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Where Do Southwestern Grads Work? Alicia Hoffman
I have been in a private practice setting with Urban Balance in Chicago since 2011, painting and blogging about my work. Alicia Hoffman, LPCPsychotherapistUrban Balance, LLC www.urbanbalance.com Here is an...
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no commentsMarika Richard’s Seasonal Affective Disorder Treatment & Light Center, LLC
I am a 2005 alumni from the Art Therapy program. Since graduating from SWC I have been on many adventures as a therapist working in home-based and outpatient settings as...
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Jean Janu: “I love my work and this is truly what I am meant to do.”
Jean graduated from SWC in 2012 in Counseling with concentration in Grief, Loss, and Trauma. She is currently working as a contract BH counselor at La Clinica Del Pueblo in...
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Jean Janu: “I love my work and this is truly what I am meant to do.”
Jean graduated from SWC in 2012 in Counseling with concentration in Grief, Loss, and Trauma. She is currently working as a contract BH counselor at La Clinica Del Pueblo in...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern College Grads Work? Jaffa frank
Jaffa V. Frank, M.A., LMHC After graduating with my M.A. in Grief, Loss, and Trauma Counseling at Southwestern College in 2008, I did hospice bereavement counseling in Albuquerque, which was...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern College Grads Work? Brian Miller
Brian Miller, M.A., LPCC Hello dear friends and colleagues, This has been a busy few years for me since graduation in 2008. I continue to live in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Patricia Meek
Patricia L. Meek, LPC, MFA, NFT, Noah: A Supernatural Eco Thriller was published by All Things that Matter Press and was released December 1, 2011. I began the novel while living in...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern College Grads Work? Ashley M. Simpson’s Art Therapy internship now full time in OK
I am very busy. I am finishing up my supervision for my ATR and LPC here in Oklahoma. Even cooler, my supervisor is also a SWC grad! I am working...
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no commentsKate Latimer, Freedom through Bridging the Mind/Body Connection
Kate Latimer, Santa Fe, NM I took a hiatus from the counseling world after the birth of my daughter in April of 2011, leaving my much loved job as a...
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no commentsWhere Southwestern College Grads Work: Luisa Kolker…
Luisa Kolker graduated from Southwestern College, where she studied Counseling. Interestingly, I met her through Social Media, where I became aware of this really funny, transparent and seemingly wise woman...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Rosemary Eads
Rosemary Eads, M.A. My private practice is now located in Northborough, Massachusetts. I moved here in April of 2011, and within nine months, began my first ever waiting list! I specialize...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Sara (Jordan) Skowronski
Sara (Jordan) Skowronski, LPC, ATR-BC,CAGS (certificate of advanced graduate studies in Expressive arts) I graduated in 2004 from the Art Therapy Program. Since that time I have greatly appreciated the...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Niccole Toral
Niccole Toral has been working for the past three years with Sangre De Cristo Community Health Partnership, a nonprofit organization providing rural based behavioral health services. In addition, she and her...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Trixie Pujol
Trixie Pujol is doing early intervention work with children ages 1-4 years old in Los Alamos and Santa Fe, primarily with kids with autism, and runs a monthly support group for...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Arthur Panaro, M.A., LPCC
Arthur Panaro, M.A., LPCC, 1994In the early '90's wondering where to study, I met Robert Waterman, and I am glad I took his counsel: "Just look at where you keep...
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no commentsSWC Graduate, Carol Christianson, Santa Fe Counselor and Hynotherapist
Carol Christianson I graduated in 1995 and worked in the mental health field as a counselor in various agencies in NM, eventually becoming an academic advisor for 7 years. In...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Gretchen Wachs
1998 Grad, Gretchen Wachs, LMHC Having worked as a visual artist for most of my life puts me in a unique position as a creative psychotherapist, as I am no...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Jack Lehman, Counseling
1996 Grad, Jack Lehman, MA, LPCC Certified Trainer – Center for Nonviolent Communication. In Thailand, north of Chiang Mai, I worked individually with workshop participants in front of a group....
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Michele “Ama Wehali” Rozbitsky
1990 Grad, Michele “Ama Wehali” Rozbitsky has developed a domestic violence program for the Eight Northern Pueblos called ‘Peace Keepers’, worked as a crisis counselor, art therapist and in outpatient mental...
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no commentsWhere do Southwestern Grads Work? Rick Cotroneo, Counseling
1985 Graduate, Rick Cotroneo I started a part-time practice in classical homeopathy. My background in Education made me a candidate to serve as a commissioner on the Accreditation Commission...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Zachary Campbell
Zachary Campbell has been working in Coon Rapids, MN as the Assistant Director of Housing with Services for Mary T. Inc. Mary T. Inc. provides enhanced lifestyles through affordable rental housing,...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Arlene Burke
Arlene Burke, LMHC, I recently opened a private practice in Art Therapy/Counseling. My office, Wheelhouse Studio, is next to my home in Aldea de Santa Fe. I continue to manage the...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Deb Heikes, Counseling
During my Masters Program at Southwestern College, I obtained a certificate as a Gestalt Therapist by the Gestalt Institute of Santa Fe. I graduated Southwestern College March 2006 and began...
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no commentsVision Quest Dreams Become Reality- Jessica Ventura-Ewing
Jessica Ventura-Ewing "Until You Know Yourself Happiness Cannot Come To You" ~ Yogi Tea When thinking about the maternal lineage in my family the feeling that kept presenting itself was...
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no commentsSouthwestern Grad, Matthew David, Santa Fe Therapist and Harmonica Player
Matthew David I'm working in private practice in Santa Fe. My office is located at 1807 Second Street, in the Second Street Studio complex. I've been doing this exclusively, on...
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no commentsSouthwestern Grad, Lauren Taylor, working as Art Therapist in Oklahoma
Lauren Taylor Oklahoma City, OK I graduated in 2010 with the MA in Art Therapy and Counseling, and just received my LPC in February of 2013. While under supervision...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern Grads Work? Kristin Sellke Koepke,
Art TherapistKristin Sellke Koepke Wauwatosa, WI I graduated from Southwestern in 2002 with my MA in Art Therapy. Since then I have lived in Illinois, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. I have...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Paul Grim, Counselor
My wife Fern, foster daughter Kari, doggie Otto, and I are homesteading on our land in Lyle, WA where we have a 10,000 square foot vegetable "patch", solar power, and wood cooker....
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no commentsWhat do Southwestern Grads Do For Work? Robert Levithan, Counselor, Writer
Hi, I graduated from SWC in 1994 when my life-expectancy was two years. I am happy to report that medical breakthroughs have helped me to be in near-perfect health for...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern Grads Work? Jennifer Albright, Art Therapy/Counseling
Jennifer G. Albright, MA, ATR, LPC/MHSP Graduated in 2003. Professionally, I am working with Experiential Healing Center with private practice serving children, adolescents, and adults with individual, family, group services....
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern Grads Work? Laura Lansrud-Lopez, Art Therapy/Counseling
Laura L. Lansrud-Lopez, M.S., M.A., LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, CTS I was working full-time as the Family Services Program Coordinator for TeamBuilders Counseling Services when I graduated from the Art Therapy...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Heather Wulfers, Art Therapy/Counseling
Heather Wulfers, LMHC, ATR I graduated from the Art Therapy/Counseling program in March 2010 and have been working as a licensed therapist both at Southwestern Counseling Center and in private...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Andrew Fearnside, Counseling
Andrew Fearnside LMHC I work as a psychotherapist for a small agency in Albuquerque, NM, providing treatment for a wide variety of folks with problems centered in addiction, trauma, grief...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Alex (Pschorr) Calhoun
Alex (Pschorr) Calhoun , LMHCI completed my internship in Albuquerque, NM as part of the Southwest Family Guidance Center and Institute’s Suicide Assessment Team. I must say that 2011 was a...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Craig McAdams, Counseling
Craig McAdams, M.A. LMHC, After returning from internship in Peru, I graduated with a Master’s in Counseling from Southwestern College in 2012 and became a member of the Board of...
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no commentsWhere Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Magdalena Karlick, Art Therapy/Counseling
Magdalena Karlick, ATR, LPAT, LPCC, since graduating from Southwestern College in 2009, I got married and gave birth at home to 2 sons, Judah Marley, almost 3 yrs old, and...
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no commentsWhere Southwestern Grads Work: David Hudson, Art Therapy/Counseling
David Hudson, M.A., ATR-BC, LPCC, is employed by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs as a Readjustment Counseling Therapist. He specializes in the treatment of chronic, combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder,...
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no commentsWhere Southwestern Grads Work: Shauna Perry, Art Therapy/Counseling
Shauna Perry, M.A., LPC, I graduated from the Art Therapy/Counseling program at Southwestern College in the Fall of 2010. I am currently living in Denver, CO and working for Jewish...
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no commentsSocial Media and Informed Consent for Therapists: PLEASE READ THIS!
"Your Informed Consent Form is Out of Date--You Just Don't Know It Yet" --by Laura Lansrud-Lopez A primary responsibility of art therapists and mental health counselors is to protect our...
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no commentsGraduate Amy Krok Looks Back on Her Personal Transformation at Southwestern College
It was a vision. On the rising from sleep one idle morning, the young 25-year-old girl experienced something out of this world; the girl saw clearly before her, her future....
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no commentsSouthwestern College (Santa Fe) Alumni Event; My Reflections….
By Laura L. Lansrud-López How many Southwestern College graduates does it take to create a strand of prayer flags illustrating our vision of facilitating positive change in the world? I...
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no commentsSouthwestern College, Santa Fe, Honors its Alumni
The Best Graduate School in the United States! OK, I am biased a little bit... This afternoon, at Southwestern College we held an event to honor the Alumni of...
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no comments“Failure”–A Great Transformational Opportunity, by Alicia Hoffman, Graduate of SWC
The Alchemical Possibilities of Failure....by Alicia Hoffman... “My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them,” Bono. I agree with...
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no commentsSacred Relationship…by Patricia Meek
Southwestern College Alumna, Patricia Meek, Recounts a Mission of Healing in the Mountains Sacred Relationship “The winds end when the snow caps of Mount Blanca melt.” This is a common...
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no commentsCarol Parker's Peru Photos from Spring, 2012
Southwestern College, Santa Fe Internship Opportunities These photos were sent along from Dr. Carol Parker to share a little bit about our students' experiences going to Peru...It is a visual...