Right Use of Power
Right Use Of Power
Ethics with heart and soul. Practical, relational, and inspiring.
Kathleen O’Rourke, LMHC is a Guild teaching member of the RIGHT USE OF POWER INSTITUTE, enabling her to facilitate workshops, classes and seminars that teach the principles of Ethics and Power with Heart.
What Does That Mean?
The Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics “is a dynamic, Inspirational, and relational approach to ethical awareness and respectful use of personal and professional power. ‘Right Use of Power’ is about being Informed, Compassionate, Connected, and Skillful in relationship with others”, states Cedar Barstow, founder of the Right use of Power Institute.
The material used in these workshops comes primarily from Cedar Barstow, her Right Use of Power Institute and her books; “Living in the Power Zone” and “Right Use of Power: The Heart of Ethics— A Resource for the Helping Professional”.
This course work is for anyone in a position of authority, including psychotherapists, social workers, body-workers, coaches, clergy, medical professionals, and teachers.
Learn about your own relationship with power and be able to use your personal and role power to promote your clients’ well being. Gain skills in staying connected and resolving conflicts. Fine tune your sensitivity and awareness
- Learn about power styles and power dynamics.
- Become clearer and more pro-active with your power.
- Explore the complexities of the power differential.
- Increase your skillfulness when your impact doesn’t match your intention.
- Understand the ethical importance of self-care
Right use of power is at the very heart of ethics. We long for, and are capable of magnificence in the use of our personal and professional power. And we have all been wounded by misuses of power. The Right Use of Power approach to ethics is dynamic and engaging, and recognizes that the issues of power in helping relationships are complex.
The Right Use of Power is a dynamic and engaging approach to ethics that recognizes the complex dynamics that come with positions of influence and authority.
Contact Kathleen O’Rourke, LMHC for more information about designing and schedule workshops of various lengths and topics. This work is not lecture based but exciting and experiential. Programs are designed to meet your group’s needs and can provide Ethics requirements and CEs for most professional licenses.
“When the generativity and responsiveness of our power is guided by loving concern for the well-being of all, we will have an ethical and sustainable world. Power directed by Heart. Heart infused with power. This is the key to right use of power.”
– Cedar Barstow, Founder & Director
