DREAM ON Speaker:
Dr. Robert Boyd Shaw, Jr.
Special Presentation:
Your Place in This World
Dr. Robert Boyd Shaw, Jr., is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (LCMHCS), in North Carolina, and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia. He is also an ordained minister, who served as a youth pastor, Christian education director, adult education director, musician, and executive pastor in churches throughout New Jersey, Colorado, Maryland, and in North Carolina, for over thirty years. Dr. Shaw, originally from Jersey City, New Jersey, has also been a middle school and high school teacher and an athletic coach in both the public and private school environments. His diverse background comes from many years of counseling in church settings, private and community agencies, and counseling military personnel and their families near Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. He is currently also a Military One Source (MOS) provider.
Dr. Shaw addresses many issues with clients, and based on his own life experiences and training, he usually specializes helping individual find life purpose; loss and grief; trauma related issues; addictions; and victims of abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, relationship issues, life adjustment issues, counseling church leaders and pastors, adolescents, and adults.
Dr. Shaw’s educational background begins with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Wagner College, New York, where he attended on a partial athletic scholarship in track and field, and a Master of Divinity degree from Christian International Theological School, Florida, as well as a Master of Arts in professional counseling from Liberty University, Virginia and a Doctor of Ministry degree in formational counseling, a practical theology, from Ashland Theological Seminary, Ohio. He has served as the credentialing board director and continuing education director for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). Additionally, he is an adjunct assistant professor for undergraduate psychology students and clinical instructor for master’s degree counseling and pastoral counseling students at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, since 2012. He has also taught at the University of Mount Olive, North Carolina, and remains an active clinical supervisor and clinician in private practice.
Dr. Shaw is a sought-after conference speaker, including several times since 2018 in the Philippines, and he has published several books, identifying and dealing with human core longings and desires, from a biblical, mental health, and clinical perspective, called the “Created for” series:
Created for Significance
Created for Covering
Created for Purpose
Created for Understanding
Created for Belonging
Created for Love
and they are available through his website or Amazon.
