Since 2006, Transformational EcoPsychology students at SWC have been reconnecting to Mother Earth by going on vision quests, praying in sweat lodges, practicing Andean energy healing techniques, and participating in other indigenous healing ceremonies. But how have these folks been applying what they learn, once they are out in the professional world of mental…
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Living here in Santa Fe means "living on the edge"...the edge of the High Desert, of course, but also the edginess of transformation,healing, and initiation. At Southwestern College, students and teachers find themselves almost daily on some "edge" as we encounter and work with one another, our clients, and ourselves, often in profound connection with…
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I am going on my ninth year here at SWC and I remember very well when I arrived in Santa Fe. I came from Friday Harbor where I had been overseeing a whale adoption program featuring the resident orca pods in the Salish Sea (Puget Sound). How did a trained counselor end up…
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