Women Over 40 Gathering Together for New Group!

New group beginning in September! Every group is a little different and this one has evolved organically into a group of women over 40! Issues we are dealing with this time are depression, anxiety, loneliness, feeling disconnected and without purpose or fulfillment, family problems, and later life issues. Together we can share and support each other in a safe environment, healing ourselves. Please call to schedule your initial intake session to see if this group is right for you. If you are attracted to this group, then it probably is!
Carol (828)458-9922
Group will be co led by Carol Greenberger,LPC and Karen Macke,LPC

Supportive Women's Group

"How might your life be different if there had been a place for you...a place of women where you were affirmed?" (From: A Circle of Stones.)

Women's Group in Downtown Asheville: Call or email to schedule your Intake Session.
As Licensed Professional Counselors Carol Greenberger and Karen Macke have been in touch with women and women's issues for many years. With over 40 years combined experience they understand and connect with women at all levels of life.

Carol and Karen have teamed together to support women who are at pivotal and transitional moments in their lives. You may have moved here recently, changed jobs, had the kids leave the house, or left a relationship. Through this group women have an opportunity to grow together in a safe and supportive environment. Together the participants celebrate each other's unique gifts and explore options for positive change.

Women who join this group may be feeling bored with life, anxious or depressed. In the group we will discover new methods for handling the stress of everyday life. While the theme of the group is relationships and connection with other women Carol and Karen also spend time leading the group through creative healing, mindfulness and other issues.

A participant in a recent group said:

"Just being able to compare my situation with other women in a non-judgmental setting helped me to cope."

If you are feeling stuck in your current life pattern or looking for understanding, compassion and respect call for more information about our newly formed group. We will create a safe, confidential space to share and connect.

In this supportive Women's Group we will come together to share our authentic selves. We will experience ourselves in relationship in a new way, listening and being heard in the safety of the group.
Whether you are hurting from a painful relationship that you are in or has ended, alone and wishing you were in a relationship, or just feeling isolated from other true women friends, then this group is for you. We will give and receive support for whatever it is that we need and we will focus on clarifying our goals and that next step that we are wanting to take, to bring us into harmony with our true selves.

$210 for a 6-week session. Intake session may be covered by insurance. Sliding scale available for those with limited income.

Women's Group in Downtown Asheville: New Session Beginning friday April 25th, 11:30-1pm. Call to schedule your Intake Session.

As Licensed Professional Counselors Carol Greenberger and Karen Macke have been in touch with women and women’s issues for many years.  With over 40 years combined experience they understand and connect with women at all levels of life.

Carol and Karen have teamed together to support women who are at pivotal and transitional moments in their lives.  You may have moved here recently, changed jobs, had the kids leave the house, or left a relationship.  Through this group women have an opportunity to grow together in a safe and supportive environment.  Together the participants celebrate each other’s unique gifts and explore options for positive change.

Women who join this group may be feeling bored with life, anxious or depressed.  In the group we will discover new methods for handling the stress of everyday life.  While the theme of the group is relationships and connection with other women Carol and Karen also spend time leading the group through creative healing, mindfulness and other issues.

A participant in a recent group said:

"Just being able to compare my situation with other women in a non-judgmental setting helped me to cope."

If you are feeling stuck in your current life pattern or looking for understanding, compassion and respect call for more information about our newly formed group. We will create a safe, confidential space to share and connect.

Women’s Group in Downtown Asheville, beginning Friday March 7th 11:30-1pm

As Licensed Professional Counselors Carol Greenberger and Karen Macke have been in touch with women and women’s issues for many years.  With over 40 years combined experience they understand and connect with women at all levels of life.

Carol and Karen have teamed together to support women who are at pivotal and transitional moments in their lives.  You may have moved here recently, changed jobs, had the kids leave the house, or left a relationship.  Through this group women have an opportunity to grow together in a safe and supportive environment.  Together the participants celebrate each other’s unique gifts and explore options for positive change.

Women who join this group may be feeling bored with life, anxious or depressed.  In the group we will discover new methods for handling the stress of everyday life.  While the theme of the group is relationships and connection with other women Carol and Karen also spend time leading the group through creative healing, mindfulness and other issues.

A participant in a recent group said:

"Just being able to compare my situation with other women in a non-judgmental setting helped me to cope."

If you are feeling stuck in your current life pattern or looking for understanding, compassion and respect call for more information about our newly formed group. We will create a safe, confidential space to share and connect.

We all long for understanding, compassion, and respect. And sometimes it's easiest to find this among others who share our situation or outlook. 

Join our Women's group, starting next week.

"Just being able to compare my situation with other women in a non-judgmental setting helped me to cope."

Women's Support Group: Women Connecting

Are you hurting from a current or past relationship? 

Are you feeling isolated from women friends? 

Come join our group and connect with other women.

Listen, share and be heard.

New group starting Friday February 28th

at The Relationship Center in downtown Asheville.

Co-Leaders Carol Greenberger, LPC and Karen Macke, LPC.

Call  Carol for more details and schedule your intake session.

 (828)458-9922

Or email  cpgreenberger@gmail.com

Women's Support Group: Dynamic Women Connecting

NEW SESSION BEGINS FRIDAY
In this supportive Women's Group we will come together to share our authentic selves. We will experience ourselves in relationship in a new way, listening and being heard in the safety of the group. We will ask questions like: What do you want to do that you have never had the time, the guts, the focus, the support, the money, or the ability to put yourself first?
Whether you are hurting from a painful relationship that you are in or has ended, alone and wishing you were in a relationship, or just feeling isolated from other true women friends, then this group is for you. We will give and receive support for whatever it is that we need and we will focus on clarifying our goals and that next step that we are wanting to take, to bring us into harmony with our true selves.


$150 for a 6-week session. Intake session may be covered by insurance.

Women's Support Group: Sharing Our Struggles and Our Dreams

In this supportive Women's Group we will discover the reasons why most people don't have what they want in their lives. What do you want to do that you have never had the time, the guts, the focus, the support, the money, or the ability to put yourself first?  In the safety and synergy of this group we will come together to:

Clarify our life purpose and goals 

  Identify and overcome our fears 

   Prioritize action steps

   Support each other to follow through with our plans

   Explore and work through any barriers we may have

  If you are ready to engage with other women in a creative process to focus on yourself, your dreams and goals, your next chapter, then this is the group for you. 

FRIDAY'S 2-4:30   New session begins September 2nd.

Contact Carol for your intake session at cpgreenberger@gmail.com, or by phone at (828)458-9922. 

 This ongoing group meets in 6 week segments, with a week break in between sessions. $180 per 6 week session. Initial intake session may be covered by insurance.

Join our Women’s Group: Bringing Our Dreams and Life Purpose into Focus

In this supportive Women's Group we will discover the reasons why most people don't have what they want in their lives. What do you want to do that you have never had the time, the guts, the focus, the support, the money, or the ability to put yourself first?  In the safety and synergy of this group we will come together to:

Clarify our life purpose and goals 

  Identify and overcome our fears 

   Prioritize action steps

   Support each other to follow through with our plans

   Explore and work through any barriers we may have

  If you are ready to engage with other women in a creative process to focus on yourself, your dreams and goals, your next chapter, then this is the group for you. 

FRIDAY'S 12-1:30   New session begins in August.

Contact Carol for your intake session at cpgreenberger@gmail.com, or by phone at (828)458-9922. 

 This ongoing group meets in 6 week segments, with a week break in between sessions. $180 per 6 week session. Initial intake session may be covered by insurance.

Women's Group Bringing Our Dreams and Life Purpose Into Focus

If you are ready to engage with ither women in a creative process to focus on yourself, your dreams and goals, your next chapter, then this is the group for you.
Ongoing group open to new members now until full.
Grooup meets fridays 12-1:30 pm.
Call for more information 458-9922.

Journey Into Healing with Deepak Chopra this week in Asheville

Journey Into Healing is the Chopra Center's most profound mind-body healing workshop,a five-day immersion that integrates modern Western medicine with Eastern healing arts, teaching you how to assist your body in healing itself.

Whether you are wanting to heal yourself or are a professional interested in continuing education, the workshop will deepen your understanding of total wellbeing and practical holistic practices that will forever benefit you.

Natural approaches to relieve stress, anxiety, and depression

Yoga and meditation

Delicious ayurvedic lunches


CME's available

http://www.chopra.com/journey/asheville2011

Please mention my name for substantial discount

Deepak Chopra coming to Asheville June 1-5, 2011

Journey into Healing Details

Journey into Healing is the Chopra Center’s most profound mind-body healing workshop, a five-day immersion that integrates modern Western medicine with Eastern healing arts, teaching you how to assist your body in healing itself.

Join us for this rare opportunity to expand your understanding of the power of self-care, guided by a panel of world-renowned experts as they lead you on an exploration of ancient wisdom and the newest discoveries in self-healing. Discover your mind-body personality type through a unique analysis based upon ayurvedic principles and learn other powerful tools to awaken the natural wellness within you.

June 1–5, 2011: Asheville, North Carolina

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http://www.chopra.com/journey/asheville2011

CME's available for MD's

Please mention my name for substantial friends and family discount

Welcome to my blog. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and I am here to help you in your journey to becoming the person you were meant to be.

 After 18 years practicing psychotherapy I have developed into the intuitive yet practical counselor that I am today. I bring to my work a traditional psychodynamic, relational approach, my 25 years of study and practice of mindfulness and meditation, my work as an artist and study of creative modalities. I use many different practical techniques, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, guided imagery, relaxation, free association, dream work, inner child, and family systems, to help guide you as you make the changes in your life that you desire.

I believe that we all have creativity inside of us, our life force, and one of our most powerful healing tools. I will help you access this creativity and discover what makes your heart sing. I can help you clarify your goals, life purpose and gifts, and develop your strengths.

Experience has taught me that discovering and focusing on your positive aspects breathes life into your spirit, giving you the strength to combat your demons, negative thought patterns or behaviors, compulsions, addictions, or feeling trapped in the pain of the past and not knowing how to let go.

Women's Artmaking Retreat with Kate Ransohoff and Carol Greenberger

“Inside each of us there sits a most handsome creative seed-bud waiting to be called upon to grow… because the life source of this seed-bud, here named Charley, is outside the confines of our lives, we are often not sure what to do with the itching and jiggling that Charley keeps popping loose inside us. Charley will challenge and cry out - again and again - demanding to be set free. One day we will listen and become curious. On that day a practice – a practice celebrating Charley’s freedom – can begin.”
Elijah’s Palace by Kate Ransohoff , a wonderfully inspiring book on creativity and making a place for Artmaking in one's life.

An Artmaking Retreat to help you move forward with whatever you are doing or wanting to do. Whether you are a working artist or a creative person ready to burst open your seed bud: Come and make art with others, share your process, get support for moving forward with whatever your next step is.


Kate Ransohoff, artist, author, and creator of Quilt: Art to Mend the World, is truly a midwife of creativity. If you have any desire at all, to do creative works, whether it be visual art, writing or a mixture, Kate will lead you through a process to help you reach your next step.

We will gather friday to connect, share our visions, talk with Kate and make plans for our weekend. Saturday and Sunday will be full days of Artmaking at a nearby studio space.

For many of us artmaking can be a solitary activity, but it doesn't need to be. The group will be limited to seven women to allow for a lot of individual attention.

$275 for Artmaking Retreat. Includes high quality tempera paints, paper, brushes. You may bring any other art supplies you would like to work with, except oil paints.  Limited scholarship/sliding scale available, first come first serve. Payment arrangements can be made.

Carol Greenberger, M.A., Licensed Professional Counselor, will be assisting Kate. As an artist and a psychotherapist, she has led groups of all kinds. Carol has been in private practice for 18 years and is now practicing at The Relationship Center in Asheville. "I have painted for many years and whenever I have had the opportunity to work with Kate I have burst open to a new place with my painting. I always leave feeling inspired and ready to forge ahead in my work, or as Kate likes to say, my play. I have shared my inspiration for healing through creative work with many clients and am always heartened to see what happens when my clients tap their creative well." After this retreat a group will be form of those interested in making art together once a month with Carol.

Women's Creative Transformation Group: To bring our dreams and life purpose into focus. Now open to new members.

In this supportive Women's Group we will come together to revise our 
life purpose and goals. If you are ready to take a break from taking care
 of everyone else in your life and would like to engage with other 
women in a creative process to focus on yourself, your dreams and
 goals, your next chapter, then this is the group for you. The reason
 most people don't have what they want in their lives is because they
 either aren't clear about what they want, or don't believe they can 
have it...in the synergy and safety of this group, we will explore 
what we want and break through our barriers to getting there.

Women's Creative Transformation Group: To Bring Our Dreams and Life Purpose Into Focus

“How might your life be different if there had been a place for you...

a place of women where you were affirmed?”

 (From: A Circle of Stones.)

In this supportive Women's Group we will come together to revise our 
life purpose and goals. If you are ready to take a break from taking care
 of everyone else in your life and would like to engage with other 
women in a creative process to focus on yourself, your dreams and
 goals, your next chapter, then this is the group for you. The reason
 most people don't have what they want in their lives is because they
 either aren't clear about what they want, or don't believe they can 
have it...in the synergy and safety of this group, we will explore 
what we want and break through our barriers to getting there.

The Relationship Center, 70 Woodfin Place, Ste 114, 


Asheville, North Carolina

$30 per session, most insurances accepted

Asheville Women’s Group offers eight weeks of empowerment

offer and receive support for your personal goals in a nurturing, affirmative environment

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A new women’s group offers eight weeks of individual empowerment in a dynamic series of group focus sessions with Carol Greenberger, M.A., L.P.C., a licensed professional counselor.

Greenberger takes her inspiration from an oft-quoted line from A Circle of Stones, asking, “How might your life be different if there had been a place for you...a place of women where you were affirmed?”

This group is her answer. Together, the group will discuss self-esteem, identifying and expressing feelings, communication, assertiveness, boundaries, hopes, dreams, and goal-setting. Each woman will offer as well as receive support throughout the process.

“The reason most people don't have what they want in their lives is because they either aren't clear about what they want, or don't believe they can have it,” explains Greenberger. “However, we can takes steps to reach our goals.  Many of us just need support and encouragement to believe in ourselves and to persevere as we find own way and follow the path we were meant to follow.”

In the group, women will go through a process to transcend limiting beliefs about achievement. They will clarify “our true heart’s desire, what makes our heart sing, our soul’s purpose,” says Greenberger. “Then, we will plan steps to reach our goals.”

The group offers a renewable eight week commitment structure, and attendance is expected to be regular and consistent throughout the eight sessions for maximum benefit. Plus, Medicaid, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and most other insurances will cover expenses associated with the initial intake session or group fees. An affordable sliding scale is offered for those with out-of-pocket needs.

“This is an exceptional opportunity for women to receive the support for the work they want and need to do in their lives,” says Greenberger. “I welcome the opportunity to help others in ways that support their emotional and economic well-being during these stressful times.”

Is a group situation right for you? Contact facilitator Carol Greenberger M.A., L.P.C., for your intake session at carol@carolgreenberger.info, or by phone at (828) 225-5555.  Find out more about Carol Greenberger at her Creative Counseling blog at http://cgreenberger.blogspot.com//, or inquire at The Relationship Center, Asheville, at  www.trccounseling.com.

Now Accepting Blue Cross & Blue Shield Insurance Coverage

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 5, 2010


ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Carol Greenberger, M.A., L.P.C., a licensed professional counselor with The Relationship Center, announces an expansion of her practice with the addition of insurance provider Blue Cross and Blue Shield to her list of accepted providers.

“The addition of this prominent, well-respected insurance company to the listing of accepted providers is a real bonus to my clients,” says Greenberger, whose practice also accepts Medicaid and other providers.

“Before this, clients who carried Blue Cross and Blue Shield would have to pay out of pocket expenses, then file for reimbursement. Now, that process is streamlined, making it easier than ever for individuals and families to effect responsible, meaningful change in their lives.”

With health reform reflecting the need for “inclusive” treatments in health and wellness scenarios for individuals, this proactive stance couldn’t have come at a better time, Greenberger says. An uncertain economy has raised stress levels across the board, yet many individuals feel they cannot afford assistance when problems arise. In some small way, she hopes adding a major regional insurance provider to her list of accepted carriers will encourage people to get help when it’s needed.

Currently, Greenberger serves adult women, school-aged children and teens, and couples in her practice.

“I’m here to support my clients’ well-being in any way I can,” she says.

Carol Greenberger, M.A., L.P.C., can be reached at carol@carolgreenberger.info, or by phone at (828) 225-5555.