Certificate Programs

Overview

The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers Certificate Programs to expand your scope of professional expertise and enhance 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:

Children’s Mental Health

Grief, Loss and Trauma

Interpersonal Neurobiology, Somatics and Action Methods

Transformational Ecopsychology

Vision Quest Leadership

PhotoTherapy Techniques

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.

Summer 2013 Certificate and Continuing Education  Schedule

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