Dr. Tom Barnette is a professional Christian Counselor and the Senior Pastor of Believers Baptist Church in Pattison, Texas. Tom received his undergraduate degree in counseling from Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas. He received a Masters Degree in Counseling from Houston Graduate School of Theology Houston, Texas, and his Doctorate of Biblical Studies from Masters International School of Divinity in Evansville, Indiana. Dr. Barnette has specialized in professional Christian counseling, pastoral care, and Christ Centered Reality Therapy for over twenty-three years of ministry. Dr. Barnette's book on Christ Centered Reality Therapy (CCRT) persuasively and systematically pin points the key issues of effective counseling. Tom's extensive years of family and addiction counseling have proven invaluable by breaking down barriers between secular and biblical counseling. Christ Centered Reality Therapy is truly holistic; fully integrating Christ centered Biblical absolutes and Reality Therapy. The results of CCRT are practical, relevant, and user friendly with counseling guidelines and intake processes that allow any counselor to treat the mind, body, and spirit of each individual and family Tom is the father of three children; Tommie Alice, Jonathan Clayton, and LeeAnn Marie. Tom and his wife, Belinda, have been married for twenty-five years. A Barnette family favorite verse is, Acts 3:16, "And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all." For ministry information, a list of upcoming events and workshops, or if you would like to order CD's, please contact Dr.Barnette by mail at P.O. Box 5441, Katy, Texas 77491 or by email at [email protected]

Dr. William Glasser expresses there is a real need for psychological insight. His premise was simply to expect human normality even in the presence of abnormality. A key concept of Reality Therapy is the rejection of irresponsible, abnormal behavior, without rejecting the person. A key counseling concept in CCRT is to strengthen and build a counseling relationship even amid counseling conflict which challenges the client's irresponsible behavior. CCRT, treatment plans should challenge the client's bad behavior objectively and overtly. Many counseling modalities avoid challenges thus settling for a revolving door of problems for the client. What is real (normal)? The center point for man is God, and He expresses this in His Word, the 66 books of the Bible. This provides the absolute unlimited baseline for normal. God being perfect, He is the absolute ground zero for normal. Thus, anything outside of God and His perfection is abnormal. This includes you and me. Next you apply the morals and ethics of Christianity as defined in the Bible. The integration of the concept of normal is focusing on man's mind, body and spirit. Applying these fundamental principles to Reality Therapy, the new concept is reformulated into Christ Centered Reality Therapy. This concept is utterly rejected by the world system. The counseling world today has become a pseudo-passive, anything goes, politically correct, relativistic culture asking, "What is normal?" Christ Centered Reality Therapy utilizes a full range of counseling techniques and introduces a new set of technical tools and principles. CCRT is a body of work which agrees with the foundational theory of Reality Therapy and applies the absolutes of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Depending on whom you ask, the term Christian counseling can mean anything from secular psychology practiced by a Christian to biblical counseling that completely shuns psychological insights. Christ-Centered Therapy thoroughly integrates psychology and practical theology. A book written by experts from both fields, it utilizes the contributions of science in an uncompromisingly biblical framework. Here at last is a powerful resource to help you—pastor, counselor, or spiritual advisor—understand the complex problems of people and address them with the wisdom of God’s Word and the power of his Spirit. Insightful and practical, Christ-Centered Therapy unites the wisdom and expertise of pastoral theologian and best-selling author Dr. Neil Anderson and professional Christian counselors Dr. Terry and Julianne Zuehlke. The first part of the book equips you with an understanding of the different issues involved in integrating theology and psychology. The second part helps you turn theory into practical application. You’ll also find appendixes that offer personal testimonies, provide professional forms, discuss the role of psychiatry in managed care, and present the Steps to Freedom in Christ.

Pastors and counselors regularly minister to people whose marriages or families are in crisis. Tempers run high and feelings are brought low when a marriage is hurting or a family is in disarray. Pastors and counselors need practical, biblical help in order to connect their theological training to the reality of modern messy relationships. These how-to training manuals provide relevant, user-friendly equipping for pastors, counselors, lay leaders, educators, and students, enabling them to competently and compassionately relate God's Word to marriage and family life.

This substantially revised and updated edition of a widely used textbook covers the major approaches to counseling and psychotherapy from a Christian perspective, with hypothetical verbatim transcripts of interventions for each major approach and the latest empirical or research findings on their effectiveness. The second edition covers therapies and techniques that are increasing in use, reduces coverage of techniques that are waning in importance, and includes a discussion of lay counseling. The book presents a Christian approach to counseling and psychotherapy that is Christ-centered, biblically based, and Spirit-filled.

Everyone talks about the personal ministry of the Word, but how do we make one-another ministry truly biblical? Gospel-Centered Counseling equips readers to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. It does so by examining life’s seven ultimate questions and then guiding readers on a journey that explores the biblical, gospel-centered narrative of: The Word: “What is truth?” “Where can I find answers?” The Trinity: “Who is God?” “Can I know Him personally?” Creation: “Who am I?” “What makes people tick?” Fall: “What went wrong?” “Why do we do the things we do?” Redemption: “Can I change?” “How do people change?” Glorification: “Where am I headed?” “How does our future destiny impact our present reality?” Sanctification: “How can I help?” “How can I change lives?" Bob Kellemen builds on the foundation of the written Word and provides a gospel-centered resource for understanding people, diagnosing problems, and prescribing biblically-based solutions. Gospel-Centered Counseling is the first volume in The Equipping Christian Counselors Series, a comprehensive relational training curriculum for the local church that provides a model for equipping God’s people to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. This two-volume series weaves together comprehensive biblical insight with compassionate Christian engagement.

The understanding of new insights about a toxic relationship is only enlightening. Unless you plan to maintain success and the new ideas there will be NO change. Action and knowledge are NOT the same thing. You must Implement Normal Reality in place of the toxic lie. God sets the exclusive measurement of normal reality and success. We all fall under God's natural laws, which include the five rules of the harvest, the five basic human needs, and the five basic conflicts. You cannot replant yesterday's harvest. It is over. You can only plant today what you will grow and harvest tomorrow.