The one-year Lifestyle Counselor program has been designed to fit men and women who have a burden to be medical missionaries of the highest order. Under the direction of the medical staff, the trainee assists with guest evaluation and management, history taking, physical examination, selecting a course of treatment, and administering appropriate remedies, including nutritional, herbals, hydrotherapy, massage, and others.
The goal of the program is to prepare these individuals to:
- Effectively educate people in lifestyle principles and natural remedies in an effort to help them bring their lives into harmony with the laws of nature
- Relieve human suffering and combat disease by using nature’s rational remedies
- Share in Christ’s ministry of sacrificial service and work to the eternal salvation of those for whom He labors
- Be prepared to function effectively in the care of the sick in a lifestyle center or mission station
In the latter half of this very demanding, one-year program, trainees will give lectures on topics such as: nutrition, exercise, shopping tips, simple natural remedies and stress management to our guests. Also, they will give hands-on classes to our guests such as: cooking demonstrations, exercise, gardening and the use of natural remedies. In addition, in their daily one-on-one interaction with their assigned guest(s), counselor trainees are given opportunities to further educate and counsel on lifestyle principles and natural remedies and, if welcomed, they may also educate and counsel on spiritual matters.
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Other Education and Training
International Internship
Have you already taken a Medical Missionary course similar to the Lifestyle Counselor program? Looking for somewhere to Intern? A place to gain more experience? The Uchee Pines Lifestyle Counselor Internship is designed to further train individuals to work in a Lifestyle Center setting who have completed a program similar to or equivalent to the Uchee Pines Lifestyle Counselor program.
Professional Observer
Health professionals (and students) who desire to learn more about using lifestyle change and simple, natural remedies in the context of various ailments are encouraged to shadow and assist licensed medical professionals as they work with their guests. Learn to deal with the root causes of sickness and disease.
Healthcare Provider Internship
The Healthcare Provider Internship is a 1-year training program for healthcare providers such as medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and chiropractors. It is designed to give expertise in utilizing lifestyle change, natural remedies, and spiritual/emotional interventions in the prevention and treatment of health conditions within the scope of one’s practice, as well as providing the capacity to effectively utilize health education for the public.
Lifestyle Educator
The Lifestyle Educator program provides six months of intensive instruction in preventive medicine, natural remedies, and gospel evangelism designed to give individuals a better understanding of God’s methods for health ministry. This is a classic health evangelism program that has been a great blessing to so many.
Online course
The Online Course of Health Evangelism is offered in partnership with Wildwood Center for Health Evangelism, equivalent to their 6-month on-campus course. This course is designed to train lay members with the knowledge and practical experience necessary to minister to the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of communities and individuals.
Continuing Medical Education • Continuing Education Credits
The Lifestyle Interventions with Natural Remedies for Health Professionals Conference is a bi-annual conference that offers 15 continuing education credits for licensed healthcare professionals (MD, RN, RD, etc.). Our purpose is to educate healthcare professionals and others about the lifestyle and natural remedy interventions that are available to prevent, reverse and treat diseases.