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Cedar is a consultant and teacher on ethics and ethical issues. She has been designing, developing, and teaching this approach since 1994. Cedar’s background includes 30 years as a psychotherapist and 25 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 and a member of the Naropa University Adjunct Faculty.

She maintains a private psychotherapy and ethics consulting practice in Boulder/Denver and teaches both Right Use of Power™ and Hakomi nationally and internationally.

The Right Use of Power™ educational materials and exercises were developed by Cedar over a period of 20 years and dozens of trainings.

These teachings have been influenced by many sources in Cedar’s background. She is particularly grateful for her extensive experiences as an administrator, therapist, and trainer of the the Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy, chair of both the Hakomi Institute International Ethics Committee (HIEC) and the United States Association of Body Psychotherapy (USABP) Ethics Committee, ethics expert contributor to GoodTherapy.org, consultant to numerous organizations, and ceremonialist with the Earth Song Ceremonial Dance Community.

Learn more about Cedar’s additional contributions to the world on her website, www.CedarBarstow.com.

Professional Certified Coach (PCC, ICF-certified), Certified Business Coach Master® and Associate Right Use of Power Teacher/Facilitator.

I am an entrepreneur, the founder and CEO of Diversitas Oy (Ltd). This is the container for the synthesis of my passions; professional coaching and leadership development.

My business background is rooted in hospitality management, with fifteen years of experience in increasingly responsible leadership positions. Twelve years in the language service sector was an integral step in client-focused service and consulting. My most recent leadership positions have been within the professional training and coaching industry as a project director and CEO of a Finnish pioneering coaching company.

My mission is supporting the growth of leaders and executives, developing their leadership efficiency and level of self-awareness. I use a variety of thought provoking models and techniques, for instance working on presence. I appreciate how the Right Use of Power methodology has been instrumental for me personally and the missing piece of a puzzle in bringing leadership development topics together.

As a professional coach, I continue to focus on personal growth and development. The most recent modalities added to my coaching and training practices are from somatic psychology.
I am a HAKOMI Therapist (Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy) and Certified Trainer
of WholeBody Focusing.

I am an Associate Right Use of Power Teacher/Facilitator (2021) and also serve on the board of the Right Use of Power Institute.

Dr. Amanda Aguilera is a consultant, teacher and strategist in the area of power-and-equity consciousness and conflict resolution. Driven by her core values of curiosity, courage, and connection, Amanda is adept at putting things together in new ways, creating visuals that help make learning more accessible, and communicating complex ideas in simple ways.

Amanda has a commitment to be courageous in the service of reducing and repairing harm in relationship and promoting the cultural shift toward power-and-equity consciousness, conflict positivity and conflict competency.

At the core of her academic and personal passion is the advancement in understanding social power dynamics and deepening the personal and collective uses of power in the world with wisdom and compassion.

Her doctoral dissertation focused on the dynamics of shame and power in the justice system and she continues to develop theoretical models in the intrapersonal and interpersonal experiences of power dynamics, including the integration of neurobiology, contemplative practices and restorative practices as they relate to power differentials.