ALC Staff
BA, MA, GrDipPsych, MScMarrFamTherapy, MATh, CertIVTAA, MTh(Hons), PhD
Casual Academic (Counselling)
John is a psychologist and marriage & family therapist with over 25 years of clinical practice, an experienced educator, and the Director of Mount Evelyn Counselling Centre. Therefore John is well placed to lead both Human Development, Personality, And Identity as well as What Is Abnormal?: The Individual, Diagnostics, And Society. In addition to his clinical experience John brings with him both cross-culture knowledge and an ability to integrate faith and practice. This he brought to the fore in his PhD which was about identity and shame within a theological framework. His understanding of shame is timely as this is a growing topic in both the literature and in clinical practice. Finally, John has served as the President of the Christian Counsellors Association of Australia, the Chair of the Board of Careline Connections, and on the Board of the Asia Christian Counselling Association.
BCouns
Casual Academic (Counselling)
Originally trained as a counsellor, Jen has since expanded her remit to include school chaplaincy and now hospital chaplaincy. Jen has a deep and abiding interest in how to integrate faith-based practices into mental health work. Extensive experience sitting at the bedside of people of all faiths and none has given Jen the ability to share deeply with students about how faith, religion, and spirituality influence one’s wellbeing.
BTh BEdSt GradCertTESOL MEd GradCertHE
Emeritus Lecturer
Pastor Andrew Jaensch began teaching with ALC in 2009 as the Lutheran Strand Coordinator at the ACU campus in Brisbane and retired in 2020.
BA(Hons) MPhil Cantab PhD Cantab DD
Emeritus Lecturer
Dr John Kleinig served as a lecturer at the Australian Lutheran College from 1982 until his retirement from full-time teaching at the end of 2009.
BA MDiv STM ThD MA(EdAdmin)
Emeritus Lecturer
Dr John Koch taught at ALC from 1977 to 2000 in the area of Pastoral Theology. On his retirement from full-time teaching, the November 2000 edition of the Lutheran Theological Journal (LTJ 34/3) contained an editorial tribute and articles written in his honour. John served as principal from 1998 to 2000 and was a lecturer at Lutheran Teachers College from 1970 to 1976.
M Psych (Ed & Dev), PhD, PsyBA Endorsed
Casual Academic (Counselling)
Jennifer is an Education & Developmental Psychologist in private practice with a special interest in spectrum-based disorders (e.g., ASD, ADHD, and learning disorders). She has published research in individual differences and community mental health and is a research supervisor with Monash University. Jennifer’s clinical experience and expertise is invaluable to our 3rd year students as they go beyond common client presentations and manualised counselling to engage “the real world”.
BE (Chem) Hons
Information & Records Manager
Julianne manages ALC's document management system, custom SharePoint and copyright compliance systems. She also coordinates the Festival of Learning and other project activities. Julianne is a member of the team which takes enquiries and receives visitors.
Casual Academic (Counselling)
Jim comes to teaching with a significant background in both counselling practice and scholarly pursuits. Having been a counsellor at QPASTT Jim has counselled people who have faced persecution, torture, and war-related trauma. Jim is also a lecturer at the University of Queensland where he is completing his PhD in how certain personal strengths (i.e., virtues) improve psychotherapy outcomes. Given his interest in virtues, and a background in philosophy more generally, Jim also teaches within The Human Condition, specifically highlighting to students the historical and social roots of a number of counselling modalities. Jim also has strong family ties to Australian Lutheran College and to Lutheranism in general.
BA BTh STM ThD
Emeritus Lecturer
Jeff served as a lecturer in Lutheran theology and ethics from 1996 until his retirement at the end of 2016. After retirement he continued to serve the Lutheran Church of Australia as the chair of the Commission on Theology and Inter-Church Relations (CTICR) until the end of 2018 at which time he also retired as co-chair of the Lutheran–Uniting Church Dialogue. He remains a member of the Lutheran–Orthodox International Joint Commission.
BTh GradDipMin GradDipHR CertIVTAE GCRM MEd
Casual academic
James has served as an LCA pastor since 1991. He has also served as the chair of the National Safe Place Committee, the chair of Finke River Mission and as an assistant bishop in the SA/NT district of the LCA. James was Principal at ALC from 2014 to 2023.
