Dr. John Andersen is marriage and family therapist and also registered as a general psychologist. John has been in private practice as a counsellor and psychologist for 16 years. John taught counselling at Tabor College, Victoria between 2000 and 2005. He currently is in private practice at a Christian counselling centre, Mount Evelyn Counselling. John Andersen is a long-standing clinical member of the Christian Counsellors Association. He was the President of the Christian Counsellors Association of Australia from 2016 to early this year, and currently serves as Vice President.
John is passionate about the integration of Christian faith in counselling practice, which is reflected in his training. John holds a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Seminary followed by a MTh (Hons) is systematic theology from Charles Sturt University and a PhD in Old Testament theology with the Australian Catholic University. Both these research projects have studied the theological implications of psychological research and theory in identity and shame and the application of theology as a theoretical framework for reflective clinical practice.