Offering Online Therapy

I offer HIPPA compliant Video Sessions for simple and secure session for for all new and returning clients. No download required. Please contact me for more information or if you would like to schedule an appointment or consultation. Thanks you! Greg Carpenter LMFT

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

EFT Practitioner Training Level 1

EFT Acupoints
Workshop: EFT Practitioner Training  - Part 1     
This workshop is for folk wanting to learn EFT and expand their tapping skills for personal growth.  It is also targeted for professional caregivers, clergy, healers, coaching, and therapists who want to learn an effective technique.  EFT is my “go to” tool in my psychotherapy practice.
 
Date: Saturday, September 12th
Time: 10 - 3 pm
Cost: $95
Instructor: Greg Carpenter LMFT
Location: The Soul Purpose
1225 GAR Highway Swansea, Ma.
Workshop Description:
Learn how to use EFT and Meridian Tapping Techniques
*The Discovery Statement
*The Basic Recipe and Setup
*Being Specific
*Aspects
*Borrowing Benefits
*The Need for Persistence
*Demonstrations
*Tune In and Tap (no words tapping)
*Hands on Practice

Workshop Comments
"What a teacher! (OR WHAT A SKILLED INSTRUCTOR!) Greg's concise and humorous style made EFT instantly accessible and immediately useful. The experience we shared during the workshop was profound. We witnessed the healing powers of EFT and Greg made it a pleasure to learn. Highly recommended. I'd do it again.

Christina Berard, RPh, MEd,
Mind-Body Therapist

Instructor's Comments

With 25 years of experience as a therapist, nothing has energized my practice like EFT over the past ten years. I have been working with groups and leading workshops for over thirty years. You will receive valued content, experiential learning and energy from our time together! My goal is for you to experience that "aha!" moment when EFT works in a very deep way. This class will be fun, profound and an opportunity to master personal use and to begin to learn how to use EFT with others. Feel free to contact me for more information.

peace,

Greg

Friday, May 9, 2014

StressBuster Workshop at Seven Arrows Farm in Seekonk, Ma.

On Sunday 2 -4 pm June 8th, 2014 I will be leading a StressBuster Workshop. 

My beef with most stress management workshops is that they require you to reinvent your lifestyle or grab 30 minutes that you don't have to give. 


In this event folk will learn easy to use - "while on the go" techniques that provide amazing results.


The more I learned about the mind and body's reaction to stress, the easier it became to find ways to calm it down when it over reacts or is to "jacked up" on adrenalin.

This will be a hands on "go home with" several techniques workshop.
 

Folk will leave knowing how to use Emotional Freedom Technique (Meridian Tapping Therapy) for daily stress and many other issues.




Contact Seven Arrows Farm at Ph. 508.399.7860 or by email at info@sevenarrowsfarm.com


If you want more information or have any questions, call me at Ph. 401.265.2951 or by email at gdcconsulting@comcast.net

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Focusing

Reading an interesting book by Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D, titled "The Power of Focusing:  A Practical Guide to Emotional Self Healing."  Dr. Cornell describes "Focusing" as a body-oriented process of self awareness and emotional healing.  I often use the term "noticing" with my clients to describe a similar process of noticing how you feel and where the sensation is located within the body.

Often by noticing and having a conversation with our feelings that which is causing discomfort relaxes.

There is wisdom that comes from the body that is often inaccessible to the logical mind.

Some body awareness techniques and trauma treatments start with the worst pain or what can be called the "Oh My God!" moment.   

Dr. Cornell correctly states,  "Think of your emotions as a big lake.  You have a choice: you can plunge into the lake, or you can sit next to it.  Focusing works best when you "sit next to" what you feel instead of plunging into it."

So far her ideas seem spot on easy to understand.  I will check back with you as I move through her book.  

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Some Helpful Reaources

Rick Hanson has a new book that is about to be released that sounds very interesting.  "Hardwiring Happiness:  The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence.  Dr. Hanson states, "through new developments in brain science you will learn practical, research-based ways to:
-be on your own side
-be mindful
-take in the good
-rest in love
-come home to happiness"

I am looking forward to his new book and have thoroughly enjoyed his book, "Bhudda's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom."

Rick is all about practical application while making brain science discoveries understandable.  For example,  were you aware that the primitive part of our brain operates 5-6 times faster than our thinking brain!  Were you aware that our brain dedicates mores resources to survival and thus creates a negativity bias (remembers negative events more easily than positive events)?

My clients have found it helpful to discover that briefly focusing their breath and attention for 10-15 seconds on positive experiences we can counterbalance the brains negativity bias.

This brings a while new meaning to that ole' saying, "thoughts are things."