BIO:

Bachelor’s Degree in Education / Masters Degree in Religious Education / Ph.D. in Christian Counseling / Board Certified Belief Therapist

With twenty years experience in the pastorate and ten years in private practice, Dr. Shropshire has had extensive study and experience in marriage, family, and individual counseling. He is a committed Christian and gifted speaker who mixes biblical wisdom with humor, personal stories, strategies for change, and enthusiasm in order to bring persons and families to a point of spiritual and relational health.

The counseling practice, conference speaking engagements, and authored books of Dr. Shropshire have touched the lives of thousands of persons. Speaking engagements have included preaching in and conferences for individual churches, presentations to and seminars for counseling professionals, and motivational talks for civic groups.

Books by Dr. Richard Shropshire:

On Marriage:
> The Genesis Factor
> Song of Solomon: God’s Plan for Romance and Healthy Sexuality
> The Shame Game
> Good Fences Make Good Partners
> Twelve Keys To A Healthy Marriage

On Counseling:
> Equipping the Biblical Counselor
> A Manual for Christian Counseling
> Violence

On The Life Of The Church:
> The Pharisees: Alive and Well on Planet Earth
> Praise His Name
> Jesus Loves Me (And He Likes Me)
> Life in Balance
> Pigeon Religion

Interactive Notebooks and CD Collections:
> Gender Needs and Expectations
> He Said/She Said
> Building A Biblical Marriage
> Song of Solomon: God’s Plan for Romance and Healthy Sexuality
> Equipping the Biblical Counselor

Conferences and Seminars:
“Twelve Keys To A Healthy Marriage” – a six hour seminar incorporating biblically-derived principles of marriage relationship:
> Know your role
> Know your gender
> Know what real love is
> Know the difference between “sex” and “intimacy”
> Know your rights
> Know how to communicate freely
> Know how to make decisions together
> Know how to fight fairly
> Know how to forgive
> Know how to put the spark back into your marriage
> Know yourself
> Know Your God

“Equipping the Biblical Counselor” – an eight hour seminar intended to equip the counseling professional and the lay mentor in biblical counseling philosophy, theology, and methods:
> The Nature of Counseling That Is Biblical
> The Tri-Part Nature of Man
> The Origin of the Problem
> The New Identity
> Faulty Belief Systems
> The Nature and Course of Addiction
> The Person of the Counselor
> A Practical Structure for A Counseling Relationship

Other conferences and seminars are available on leadership, teaching, witnessing, prayer, praise and worship.  For more information, please visit: www.barnabasconnection.com