutely also invited.)

Suggested is Brisbane Time (no daylight saving) 1100-1330.

The First Session will begin on Thursday April 24 2025 1100-1330 and the course will end on 2 April 2026.

There will be a Face to Face Intensive which will be held on 3-7 November 2025.

Cost

The cost for the LAMP programme is at USD$2500 which includes the Chiangmai food/accommodation costs for the period 3-7 November 2025.

A sliding scale approach is used and limited scholarships may be available.

ALUMNI

Graduates from these courses can participate in the :

  • LW community to continue learning and applying the Christian Wholeness Framework (CWF).
  • Master Trainer Community as a group for 2 years (accelerated from 4 years). Master Trainer graduates may be
  • Invited to join the LW Elders Community, who facilitate the growth of the LW community by training at an appropriate level
  • Production of CWF materials of their own, with the option of those products being accredited by the LW community.

CERTIFICATION

Certification of completion

  • LW (Living Wholeness) +BST (Brisbane School of Theology) Certificate of Completion (unlikely to provide cross credits elsewhere)

REGISTER INTEREST HERE

Applications close March 1 2025

USD$100 registration fee (non refundable)

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Eva Yang
Eva.y@livingwholeness.org

Graduate Certificate: Pastoral Care for Mental Health

Graduate Certificate: Pastoral Care for Mental Health

The Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Care for Mental Health is aimed at equipping Christians to respond in a God- Centred way to those who are living with mental health struggles, and those who are suffering.

The course equips students with both the theological grounding and the practical skills for engaging in effective pastoral care across professional, ministry, mission and personal settings. It is presented by the partnership of Brisbane School of Theology and Living Wholeness and is an Australian College of Theology (ACT) accredited course. The course is offered both face to face and online via zoom.

The course is designed for people in the following roles and is relevant across all Christian denominations including:
– Pastors and their spouses
– Pastoral care team & leaders
– Chaplains – school, hospital, armed forces, sports chaplains.
– School teachers especially when involved in guidance and counselling
– Medical/nursing/paramedical/allied health/counsellors/mental health workers
– Member care – mission agencies, leaders, missionaries
– Youth workers
– Counselling supervisors, coaches, and mentors.

The primary units equip students with a rigorous theological framework for pastoral care for mental health and wellbeing, while the elective units integrate theological reflection with advanced skills in pastoral care. This is a specialist award that equips graduates with the specialist knowledge necessary for gospel ministry in today’s world, as well as to prepare graduates for further learning and research.

Subjects – 4 Units; Part time only

3 Core Units
– Theological Perspectives on Mental Health PC137-812 (Core unit)
– Theological Approaches to Wellbeing PC136-812 (Core unit)
– Mental Health Issues in Christian Counselling IN004-812 (Core unit)

Choice of One Elective
– Spiritual Formation PC008-812 (Elective)
– Field Education (Elective)
– Pastoral Skills and methods PC003-812  (Elective)

Lecturers
Rev Dr Richard Gibson BSocWk, DipATh, BTh, MTh, PhD
Dr John Warlow MB ChB FRANZCP
Karen Nivala BSpPath (Honours), GradDipDiv, MDiv

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Karen Nivala
knivala@bst.qld.edu.au

PACT 4 Pastoral & Advanced Counsellor Training

PACT 4

PACT = Pastoral & Advanced Counsellor Training

The PACT Course offers in depth training in the Christian Wholeness Framework. It has two streams – pastoral counsellor or advanced counsellor. Participants grow in their understanding and personal and vocational application of the Christian Wholeness Framework (CWF). This forms the basis for a wholistic Biblically and psychologically integrative approach to care and counselling. Participants are equipped to become integrative Christian counsellors, and to begin to train and supervise lay counsellors.

Participants are selected on their desire to be multipliers – to train, equip and empower the Body of Christ to meet the many issues that are faced both within the Church, and the wider community, within the developing Asian region.

The course covers four essential paradigms: TASK:

Transformation – Participants are invited to examine their own lives and walk a person transformational journey applying the CWF material, steps, shapes, and theology, to themselves.

Attitudes –   Participants are invited to continually reflect on the all important ‘how’ we are as counsellors in order that we can ‘do’ more wholistically.

Skills – Participants receive training in the essential skills of good counselling to Connect with, Understand, if needed Respond to their clients, at  times Engaging the help of others and finally Evaluating the process. The Five Steps of CUREe.

Knowledge – Participants learn particularly the integration of Biblical and psychological knowledge for safe effective practice through the Five Shapes of the CWF. Participants begin to learn to apply that understanding to see self and others through these shapes.

Classes employ an interactive adult learning style, with much tutor facilitated group work. The training is in English. Participants need good English fluency to participate effectively.  Living Wholeness practice is that participants attending in groups of 2-3, from one nation or locality, will be given preferential seats. The course requires a total participation commitment of around 500 hours over 12 months.

Certification

This course is presented by Living Wholeness www.livingwholeness.org  in partnership with Brisbane School of Theology www.bst.qld.edu.au

Graduates who complete all the required work receive a Graduation Certificate, and are eligible to enrol for the subsequent Living Wholeness Master Trainer Program. This is NOT a masters degree but offers a place for ongoing support, learning, dialogue, supervision, and participation in the LW community. Participants who attend but do not submit all required work receive an Attendance Certificate only.

Costs

Tuition + materials + face to face classes food and accommodation: USD$2000.  Travel costs NOT included.

Some scholarship assistance may be available.

Course Details

Orientation Day: 13 Sep 2025 (Online)
T-Group Sessions: 3 x 2hr sessions prior to Unit 1 (Online)
Unit 1: 20 Oct–1 Nov 2025 (Chiang Mai)
Unit 2: Nov 2025 – Sep 2026 (Online)
Unit 3: 19–30 Oct 2026 (Chiang Mai, tbc)

Registration

Registration Closes 31st July 2025.

Please note that all participants must have completed the 30 hour Foundations in LW Course.

People interested in participating in the next PACT program should apply on the LW website.

PACT 4 commences September 20 2025. Face to face location to be held in Chiangmai.

Enquiries can be directed to admin@livingwholeness.org

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Eva Yang
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