Our Trainers
Michael Schaefer: Immanuel Focused Training was founded by Michael Schaefer in 2017 with the massive assistance and partnership of Andy Ross. Michael is an Australian psychotherapist and trainer with over two decades of experience in combining inner healing with psychotherapy. He found it such a joy going on this Immanuel journey with wonderful people from around the world. Andy Ross had this to say about working with Michael:
Collaborating with Michael as a trainer has turned on so many light bulbs for me about the why, what, how, and how else of guiding people into an interactive connection with God. Michael has a unique gift for weaving together complex brain science, extensive experience with the field of inner healing, and a sensitivity to the movement of the Holy Sprit. I am inspired by his big picture vision that we are collaborating with God and one another to co-create spaces where God’s spirit can flow easily and freely delivering healing, guidance, and gifts of all kinds. – Andy Ross
Michael’s strength is also creating training that carefully builds layer upon layer: with a foundation in skills mastery, leading to proficiency in leading people through processes, and finally a good grasp of the essential knowledge needed to conceptualize what is happening – or not happening – in healing work. Participants in Michael’s courses enjoy his relational style, how he creates a safe environment and the chance to interact with others in an emotionally authentic way. Now, he operates in private practice in Brisbane Australia under the name 3 Chairs Counselling seeing clients locally and online from around the world.
His qualifications include a Masters Degree and Graduate Diploma in Christian Counselling plus a Degree and a Graduate Diploma in Theology.
While Michael and Andy Ross have moved on from running training through Immanuel Focused Training, Michael wishes to acknowledge what a privilege it was to work with Andy: a professional counsellor from Illinois (Restoration Care and Counseling), trained directly by Dr. Karl Lehman and having facilitate thousands of Immanuel sessions and led or co-led multiple trainings both in the US and in Kenya. He continues to work in Evanston (IL) and is proficient in multiple professional approaches.