WHOLEHEARTED
COUNSELORS
CLINICAL COUNSELORS FOR MISSIONARIES
Use Your Clinical Skills to Help Missionaries Stay Healthy, Whole, and On the Field
HELP MISSIONARIES AROUND THE WORLD FIND HEALING, RESILIENCE AND SUPPORT
Missionaries serving cross-culturally often carry chronic stress, isolation, family strain, trauma, burnout, and spiritual pressure. Through Wholehearted, clinical counselors can provide meaningful care to missionaries who have been sponsored to receive counseling.
CROSS-CULTURAL MINISTRY IS BEAUTIFUL—AND COSTLY
Missionaries are serving for a greater good, often in difficult and unfamiliar environments. They are navigating:
- New languages and cultures
- Complex visa issues
- Medical systems they do not understand
- Schooling for children
- Supporter communication
- Marriage and family stress
- Isolation and limited support
- Spiritual and emotional exhaustion
Research indicates that global workers often experience two to three times the stress levels of people living in their passport country.
Over time, that stress can lead to breakdown physically, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.
THE INNER STRUGGLE
MANY MISSIONARIES ARE EXHAUSTED BUT STILL WANT TO STAY...
Missionaries are often deeply self-sacrificial. They carry the needs of nationals, teammates, spouses, children, supporters, and extended family.
Over time, many begin to wrestle with:
- Guilt
- Shame
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Loneliness
- Burnout
- Marital strain
- Spiritual discouragement
- Fear that they are failing
And yet, most do not want to quit.
They want to stay.
They want to serve with joy.
They want to be healthy.
They want to be effective.
That is where you come in.
THE OPPORTUNITY
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CLINICAL COUNSELORS WHO WANT TO MAKE A GLOBAL IMPACT
Through Wholehearted, missionaries are being sponsored to receive counseling so they can become healthier, more resilient, and more effective in their calling.
We are currently looking for counselors who:
- Feel aligned with serving Christian missionaries and global workers
- Have room in their schedule for a few additional clients
- Are willing to provide telehealth counseling
- Desire to support individuals, couples, or families
- Want their clinical work to have global Kingdom impact
HOW IT WORKS
SIMPLE, MEANINGFUL AND STRUCTURED
1. Apply or Reach Out
Fill out the short interest form or text Joel directly.
2. Brief Fit Conversation
We will connect briefly to discuss your background, availability, licensure/supervision status, and fit.
3. Missionary Match
If it is a good fit, Wholehearted helps connect you with a missionary, couple, or family.
4. Begin Sessions
You coordinate scheduling directly with the client. Sessions are usually held by telehealth.
5. Submit Monthly Invoice
Counselors track completed sessions and submit a simple monthly invoice.
COMPENSATION
Counselors are compensated:
$45 per session
Sessions are paid by Wholehearted, not by the missionary.
Therapists are responsible for submitting a monthly invoice that includes:
- Client initials
- Date of session
- Number of sessions completed
- Total amount due
Payment is processed after invoice submission.
WHO THIS SERVES
MISSIONARIES, COUPLES, TEENS, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Wholehearted supports Christian global workers and their families, including:
- Individual adults
- Couples
- Families
- Teenagers
- Children
Many are navigating trauma, stress, transition, burnout, marital strain, parenting challenges, and spiritual discouragement.
THE OUTCOME
HELPING MISSIONARIES BECOME WELL, EFFECTIVE AND REMINDED THEY ARE WORTHY
We believe missionaries are designed for wellness:
- Physically
- Emotionally
- Spiritually
- Mentally
- Relationally
When missionaries are well, they serve more effectively.
When they are supported, they are more likely to stay.
When they are reminded of their worth, everything changes.
THIS IS MORE THAN COUNSELING
THIS IS A WAY TO HELP MISSIONARIES:
- Stay on the field longer
- Strengthen their marriages
- Care for their children well
- Heal from trauma and burnout
- Recover joy and peace
- Serve from health instead of survival
Your clinical work can help sustain people who are giving their lives to serve others.
INTERESTED IN SERVING MISSIONARIES?
"JOEL IS A KIND AND GENTLE GUIDE...
I HAVE KNOWN JOEL LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW HE LOVES JESUS DEEPLY. JOEL HAS PUT IN THE HOURS AND DECADES INTO HIS OWN JOURNEY TOWARDS RESTORATION, SO HE HAS LOTS OF WISDOM TO SHARE WITH YOU HERE."
- John Eldredge
(New York Times Bestselling Author & Counselor)
DR. JOEL JOHNSON
FOUNDER AND CEO OF WHOLEHEARTED
Dr. Joel Johnson studied Psychology at Harvard, Counseling at Liberty University and earned a Juris Doctorate at Texas A&M.
He is a sought-after:
- Coach (marriage, business (orgs & churches), resilience)
- Speaker spoken before more than 2 million people in over 20 nations around the world
- Author Personality Based Marriage, The Wholehearted Journey and more!
- Host of WHOLEHEARTED PODCAST.
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TESTIMONIES
INTERESTED IN SERVING MISSIONARIES?
