Created for Purpose: Answering the Common Question, "What Am I Here For?" (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781490864068)

Dr. Robert B. Shaw Jr. is a licensed professional counselor licensed in Virginia and North Carolina and a National Board Certified Counselor. An ordained minister and a Bible teacher, he has served for more than twenty-five years as a youth pastor, a Christian education director, an adult education director, a musician, and an executive pastor in churches in New Jersey, Colorado, Maryland, and currently in North Carolina. He has also been a middle-school and high-school teacher and an athletics coach in public and private schools. Dr. Shaw has spent several years counseling in church settings and community agencies and counseling military personnel and their families near Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He specializes in dealing with trauma-related issues, addictions, abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, life adjustment issues, loss, and grief, counseling church leaders and pastors, adolescents, and adults. Besides offering a unique prophetic voice in caring for hurting people, Dr. Shaw is an adjunct professor at a Christian university, an author, and a conference speaker. Dr. Shaw has a bachelor's degree in religious studies from Wagner College in New York and a Master of Divinity degree from Christian International Theological School in Florida. He also holds a Master of Arts in professional counseling from Liberty University in Virginia and a Doctor of Ministry degree in formational counseling, a practical theology, from Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counseling and serves the association as credentialing board director and in professional development. Dr. Shaw conducts seminars and teaches practical applications of biblical truths for everyday life. He and his wife, Lorinda, have been married since 1978, and have raised five children. He loves running, sports, the beach, and spending time with family. Website: rbshaw.net