COUNSELLING & CHAPLAINCY

• Margaret Welch

  

  Counselling Lecturer

• Stuart Adamson

  

  Associate Dean of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care

  BA, MA Christian Studies, MA Pastoral Supervision

  Stuart has served as a chaplain, chaplain trainer and pastoral supervisor at Anglicare Sydney for 15 years, with his primary ordained role being in chaplaincy leadership at the Prince of Wales and Randwick Hospitals Campus. Stuart has lectured in pastoral supervision at St Mark's National Theological Centre and in chaplaincy skills at Ridley College in Melbourne.

  Stuart has also worked for 15 years in Japanese media both in Japan and Australia as a translator, researcher and writer before joining the pastoral staff at St John's Maroubra in Sydney's East where he is still involved in occasional preaching and regular discipling of men.

  He maintains a private pastoral supervision practice, teaches and preaches at Japanese congregations on Sydney's North Shore and has a key role in assessing applicants for missionary service for CMS NSW/ACT.

  How do you see the Morling values reflected in your role at Morling?

  I am excited to be a part of the dedicated team of educators here at Morling because we are wanting to teach in a way that is Christ-centred, biblically faithful, helps students integrate what they believe into how they live and is also transformative. I have just spent fifteen years serving in a very varied role in a hospital setting to the aged, those with acute mental illness, prisoners, new mothers and children with life-threatening illnesses. It has been a very varied ministry. I hope to bring that breadth of experience to bear in my leadership and my teaching to inspire the next generation of chaplains the Lord is raising up for His glory.

  Recent publications

  Stuart was involved in the translation into Japanese of a book by Jill McGilvray called "God's Love in Action, Pastoral Care for Everyone", (Acorn Press, 2009).

• Dr Paula Davis

  

  Dr Paula Davis is a clinical counsellor, supervisor, marriage educator and trauma counsellor/educator.  Working in higher education over many years as senior lecturer in counselling, she has an extensive background of developing and delivering distinct programs for psychologically traumatised individuals and communities in ethnically diverse populations throughout the world and is a regular guest lecturer at Uganda Christian University. At Morling, Paula lectures in the Master’s specialty units; Crisis & Trauma Counselling 1 & 2.  Paula has an unshakable desire to integrate her faith with her teaching and to learn what it means to love well. One of her many abiding passions is making a difference in the lives of others. However, she also enjoys lingering over a good coffee while chatting with her husband and can be found utterly absorbed in having fun in the great outdoors, enjoying anything that presents risk and challenge.

• Kim Kownacki

  

  Kim is a clinical counsellor and supervisor and holds a Master’s degree in counselling. Her practice provides both clinical and pastoral supervision, counselling and training for a varied range of clients from her work with Salvos Counselling and her own private practice. She facilitates both individual and group supervision for students undertaking the supervised counselling practicum at Morling College. Kim has a passion to see students develop into effective and creative practitioners who have a strong reflective ability.

• Jenny Perchman

• Karen Pack

  

  Lecturer in Chaplaincy & Spiritual Care; Academic Tutor

  B.A., M.Teach (Hons), M.Div. PhD (Candidate)

  Karen started at Morling in November 2017. Her main focus is the biblical and theological framework for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care, and leadership development, particularly as it pertains to chaplaincy and care.

  Karen is an ordained minister who previously was on the pastoral staff of a church in Western Sydney. She is an experienced educator and communicator, having ministered in Australia and internationally for over twenty years, including training pastors, teachers and lay leaders throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East with World Outreach International. Prior to this she was a School Chaplain and High School English & History teacher.

  Karen is a doctoral candidate at Alphacrucis College, researching the lives of unmarried, evangelical Christian women in Australia in the period 1890-1970. She specialises in the intersection of singleness and sexuality for unmarried Christians, but has also written numerous articles on pastoral ethics and cross-cultural missions. She loves preaching and speaking.

  Karen also loves coffee, scuba diving and snorkelling, reading classic novels, and hanging out with friends (especially when coffee is involved).

• Liz Crocombe

  

  Counselling Administrator