Training

LAMP Course

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LAMP

LAMP = Leader Accelerated Multiplication by Professionals

This course invites participants to embark on a profound journey, mining gold that can accelerate advances in global mental health care. Taught by Dr. John Warlow and team, it offers a robust presentation of the Christian Wholeness Framework. Participants are highly trained and experienced practitioners, educators, researchers, pastors, theologians, counsellors, therapists, psychologists, spiritual directors, doctors, and psychiatrists.

The Christian Wholeness Framework beautifully integrates theology and psychology in a masterful and mature way, providing a common uniting 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.

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.

It is offered with interactive sessions, primarily online, and one week of face to face intensive in Chiangmai, October 13-17,  2025. 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.  

Timing

Allow 2.5 hrs /week for self study, preparation, training sessions and reading.

Session times will be designed to fit students living in USA Asia and Australia time zones

Suggested is Brisbane Time 1100-1330.

Training will be one online session of 2.5 hr sessions every 2 weeks.

Allow 1 hour for small interpersonal group time every other week.

The First Session will be Thursday April 3 2025 1100-1330.

The Face to Face Intensive will be Oct 13-17

There will be a 2 day LW Connection Weekend Oct 17 (evening) – Oct 19 lunch which participants are expected to join.

Registration

Students need to register interest with a USD$100 rego fee

On receipt, LW will arrange an intake interview.

Successful applicants will be notified and invited to pay course fees by March 20 2025

Cost

Course cost is USD$2500 including the Chiangmai food/accommodation costs.

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

Selection Criteria

Participants will need to fulfill the following criteria

  • Post Grad degree (Masters or higher) in social sciences/theology/counselling etc
  • Desire to learn the Christian Wholeness Framework
  • Plan to use this learning to either train others across their own networks and/or join with the LW team as a trainer /multiplier
  • Be available for the course sessions and group meetings and Oct  13-17  face to face training week in Chiangmai Thailand.
  • Willingness to engage in an interactive adult learning style of training
  • Willingness to apply learning of the CWF to self as well as others
  • Demonstrated leadership, visioning, counselling and training gifting and capacity.
  • Strong calling and commitment to continue working within own cultural setting.
  • Care for Others: Take personal responsibility and seek to bless your classmates.
  • Endorsement by the local church and /or pastor,
  • Positive outcome from an intake interview with the teaching team
  • English capacity for comprehension, speaking, and writing, at component level.
  • Register and pay course fees in timely manner
  • Acknowledge copyright of the CWF material – belonging to LW but able to be taught by LAMPP Graduates.
  • Commitment to complete all components of the course within the time frame

ALUMNI

  • Graduates of this course may join the Master Trainer Community as a group for two years
  • Master Trainer graduates are eligible to join the LW Elders Community  
  • Master Trainer people are expected and supported to teach CWF across networks and spheres of influence as well as assist LW training events

CERTIFICATION

  • LW+BST (Brisbane School of Theology) Certificate of Completion

REGISTER INTEREST HERE

Applications close March 1 2025

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USD$100 registration fee (non refundable)

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Eva Yang
Eva.y@livingwholeness.org

Graduate Certificate: Pastoral Care for Mental Health

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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

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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.

Registration

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
Eva.y@livingwholeness.org