The Right Use of Power Approach

The program aims to inspire and engage helping professionals in developing and refining skills and attitudes that will increase their ability to use the power and influence of their role in the service of the best interests of their clients.

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About the Educational Programs

Right Use of Power workshop covers topics from each dimension of the power spiral and is empowering, relevant, and dynamic. Workshops are approved for professional continuing education by many organizations.

The Facilitator’s Training is for people who wish to offer Right Use of Power Educational Programs for others.

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About Home Study Continuing Education

The resource book contains 25 mini-courses that can be used to earn up to 36 Continuing Education credits at your own pace over time. You choose your topics; you choose your timing. Engaging, affordable, and heartful. On-line access.

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About the Books

Right Use of Power: Ethics for the Helping Professions 353 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, 3-ring binder Complete teaching manual for those who wish to teach this relational and experiential approach to ethics. Contents: 24 ethics-related topics with teaching notes and exercises, special sections: resources, guides to program design and experiential education. Individual topics (mini courses) are approved for CEUs. $60 BUY THE BOOK

Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics 265 pages, 6 x 9, perfect bound Condensed resource guide for helping professionals who want to reframe ethics by joining power with heart. Contents: 24 ethics-related topics approved for CEUs. $24 BUY THE BOOK

About the Right Use of Power Guild Members

A listing of independent Facilitators throughout the world who offer workshops in right use of power for specific groups such as bodyworkers and massage therapists, nurses, coaches, women, parents, generalists, lawyers.

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About Founder and Director Cedar Barstow

Cedar is a consultant and teacher on ethics issues. She has been designing, developing, and teaching this approach since 1994. Her background includes 20 years as a psychotherapist and 15 years as a teacher. She is the author of books and articles on ethics, counseling with elders, women and independence, and psychotherapy and spirituality.
Cedar is also a Hakomi Experiential Psychology Trainer, a member of the Naropa University Adjunct Faculty and maintains a private psychotherapy and ethics consulting practice in Boulder/Denver, and teaches both Right Use of Power Ethics and Hakomi nationally and internationally.

Cedar currently maintains a private psychotherapy and ethics consulting practice in Boulder/Denver, and teaches both Ethics and Hakomi Psychology nationally and internationally.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is this a print-based home study course or an on-line continuing education course?

This course is a hybrid course in which you use a real book for the reading and you use the website or postal mail for accessing and submitting assignments for credit.

2. What if this on-line process is simply beyond my technical skill level?

Don't worry. You have the option of doing this course completely off-line, which simply involves contacting Cedar and requesting the paper version of the course.

3. I haven’t seen an on-line course like this. Briefly, how is it organized?

Simple:

1. Purchase the resource book. (Go to Resource section of site)

2. After you receive your book, choose your mini-course(s)

3. Complete your assignments as outlined on the site.

4. Submit your assignment(s) and payment for course(s). (For payment options, go to Resources section of site)

5. Your CEU documentation will be emailed to you upon completion and payment.

4. How many credit hours are available through this course?

You can earn up to 36 CEU hours. There are 25 mini-courses in the Right Use Of Power resource book that range from 1-3 credit hours per course.

5. Is there a time limit for using this continuing education material?

No. There is no time limit. You can do 2 or 3 mini-courses now and do more mini-courses next year or in years to come. The Right Use Of Power resource book contains 25 mini-courses in all. Book updates can be accessed on the website.

6. What does each assignment include?

Each mini-course assignment includes reading from the resource book, a self-awareness exercise, and 3 written questions to answer.

7. What is Pay Pal and how do I use it?

Pay Pal is a protected on-line service that allows you to use your credit card to purchase books, courses, and/or workshops. It is simple, easy, and well explained. Go to the Resources section of the site to make such purchases.

8. If I have a “voucher number”, when do I need to use it?

You can use it at any time. You will be asked for it when you submit your assignments and pay for your mini-course(s).

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