SCIENCE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

Pre-Conference Workshops
Thursday, October 23, 9:00am-5:00pm

All Pre-Conference workshops provide 6.0 Continuing Education Credits. Register early for lowest fee.
Registration is limited. Sign up early to guarantee your place.

Advanced Applications of EFT
Presenter: Carol Look, LCSW, DCH, EFT Master.

The EFT technique is a simple tool to learn, but dramatically increasing your success rate will come as a result of improving your skills in the art of delivery.  Incorporate advanced applications of EFT to help clients with (1) Anxiety Relief (2) Pain Relief, (3) Clearing the Cycle of Addictions, and (4) Attracting Success and Abundance.  Learn how to apply this simple technique with art and skill, combining the basic technique with exciting innovations from the field of energy medicine.

Author, international workshop leader, and former internet radio show host Dr. Carol Look is passionate about helping her clients eliminate their blocks and limiting beliefs to attracting success in all areas of their lives.  Carol received her Masters Degree in Social Work, earned her doctorate in Clinical Hypnotherapy, and is an EFT Master.   Carol currently manages a part-time private practice in New York, and travels in the United States and internationally teaching EFT to clinicians, physicians and lay people. Please visit her web site www.AttractingAbundance.com.

Objectives - In this workshop you will learn how to: 

• Apply EFT Innovations for Anxiety Relief
• Gather an Efficient Intake History to Help Eliminate Pain
• Erase Limiting Beliefs with EFT
• Learn Why Addictions Resist Treatment
• Apply EFT for Clearing the Causes of Addiction
• Build your Prosperity Consciousness
• Expand Your Comfort Zones to Accept More Prosperity
• Harness the Power of Intention for Professional Goals

Heart Assisted Therapy (HAT),
Presenter: John H. Diepold, Ph.D

This one-day workshop will introduce and demonstrate the "basic" clinical protocol in the use of Heart Assisted Therapy (HAT) in psychotherapy. Developed by Dr. Diepold, the HAT approach merges the use of thought fields, muscle testing, and heart energy to facilitate healing change in emotions, beliefs, behavior, and physical comfort. HAT is a gentle, user and practitioner-friendly approach that is easy to engage, and incorporates the influence of breath, body polarity and blocking beliefs.

Dr. John Diepold is a NJ licensed psychologist in private practice with over 27 years of experience. Dr. Diepold is a Member of the American Psychological Association, and is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management and a Diplomate in Comprehensive Energy Psychology from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. He is also a Member, and past Executive Board Member, of the New Jersey Psychological Association, and a Past President of the South Jersey Psychological Association. Dr. Diepold is the lead author of Evolving Thought Field Therapy: The Clinician's Handbook of Diagnoses, Treatment, and Theory (Diepold, Britt, and Bender) as well s many other publications. In addition, Dr. Diepold has been a long-time member of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH).

Objectives:
Upon completion of this one-day workshop the participant will be able to:

• Identify and use two ways to assess body polarity using muscle checking and two methods for correction.
• Learn why using heart energy is a viable Energy Psychology treatment approach.
• Assess and treat disruptions in body polarity that result from Psychological Readiness issues, Belief Related Blocks, and Unknown Blocks.
• Know why, when, and how to use the Future Performance Imagery Index (FPII)
• Gain experience and confidence in using HAT at a “basic” level of competence.

Past Life Soul Retrieval
Presenter: Barbara Stone, Ph.D, LCSW, D.CEP

Unresolved trauma from a previous incarnation imprints into the present life, causing mysterious symptoms unresponsive to traditional psychotherapies.  Powerful and fast, this “Soul Detective Energy Psychology Protocol” clears past life trauma without hypnosis, going to the heart of the disturbance and reprogramming for health.

Dr. Barbara Stone is a workshop presenter, public speaker, author, and bilingual psychotherapist.  Her forthcoming book from Energy Psychology Press deals with Past Life Trauma and Earthbound Spirit Rescue. A consultant for ACEP’s Certification Program, Dr. Stone is also a musician, potter, gardener, and grandmother. 

Objectives:

• Identify cases appropriate for past life therapy.
• Name important aspects of identity to establish with muscle testing before proceeding with EP trauma desensitization.
• Practice a complete session using the Soul Detective Protocol for clearing Past Life Trauma.

Prevention and Treatment of Diagnosis Shock, the Unrecognized Burden of Illness
Presenter:Judith A. Swack, Ph.D.

Many people are suffering, some are dying, and healing practitioners are losing business because of this problem.  In this workshop, Dr. Swack will teach you the Healing from the Body Level UpTM approach for preventing and healing Diagnosis Shock to improve your health and quality of life.

Judith Swack Ph.D. is biochemist, immunologist and a Neuro-Linguistic programmer. She is the originator and developer of an innovative, rapid, and powerful new mind/body/spirit methodology called Healing from the Body Level UpSM (HBLU). Judith Swack developed HBLU by integrating biomedical science, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, psychology, applied kinesiology, energy psychology techniques, shamanic techniques, and spiritual practices. She combined these techniques with her original research on the structure of complex damage patterns and did years of follow-up testing to confirm the results. Contact: www.jaswack.com US 781/444-6940 jaswack@msn.com

Objectives:
Upon completion of this 1 day program the participant will be able to:

1. Prevent trauma in patients, their families and friends… and yourself while:

• Suggesting diagnostic tests
• Performing diagnostic procedures
• Delivering bad news
• Discussing treatment options

2. Prevent trauma and burnout to yourself while taking care of others

Post-Conference Workshops
Monday October 27 and Tuesday October 28, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

All Pre-Conference workshops provide 6.0 Continuing Education Credits. Register early for lowest fee.
Registration is limited. Sign up early to guarantee your place.

1 Day, Monday October 27

Quantum Consciousness, Yoga Psychology, and Transformation
Presenters:  Amit Goswami, Ph.D. & Uma Krishnamurthy, MD  

There is a paradigm shift going on in science from a matter-based science to a new science based on the primacy of consciousness.In half of the workshop, quantum physicist Amit Goswami, a pioneer of the new paradigm, will introduce the idea of quantum consciousness and its causal efficacy - downward causation. He will then show how these ideas integrate science and spirituality, Darwinism and intelligent design, and conventional and alternative medicine. In the other half of the workshop, yoga psychologist Uma Krishnamurthy, a pioneer of the field, will introduce the basic concepts of the yoga psychology of transformation.  In particular, she will discuss and experientially demonstrate methods of transforming negative emotions into positive emotions.  You can expect the workshop to be both intellectually stimulating and experientially rich.

Amit Goswami, Ph. D. is professor emeritus of physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR where he can be contacted.  He is the author of seven popular books including The Self-Aware Universe, The Quantum Doctor, God is not Dead, and Creative Evolution. Goswami has been featured in the film What the Bleep Do We Know?

Dr. Uma Krishnamurthy is a child psychiatrist by training from India with many years of experience in the field of healing, yoga psychology, and transformation of emotions that are currently her main areas of interest and research.  She is the author of an upcoming book on Yoga Psychology.

Train to develop your innate healing gifts for healing others and deepen your work in energy psychology. After 22 years of study and practice, Dr. Hawkes shares the wisdom of science, her work with indigenous healers in Southeast Asia, and her own extensive experience working with cell-level healing.  Step up to the gateway to your body's cells. Learn to powerfully support vibrant health as you experience how biology and spirit can come together for healing.  Dr. Hawkes will help you begin your own journey to profoundly deep levels of cellular healing.

Joyce Hawkes, an internationally respected and productive scientist and healer, received her Ph.D. in biophysics in 1971. Her professional life as a scientist included a Postdoctoral Fellow with NIH (National Institutes of Health, US). She was elected a Fellow in the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) for her scientific contributions in the field of ultra high-speed laser effects on cells. Following a near-death-experience, she changed careers in 1984 and embarked on an extensive exploration of spiritual and healing traditions in Southeast Asia. In 2006 she published Cell-Level Healing which has been extraordinarily well-received in the US and abroad. www.celllevelhealing.com  joycehawkesphd@yahoo.com

Objectives:

• Describe differences between health and illness at the cellular level
• Locate the 4 main structural components of cells and describe their relationship to the function of cells and their role in disease
• Describe the relationship of states of stress and states of well-being to brain function as seen in EEG data
• Practice focused mind techniques for achieving health and well-being
• Apply principles of cell-level healing to design a personal daily practice and to adapt for therapist’s own style of therapy

Does the human soul exist?  Does consciousness survive physical death?  Does God exist?  Do individual spirits as well as Divine Mind play a direct role in human health and evolution?   Drawing on the latest research in afterlife science and God science, the workshop explores the history and state-of-the art of this pioneering research and demonstrates how you can use this knowledge to facilitate your healing practice as well as your own personal health.

Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D, is a Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at the University of Arizona and Director of its Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health. He is also Corporate Director of Development of Energy Healing at Canyon Ranch. He received his PhD from Harvard in 1971, was an Assistant Professor at Harvard, and was a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Yale University and director of the Yale Psychophysiology Center before moving to the University of Arizona in 1988. He has published more than 450 scientific papers, including six papers in the journal SCIENCE, co-edited 11 academic books, and is the author of The Energy Healing Experiments (2007), The G.O.D. Experiments (2006), The Afterlife Experiments (2002), The Truth about Medium (2005), and The Living Energy Universe (1999). In 2004 he received a Distinguished Scientist Award for Energy Psychology from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. His research integrates mind-body medicine, energy medicine, and spiritual medicine.

Objectives:

• Upon completion of this workshop, participants will understand the state-of-the-art scientific evidence for the existence of the afterlife, survival of consciousness, and a universal / divine mind.
• Participants will learn how to apply this knowledge to the health care system, to specific healing practices, and to their own personal health and evolution.
• Participants will learn how to make potential future contributions to furthering the scientific and clinical evolution of this knowledge.

2 Day, Monday October 27 & Tuesday October 28

Integrity Makeover: TheraCoach Training for Psychotherapists & Coaches
Presenter: David Gruder, Ph.D.

The thing our society is most in need of is a restoration of integrity. This groundbreaking workshop trains you to facilitate Integrity Makeovers in yourself and your clients through upgrading seven core life skills required for successful personal, relationship, leadership and integrity development.

David Gruder, Ph.D., D.CEP, is a licensed psychologist, integrity enhancement expert, founder of IntegrityPledge.org and ACEP’s Founding President. His latest books include “The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World” and “The New IQ Integrity Makeover Workbook.” For 30+ years, he has provided cutting-edge mentoring, consulting, speaking and training in personal, relationship, leadership and integrity development for the public, leaders and helping professionals worldwide. The secret behind his international acclaim is his blend of training design expertise, ability to convert complex concepts into practical tools, extensive clinical experience and disarmingly self-revealing anecdotes. info@willingness.com, www.TheNewIQ.com, +1-858-755-1988

Objectives - Upon completion of this 2 day program the participant will be able to:

• Name and define each of our three core drives
• Describe the impact of the three core drives on personal, relationship, collective and leadership integrity
• Name and define each of the five components of a childhood Survival Plan
• Describe five Redemption Plan varieties that a childhood Survival Plan morphs into as an adult
• Define the seven core life skills that personal, relationship and integrity development have in common
• Describe three strategies for anchoring makeover successes and selecting the best development activities following the makeover
• Name three ethics considerations to address in becoming an integrity makeover facilitator.

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