Using Your Power to Make the World Safe:
From the Inside Out Presented by Judith Barr, MS, LPC, LMHC

Web Conference Description

When we experience intense, raw feelings, oftentimes only a small portion of these intense feelings are here and now. The larger share of those intense, deep, raw feelings can be from long ago in our childhoods, and many here and now situations - both minor and major events - can trigger these feelings from long ago that we haven't yet healed and resolved.

On occasions when a past feeling is evoked, if we utilize that opportunity to follow the feeling for the purpose of healing, it can change us within and changes the world around us at the same time. In our journey to heal our relationship with power, there is great benefit to addressing these feelings as they are triggered in our lives, both through committing not to act on them, and also following them to the root for healing.

As therapists whose relationship with power can affect not only ourselves and those close to us, but also our clients, we especially have a responsibility to learn to draw the boundary between feeling and action, and to do the inner work to heal these intense feelings within ourselves. In this way, we can help ensure the safety of our clients in their own healing journey, help our clients heal their own relationships with power, and help to bring much-needed safety into our world.

Every choice you make to not hurt someone today - yourself or others - for what you experienced long ago in your childhood, makes your world and our world safer, today and in the future.

This five-part teleconference will utilize a talk, readings from the book Power Abused, Power Healed and articles by Judith Barr, and group and individual experiential work, all to help participants take some steps in exploring the theme of abuse of power in the healing professions, and its effect on the safety of our lives, the lives of our clients, and the life of our world.

It is Judith’s hope that through this series, participants will feel safe within themselves and within the group to explore the roots and the impact of the misuse and abuse of power, especially in places where we believe we are safe, in our childhood homes, our classrooms, our houses of worship, our therapists’ offices.

About Judith Barr, MS, LPC, LMHC

Judith Barr, MS, LPC, LMHC

Judith Barr has been a depth psychotherapist in private practice since 1975, and has earned an M.S. in Counseling and licensure as a Mental Health Counselor in Florida, New York, and Connecticut. She has published a life-changing book, Power Abused, Power Healed, as well as an audio series and more than four dozen articles for both professionals and the general public. Her unique and innovative work connecting the national and international world with the individual's inner world, includes teachings about our relationships with power, food and money, such as her life-changing workshop, "Healing Your Relationship with Money."

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. Through her numerous speaking engagements, and radio, TV and print interviews, Judith touches lives, teaching and inspiring us to make the world safe from the inside-out.

Continuing Education (CE) Information

7 CE credits will be provided for attending all 5 parts of this teleconference series.

How the Web Conference Works

In short, participants will join the teleconference by calling into the teleconference center and entering an access code. This workshop series is unique in that it will present didactic material and offer an opportunity to engage into your own personal psychological and emotional world via personal reflection, the witnessing of others, and the possibility of doing a session with Judith during the teleconference. If you're interested in volunteering to do a session with Judith, please contact the GoodTherapy.org Support Team for more information.

Registration Information

This teleconference is available for free to GoodTherapy.org members.

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