HELLO! AND WELCOME TO YOUR PERSONAL EDEN!

A "Patchwork" of Pieces, Good, Bad and Ugly, That Make Up the Whole of Who You Are!

(For each separate "category of site pages" (see below) please scroll to bottom of page when site page selected as home page will appear on each site page...until I figure out how to fix it....)

A lot has changed since we last interacted! It's called life; and it's okay... all of it, all of the pieces. They really do "fit" together if we only allow it.

Long-term counseling sessions are no longer available.

Brief counseling is still offered on a cash basis only - 865-679-6379.

Angie Bowen, LCSW, CCBT, CRH no longer maintains the many insurance panels she offered in the past. However, cash discounts are AVAILABLE!

EDEN'S primary focus is to reach a broader population, through novels (first novel in a trilogy is finished; second is almost finished), women's retreats, free get together's, and this website.

We have exciting insights to offer you. Many are free and/or offered at an affordable, reduced price, now that insurance is not a factor.

Hopefully, you will find positive encouragement within these pages, and "companions" to accompany you along your path, in this journey we call life.

My desire is to offer a larger array of opportunities to assist you - any way I can, as you turn the pages into your next "chapter."

I have learned so much in these past 25 years, as an experienced mind, body and spirit mental health clinician. It is time to share all that I have been priviledged to learn with you, and learn from you as well. Women helping women. It is time to unite and share our wisdom, our experiences, our angers, fears, sorrows and joys.

We all strive to move peacefully through the storms and deserts of life. We need to unite as women, through the storms and deserts.

Come into the fields, streams, gardens, hiking trails, bonfires, water's edge, mountains, pathways, books, friendships, alone time, hobbies...whatever you need, to find and maintain your "personal eden."

When we unite, and share our knowledge, we become stronger, gentler (no; they are not a contrdiciton in terms) and wiser. We become more balanced in our abilities to give and receive; we learn how to keep our own cups filled, by sharing personal interests and pursuits, meditations, shared wisdom, as we also help to fill the cups of one another. There are times when we need to be alone and times when we need other women!

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Learn how to take advantage of opportunities to explore the world, through friendships, books, travel abroad, as well as travel to local wonders, and armchair insights and silent meditation. Research and process quotes from women all over the world, from the present to centuries past, who have changed our lives, given us knowledge and insights to guide us along our way.

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Explore your own areas of Emotional Intelligence. Take opportunities to sample "portions" of several past retreats or workshop right here, free and online, or in small group settings in the Asheville area.

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Although each will be different, we will help each other find what brings us the life to which we are being called.

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Read the first three chapters of Angie's 1st manuscript: Saints Codependent: Good From Evil. Set in the Blueridge Mountains of North Carolina, this is a story of three generations of strong, compassionate women and the men they chose to love.

Get to know Constance, Norma and Libby. Learn from them... how they, like many of us, gave so much to others, that they left themselves outside their "circle of care." Feel their anguish as they move the natural consequences of what seems to be good decisions at the time. Feel their joy as they step into new chapters.

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Take the opportunity to read the first three chapters of the second manuscript in the triology: Living Life on Life's Terms: Not As Easy As It Sounds.

This second novel is set, primarily, in Cancun, Mexico and The Mayan Riviera. It offers a higher-paced intensity, with the same edge of your seat drama as the first novel, as you are introduced to Cody, the 4th generation of these strong women.

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When retreats and workshops are available, they will be posted on this site. You can call 865-679-6379 for free "portion" get togethers or complete retreats, by completeing the form located in the "Contact Us" Tab. I will respond as soon as possible. Looking forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time!

EXperiential WORKSHOPS, OFFERING CEU (Continuing Education) CREDITS for MENTAL HEALTH professionals

I have offered CEU Workshops all over the U.S. for University of TN Continuing Education for Professionals and in Pennsylvania for National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapists.

VISION FOR A NEW YEAR: Clinical Tools for Moving Into The Next Chapter, Jan. 18th, 2014 was a huge success and we enjoyed meeting as well as renewing professional relationships!

I offered a CEU workshop in Florida (through Arcadia CEU's) during the fall of 2015. Theme was Integration of Cognitive Behavioral Theory and Emotional Intelligence Theory.

I chose to decline offers from AACC and FL NASW and continue to decline offers at present, due to family illness. God willing, I will one day offer the same information through other venues. Face to face is my preferred approach; yet life brings us challenges we never thought we would face and I am praying for new opportunities.

WHO OR WHAT INSPIRES YOU? SEARCH FOR AND FIND YOUR ANSWERS AND LEARN HOW TO HELP YOUR CLIENTS SEARCH FOR AND FIND THEIR ANSWERS!

FORGIVENESS WORKSHOPS

Offering CEU's for ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS!

In our forgiveness workshops, I draw from and offer teachings from a wide array of well-known forgiveness theories and techniques, including but not limited to: Worthington's Dimensions of Forgiveness, Beverly Flanagan's Forgiving the Unforgivable, June Hunt's Forgiving when You Don't Feel Like Forgiving, David Stoop's Forgiving the Unforgivable.

Learn to Weigh the Forgiveness you Want to Give against the injuries you have suffered! Experience is yourself!

All of workshops are designed as a retreat within a workshop. Learn in a peaceful & nurturing environment!

Forgiveness Workshop Specifics are provided on the next column to your right >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

FORGIVENESS EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP, Offering CEU's FOR ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:

Missing peace?
Is your past a stumbling block to your present?
Deep-seated resentments choking the life out of you?
Resenting "parts" of yourself?
Is your stomach churning with anger, sadness, and fear?
Does your anger, sadness and fear outweigh your hope?

These forgiveness experiential workshops for mental health professionals can help heal life-long wounds, the hurts you've held deep inside, and set you free from the prisons of rage, depression, fear and anxiety. Until you are ready to integrate forgivenss into your own life, you are not ready to help someone else in that journey.You really can free yourself from the prison of bitterness and unforgiveness.

Integrating CBT Theories and Techniques With Emotional Intelligence Theory and Techniques for a More Balanced Approach to Treatment.

Want to personally experience a biopsychosocialspiritual approach to the healing process? Although the workshop is clinical in nature, practitioners will learn in an experiential retreat-like format, which allows for simultaneous personal growth as well as professional growth. The workshop provides an opportunity to "practice" what we will be teaching to our clients.

Course Objectives:

* Learn and practice basic Qi Gong Meditative Movement;

* Healing Story - The Woman and The Swing

* Journal Time (Private)

* Psycho-educational teaching - Integrating CBT & EIT;

* Identify patterns of behavior as either pathways or roadblocks;

* Discover social and cultural influences (or lack thereof) on unmet needs;

* Learn and practice in break-out small groups the VCR method of communication;

* Differentiate between external and internal sources of stress;

* Identify top 10 personal needs; then narrow down to top personal need (it is more difficult than you might be inclined to think);

* Integrate past disappointments into the totality of who you are for overall healing;

* Learn and practice in break-out small groups the 3 C's and 3 G's for moving on;

* Complete an EmotionaI Intelligence Profile;

* Meditation: mindfulness of the present moment in collaboration with awareness and willingness to move into the next chapter;

* Closing ceremony: Welcome and integrate your discarded self.

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HELLO! AND WELCOME TO YOUR PERSONAL EDEN!

Long-term counseling sessions are no longer available.

Brief counseling is still offered on a cash basis only - 865-679-6379.

Angie Bowen, LCSW, CCBT, CRH no longer maintains the many insurance panels she offered in the past. However, cash discounts are AVAILABLE!

EDEN'S primary focus is to reach a broader population, through novels (first novel in a trilogy is finished; second is almost finished), women's retreats, free get together's, and this website.

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We have exciting insights to offer you. Many are free and/or offered at an affordable, reduced price, now that insurance is not a factor.

Hopefully, you will find positive encouragement within these pages, and "companions" to accompany you along your path, in this journey we call life.

My desire is to offer a larger array of opportunities to assist you - any way I can, as you turn the pages into your next "chapter."

We all strive to move peacefully through the storms and deserts of life. We need to unite as women, through the storms and deserts.

Come into the fields, streams, gardens, hiking trails, bonfires, water's edge, mountains, pathways, books, friendships, alone time, hobbies...whatever you need, to find and maintain your "personal eden."

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Explore your own areas of Emotional Intelligence. Take opportunities to sample "portions" of several past retreats or workshop right here, free and online, or in small group settings in the Asheville area.

***

Although each will be different, we will help each other find what brings us the life to which we are being called.

***

Read the first three chapters of Angie's 1st manuscript: Saints Codependent: Good From Evil. Set in the Blueridge Mountains of North Carolina, this is a story of three generations of strong, compassionate women and the men they chose to love.

***

Take the opportunity to read the first three chapters of the second manuscript in the triology: Living Life on Life's Terms: Not As Easy As It Sounds.

This second novel is set, primarily, in Cancun, Mexico and The Mayan Riviera. It offers a higher-paced intensity, with the same edge of your seat drama as the first novel, as you are introduced to Cody, the 4th generation of these strong women.

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EXperiential WORKSHOPS, OFFERING CEU (Continuing Education) CREDITS for MENTAL HEALTH professionals

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