Christian Wholeness is

• Christian: believing the mainline theological and doctrinal emphases, as described within the evangelical arm of the Church.
• Wholeness: refers to the whole person, spirit, soul, mind, body and social, living in a positive and functional way.
• Christian Wholeness: as summarised in the “Great Commandment”, or “most important one”, is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this “Love your neighbour as yourself.” Mark 12: 29 - 31

Growing in the Great Commandment is a goal of many Christians, for themselves and others. We use many approaches to help us to do this. One method to help one to personally and professionally grow in this commandment is the Christian Wholeness Framework (CWF). This framework can incorporate many other methods and models to provide a common language for growth, personally, in counselling and in coaching. The CWF can be used at various levels of complexity (as with any language), with family and friends, at school and at work, in the church and ministry, as well as in professional counselling and coaching.

The CWF uses the language of 5 steps and 5 shapes, to help us to change and grow in living the Great Commandment more.

The CWF provides a common and uniting picture “language” of 5 steps and 5 shapes, which provide a:

Direction for change (the where to?)
Method of change (the how to?)
Reason for change (the why change?
Focus for change (changing of what?)
Place for change (the who to change with)

• C.onnection
• U.nderstanding
• R.esponding
• E.ngaging other help
• evaluation of the above

CWF is the foundation for Christian Wholeness Education (CWE) and was developed from the late 1980s by Dr John Warlow Psychiatrist in Australia, in association with colleagues, who have worked with him. Dr Warlow’s passion is to release this to others, to release them in their God centred journeys.



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The CWF,

when compared to other frameworks of understanding people and change, is considered

• to be able to challenge people working with it to facilitate" more change”
• to be more accessible and useful to meet varying needs;
• to provide a more uniting language across a range of providers;
• to be more transferable to different provider styles, expertise and counselling approaches.
• to provide a more clear understanding of the person and the system in which the person lives , and
• a more efficient and broader way of addressing the central issues.

CWE accreditation

• is primarily for people helpers and professional counselors. It
• Focuses on the development of 3 counselling capacities attitudes, skills and knowledge (A.S.K.) through the 3 processes of learning: supervision, counselling of clients/patients and academic learning.
• does not provide generic counselling credentials in its own right and
• expects

• integration of the CWF with generic counselling/mental health
• the level of CWF & generic capacities to be similar
• accountability to an external professional body. It also

• Is available though accredited outlets and
• is available for centres of learning to add on to or, ideally to integrate the CWF with their course.

So, how will CWE help me?

It can provide you with a framework into which you can place your existing skills and knowledge, and then use them to provide more integrated counselling in terms of understanding and helping from a Christian and wholistic approach.