The Heart of Ethics Workshop
The Heart of Ethics (online)
With Dr. Cedar Barstow, M. Ed., D.P.I., Certified Hakomi Trainer, and Julia Corley, LCHMCA, NCC, SEP, Certified Hakomi Teacher.
April 9-10, 2021
11 a.m - 3 p.m. EST
$185 early bird by March 1, $225 thereafter
**We have limited sliding scale spaces available upon request**
7 CE’s available through *NBCC and NCBTMB
(*NBCC offers core hours for GA LPCs & related hours for GA LCSW & LMFTs)
Right use of power and influence is at the very heart of ethics. Developed by Hakomi Therapist and Trainer Dr. Cedar Barstow, the Right Use of Power approach focuses on the relational dynamics that bring ethics to life. Engaging both heart and mind, core concepts include grounding in a felt sense of both sides of the power differential, exploration of power parameters and under- and over-uses of power, and working with practical processes for resolving relationship difficulties. This workshop will be highly experiential, with focus on awareness, skill, and pro-activity.
Power is simply the ability to have an effect, or to have influence – but the right use of this influence is both simple and complex. Personally and in positions of trust, the right use of power is the use of power to accomplish goals; prevent, heal, and repair harm; and to promote well-being for all.
The power spiral model is at the heart of Right Use of Power. Increasing skillfulness is learned through a spiraling process of gaining understanding and awareness at higher and higher levels of complexity, inclusivity, and transcendence. As you gain the knowledge and skills you need to use your power wisely, you’ll explore and engage with these four dimensions of the spiral:
Be informed: Informed Use of Power
Be compassionate: Conscious Use of Power
Be connected: Caring Use of Power
Be skillful: Skillful Use of Power
Right Use of Power is a dynamic way to explore issues of ethics and power, both personal and professional. This study can be profoundly restorative and empowering. This approach brings heart and soul to ethics, and builds sensitivity and awareness to the use of power and influence.
Dr. Cedar Barstow, D.P.I. is the Founder and Director of Right Use of Power Institute. She is a consultant and teacher on ethics and ethical issues and has been designing, developing, and teaching this approach since 1994. Cedar’s background includes 30 years as a psychotherapist and 25 years as a teacher. She is the author of books and articles on ethics, counseling with elders, women and independence, and psychotherapy and spirituality. She is also a Certified Hakomi Trainer Emeritus and a member of the Naropa University Adjunct Faculty. She maintains a private psychotherapy and ethics consulting practice in Boulder/Denver, CO.
Julia Corley, is a somatic psychotherapist in private practice in Hillsborough, NC. She has taught “Right Use of Power” ethics workshops since 2014. She also teaches Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy in the Southeastern U.S. and Mallorca, Spain, and is an assistant facilitator for Passion and Presence®, couples’ retreats on mindful sexuality created by Hakomi Trainer Maci Daye.