Participants will read and answer questions about a series of ten articles by Judith Barr, depth psychotherapist and author of Power Abused, Power Healed, to help explore their own relationships with power – on a personal and professional level – and that of clients. Participants will learn about a variety of ways in which power is abused in public and private life, and how current events can be utilized as a mirror of one’s self to heal one’s own relationship with power. Through examples from current life events explored in the articles, participants will recognize how their childhood experience affects their emotions and behaviors and those of their clients. They will also begin to comprehend the impact that the individual’s relationship with power has on our world, and how healing one’s own individual relationship with power can help to heal the misuse and abuse of power globally. 2009 | 26 pages | 20 posttest questions | Course #20-33

1. Name ways in which relationships with power are formed, particularly the relationship between feelings and early decisions

2. Identify ways in which living in a quick-fix society with quick-fix therapies – as opposed to healing to the root – has an impact on the healing process

3. Identify consequences of our fear and repression of feelings – on a personal and a communal level

4. List examples of how the concept of “the leader reflects the people” can affect healing on both individual and global levels

5. Identify differences between “here-and-now” feeling responses to current events and feeling reactions to similar events from childhood

6. Explain how current choices, like our vote in an election, can be influenced by past wounds

Judith Barr, MS, LMHC, is passionate about her desire to help heal and transform the planet and is committed to making a difference one-by-one and on a global scale. She brings to her practice a tapestry of natural gifts interwoven with her life experience and professional skills - combining her deep roots in psychotherapy with her own growing-edge spiritual midwifery, the practice of serving as midwife to the birthing and journey of another’s soul. Judith practices in Brookfield, Connecticut. Her background includes private practice as a depth psychotherapist since 1975, an M.S. in Counseling, and licensure as a Mental Health Counselor in Florida, New York, and Connecticut. She has published a book, Power Abused, Power Healed, a DVD, The Truth About Power, an audio series, The Spoken Word on Behalf of the Feminine, and more than three dozen articles for both professionals and the general public. Judith offers her healing expertise in an array of formats, including working with individuals, groups, workshops, and consultations. In addition to this she offers training and supervision programs for healing arts professionals. Her work with power and the birth of her book have inspired her to explore beyond her imagination . . . how she can be of further service in our world.

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