3-Hour Ethics Event: The Right Use of Power: An Experiential Approach to Embodied Ethics

"The Right Use of Power: An Experiential Approach to Embodied Ethics"

Presenter: Gregory Gaiser, Hakomi Trainer, CMT and Pastoral Counselor

Join us for a The Right Use of Power: A 3 hour Ethics CEUs Workshop for therapists.

Location: Cover 3 2700 W. Anderson Ln.
Full Breakfast Buffet is included.
Please note seating is limited.

Right Use of Power (RUP) is a dynamic way to explore issues of ethics and power, both personal and professional. This approach brings heart and soul to ethics, and builds sensitivity and awareness to the use of power and influence. 

Core concepts of the work are to:

• Be informed and present
• Be compassionate and aware
• Be concerned and accountable
• Be skillful and wise
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Learning Objectives:

• To create a context where participants discover their own gifts and liabilities around ethical issues
  
• Utilizing mindfulness when considering ethical issues
  
• The history and genesis of RUP
  
• A brief review of both developmental and traumatic transference and countertransference
  
• Experiential/embodied learning about power differentials in the therapeutic relationship
  
• Embodied learning about repairing relationships when a client feels injured

  
  

Gregory Gaiser is an Organizational Consultant, Pastoral Counselor, Certified Hakomi Trainer and a Right Use of Power (RUP) Teacher. Gregory first studied Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology in 1981 in Boulder, CO. Originally trained in massage therapy, Gregory maintains an avid interest in developments in body psychology as well as advances in neuroscience relevant to the field. His upbringing in the Methodist church and his training in Buddhist meditation are important influences in his work. He utilizes RUP theory and techniques to address ethical issues between individuals and groups. He has also specialized in resolving trauma through the body, and has taught this as well as traditional Hakomi in Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. Gregory also co-designed and taught a graduate level course called Trauma and the Body at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy which included clinical applications of massage for survivors and families of the Columbine shootings and the Bosnian War. He has also taught body centered psychology at Lauterstein-Conway School of Massage in Austin, TX. His passion is assisting people and organizations in developing a clear sense of purpose, emotional intelligence and resiliency, and increased capacity for authentic connection.