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no commentsWhen Fear, Finances & Destiny Paths Collide…On Choosing Against Your Heart
The Affordability of Graduate School Revisited... Dru tells me that many people who look seriously into Southwestern College decide to “stay closer to home”,or decide that “money is an issue”....
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1 commentsMusings on the Nature of “Ceremony”
Ceremony at Southwestern College Please offer your own thoughts in response to these musings... There are probably many orientations to “Ceremony”, and I am going to talk about two of...
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no commentsWhat Does This “Consciousness” Business Actually Look Like?
Consciousness Studies at Southwestern College, Santa Fe Discussions about Consciousness and what we mean by it can be energized, animated, spirited, and occasionally, unharmonious. The Scientist and the Metaphysician begin...
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no commentsI Don’t Know Nothin’. And That’s My Path.
Wisdom (?) from Southwestern College, Santa Fe... Following a spiritual or a destiny path is hard. I know a lot of people who claim to be on one, or who...
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It Is Hard Being an INFP, Part 2
The World According to Myers-Briggs: More Travails of the INFP –from Dr. Jim Nolan of Southwestern College, Santa Fe (offering fully accredited, master’s degrees in holistic Counseling and Art Therapy/Counseling)...
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no commentsSouthwestern College in Transformation !!
Southwestern College, Santa Fe, Transforms Inside and Out... Southwestern College’s physical campus has been undergoing a great transformation over the past three years. What has become clear to me...
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no commentsSoul Informs Form, Form Inspires Soul: The Dance
Southwestern College in Transformation... Southwestern College’s physical campus has been undergoing a great transformation over the past three years. What has become clear to me is the reciprocal...
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no commentsA Day in the Life of a Southwestern College Counseling Graduate
Chris Chappell shares the intimate details of his clinical work at Solace Crisis Treatment Center... I am working 32 hours a week as a bilingual clinician at Solace Crisis...
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no commentsSanta Fe, Austin, Boulder, Portland: The Invisible Ties…
(Southwestern College has been in Santa Fe for over thirty years, and is fully accredited...) It seems like there are a handful of towns that have ley lines running between...
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no commentsA Million Questions and No Answers…
"He who hath no answers doth not great trust engender; he who is certain of the answers, less yet." What does it mean when dozens of "interventions"...
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no commentsConsciousness Reflected in SWC Intern’s (Eric Golden) Paper….
Southwestern College Intern's Reflections... Some of you wonder what we mean by "transforming consciousness through education", and what that looks like in the world. Well, I would offer you this...
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no commentsIs College “Affordability” the Only Issue? by President Nolan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-michael-nolan/are-you-sure-affordabilit_b_1754346.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false...
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no commentsShips Are Safe in the Harbor, But That Is Not What Ships Are Made For…
Ships Are Safe in the Harbor, But That is Not What Ships Are Made For Dru tells me that many people who look seriously into Southwestern College decide to...
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no commentsChinese Medicine and Mental Health, by Dr. Jesse Hoover, DOM
(Guest Blogger Dr. Hoover is the husband of Southwestern College Art Therapy graduate, Mutsumi Shoji...He is in private practice in Santa Fe, and works with Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal...
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no commentsAre There Jobs for Men in Counseling and Art Therapy? Yeah, Bro.
A Few Good Men Wanted. Actually, a Lot of Them. Southwestern College in Santa Fe has about 150 Master’s level students, and about 135 of those are women. This is not a...
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no commentsThe Route from Higher Ed to a Career is Often Scenic & Indirect…
CLICK THIS URL.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-michael-nolan/is-education-supposed-to-_b_1679458.html But is the whole point of education to "get a job??" This piece of mine was published today in the Huffington Post... ...
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no commentsHow Are Jobs Created? One Southwestern College Perspective…
Click This URL ! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-michael-nolan/new-thought-on-job-creati_b_1679264.html This is from my most recent (July, 2012) published blog piece for Huffington Post...Any effort you make to share, tweet, re-tweet, like or otherwise spread...
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no commentsThere Are Not Four Directions: A Poem
There are not Four Directions, as there are not Seven Chakras. There is no Holy Trinity, as there is no “New Mexico.” It is OK to pretend, to tell...
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no commentsSouthwestern College’s Invitation to Blog…
Southwestern College's Invitation to Blog: Students, Alumni, Faculty, Friends… Southwestern College’s Blog Page, as of, well, right this minute, has had 27,162 “Views” since its inception on November 2nd, 2011....
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no commentsDr. Nolan’s Awesome, Healing Blog is the Greatest…
Language Can Hijack Life Itself, if You’re Not Careful… I wish we would save the word “trauma” for trauma, and not apply it to describe inconveniences, experiences we did not...
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no commentsSouthwestern College (Santa Fe) Clinical Training (and what Employers think of our Students)
Clinical Training at Southwestern College, Santa Fe Dru and I were talking today, as we are wont to do, and here is what came up. We both wondered why...
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no commentsWhat’s Up With President Nolan and Krishna?
Southwestern College, Santa Fe What’s Up With Me and Krishna? I think I have some kind of destiny crossing with Lord Krishna, 8th avatar of Vishnu. Which, on the...
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President Nolan’s Inspirational Reading List in Both Philosophical and “Business” Related Stuff
Southwestern College's Presidential Recommended Reading List, from Stuff He Has Read in the Past Eight Months or so.... I have begun an initiative with staff and administration to share...
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no commentsManifesting a Desire to Bring Photography & Therapy Together at Southwestern College
PhotoTherapy at Southwestern College, Santa Fe OK, I am not a painting and drawing guy. I think I am creative in certain realms, and could be artistic in others, if...
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1 commentsJudy Weiser’s PhotoTherapy Coming to Southwestern College!
Announcement: Southwestern College to Offer Judy Weiser’s PhotoTherapy Southwestern College is extremely honored and pleased to announce that Judy Weiser, R. Psych, A.T.R., is now an Adjunct Faculty...
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no commentsEthics in the Helping Professions: Moving from Swats to Consciousness…
Originally published in Huffington Post, where Jim was invited to be a blogger in the Education area... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-michael-nolan/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-michael-nolan/...
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What Kind of Training Do Counselors Get?
What Does Counselor (& Art Therapy) Training Look Like? In graduate training for Counseling and Art Therapy, you take a number of courses related to the theory and practice of...
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no commentsClinical Training in Counseling and Art Therapy @ Southwestern College, Santa Fe
What Kind of Training do Counselors and Art Therapists Get? In graduate training for Counseling and Art Therapy, you take a number of courses related to the theory and practice...
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no commentsAre You Ready To Become a Therapist?
Becoming a Conscious Therapist, Helper, Healer... Are Your Internal Landscapes Ready? At Southwestern College, we are in the process of buying the piece of land next to the College---4.39...
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3 commentsArt Therapy as a Projective Technique
Yet another version of "What Is Art Therapy?" I am not an Art Therapist, but I studied Projective Psychological Testing in graduate school (much to the chagrin of my Counseling...
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no commentsI Want To Be a Therapist, But I Am Worried…
Graduate School: What You Are Worried About You’re worried about $$, Jobs and Whether You Can Really Be a Therapist. Worry #1: I have written...
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no commentsWhy Study Counseling at Southwestern College?
What is the difference among Counseling Programs? Why Should You Study Counseling at Southwestern College? We have a team of seven people—Robert Waterman, founder of the College (1977),...
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no commentsAddressing Affordability of SWC’s Graduate Education: Part Three: “Option Three”
Part Three OK, so here is what got me going on this “Affordability” thing—or at least it served as a kickstart, in addition to Craig McAdams saying at the...
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no commentsThree Part Series on Affordability at Southwestern College: Part Two–New Scholarships for 2012-13
Addressing Affordability of SWC’s Graduate Education: Part Two New Scholarships For academic year 2012-13, we have increased our scholarship offerings approximately SEVEN-FOLD. There are approximately thirty some opportunities...
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no commentsThree Part Series on Affordability at Southwestern College: Part One–We are NOT raising tuition for 2012-13
Addressing Affordability of SWC’s Graduate Education: Part One We Are Not Raising Tuition for Academic Year 2012-13 Southwestern College has made a decision to NOT raise tuition for academic...
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2 commentsHistoric Day for Quimby/Southwestern College…
Today, on behalf of Southwestern College, and with full support and a resolution from our Board of Trustees, I signed an agreement with Ed Nagel and the Santa Fe Community...
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no commentsCan You Afford NOT to Go to Grad School?: The Economics of the Soul
How Much Does it Cost to Become a Counselor? If I had decided not to go to graduate school and become a helper/healer, I think my soul would have just...
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no commentsConsciousness & Language: The Irishman Always Wins…
Consciousness and Language: The Irishman Always Wins Discussions about Consciousness and what we mean by it can be energized, animated, spirited, and occasionally, unharmonious. The Scientist and...
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no commentsWhat is the DIfference Between “Counseling” and “Counseling Psychology”?
Counseling vs. Counseling Psychology “Counseling” is NOT the same as “Counseling Psychology”, and if that statement surprises you, then you should keep on reading. (You should keep on reading anyway,...
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no commentsSouthwestern College Now In Visuals! Come Visit….
We now have a growing Pinterest Page! Just click below...The Old Days, Vision Quests and much more.. http://pinterest.com/swcsantafe/ ...
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no commentsNew Thought Luminaries…(a visual blog from Pinterest)
Here is the beginning of an overview of New Thought writers and thinkers, among them, of course Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, Father of New Thought, and Robert D. Waterman, founder of...
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2 commentsSaying “Yes” to Life…
Southwestern College and Saying Yes to Life... I talk with a lot of prospective students who are interested in Southwestern College. Honestly, once they have done enough homework on graduate...
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no commentsAdvisor Ron Hughes, Kris Kringle and St. Nicholas (Gorgeous Shelties…)
Fishing with Kris Kringle Kris (shortened for Kris Kringle) came to live with us at a time when our hearts needed healing. It was on the Monday before...
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no commentsNew Thought and the Roots of Southwestern College
Many philosophical, spiritual and literary lineages have contributed to the essence and development of Southwestern College, but a primary one remains somewhat unrecognized at our College, even to this day....
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no commentsRocking the Higher Ed Casbah…
From Jim Nolan, President… What a school…what a team…what a world...I have been in the presidency for 6 years now… And we have created new boards (Trustees and...