About Eugene
Between the ages of 5-15 in New York City's Hells Kitchen, Eugene experienced abandonment, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. What followed were many years of severe anxiety, addictive behavior, marital and career breakdowns. No less than 5 of his immediate family members including his mother, both grandmothers, his aunts and many of their children suffered from mental illness including anxiety and depression and were institutionalized. In 1991 in an attempt to end the painful trauma of his life Eugene also attempted suicide and spent 16 weeks in a mental institution hanging on to life by the grace of God. Since the discovery of Thought Field Therapy in 1992 , Eugene healed the wounds of the past and went on to use TFT to create an extraordinary life, free of fear and destructive patterns of behavior and full of love, joy, abundance and purpose. “I came to use and teach TFT because the technique has successfully helped myself, my family, friends and clients overcome enormous problems when nothing else worked. I am dedicated to bring this powerful self help healing technique to every man, woman and child on the planet”. For this reason Eugene teaches more TFT workshops than anyone else in the world.
Eugene is a diagnostic practitioner of TFT, personally trained for over a year by research psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan. Eugene is also a qualified crisis counselor and past trainer for Personal Emergency Services Victoria. Although Eugene has undertaken formal training in Counseling at the Cairn Millar Institute, Reiki, Kinesiology, NLP and EFT his modality of choice continues to be TFT. Born in New York City, he has been a resident of Australia for 23 years. Eugene is currently the Director of Thought Field Therapy Australia, Thought Field Technology International, the founder of the Centre for Extraordinary Living and the author of the forthcoming book “Before It’s Too Late”.
Eugene has successfully demonstrated the undisputed power and speed of Thought Field Therapy on national television's Channel 9 ‘A Current Affair’ program, in hospitals, universities and other learning institutions all over the world.
As part of his commitment to integrity in business Eugene works with and supports corporations directly associated with organizations like the International Council for Caring Communities (ICCC) NGO of which Anthony Robbins has been selected as Vice Chairman of Health, Education, and Science for the United Nations/Research Center.
An interest in Buddhist teachings led him to undergo the Kalachakra Initiation with the Venerable Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche in 1992. This is a commitment to living life in such a manner as to minimize or resolve negative karmic influences, thus implementing his belief in ethical personal and business practices.
Humanitarian projects have taken him to Hobart Tasmania to work with the families of victims of the Port Arthur Massacre, back to his birth place of New York City to help victims of the September 11 Twin Tower tragedy and more recently people who have been affected by the Bali Bombings and other tragic events.
Above all Eugene’s commitment to a permanent contribution to teach Thought Field Therapy that will impact the world is surpassed only by his passion for family life as a dedicated father, grandfather and loving husband to his wife, Karen Piccinotti who first introduced the miracle of Thought Field Therapy into his life.