Southwestern College Certificate Specialty Programs expand your scope of professional expertise and enhances your marketability as a Counselor and Art Therapy / Counselor. The programs consist of a series of intensive offerings in clinically relevant areas of professional practice, including Grief, Loss & Trauma, Children’s Mental Health, Transformational Ecopsychology and more.

The Certificate Programs are open to people with an undergraduate or graduate degree. Many of our current M.A. degree students take coursework from our certificate programs to create specialty area(s) in their studies. Much of the coursework in the Certificate Programs is offered in weekend seminars/trainings and may earn 20 CECs or 2 graduate credits.

Participants are not required to apply for a certificate program to take individual seminars.

Spring 2013 Certificate and Community Education Schedule

Program Descriptions

Children’s Mental Health
Grief, Loss and Trauma
Interpersonal Neurobiology, Somatics and Action Methods
Transformational Ecopsychology
 Vision Quest Leadership
PhotoTherapy Techniques 

Admissions Information

Children’s Mental Health
Grief, Loss and Trauma
Interpersonal Neurobiology, Somatics and Action Methods
Transformational Ecopsychology

Students may take up to three classes before submitting an application for a certificate. Application requirements for a certificate are an application, a $25 application fee, three confidential recommendations, a transcript with Bachelor’s award, and an interview with the program director.  Accepted degree students are not required to submit letters of recommendation and transcripts.

Certificate Specialty Program Non-Degree Application
Certificate Specialty Program Degree Application

For more information, contact the Director of Admissions admissions@swc.edu or toll-free at 877-471-5756