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Posted April 27th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC.
“How Can I Help?”, a book by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, asks a critical question of potential Art Therapists/Counselors, others in the professions such as medicine, psychology, social work, the ministry, education, and humans in general. We read this book, which explores the topics of altruism and self care in the helping professions, in…
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Posted April 24th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
In a difficult conversation, when I'm considering saying something controversial, I find that it really helps to preface it with three magic words: "My story is..." This allows me to express my perspective while simultaneously owning it. Owning my perspective creates space for the other person to have their own perspective (which may be different…
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Posted April 23rd, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Come Undone by Laura Schoff
I feel with such a passion that art has the capacity to heal in many different ways. It has been my support, my processing, my guide, my inner world displayed. Without this art, I may have not have completed my first classes at Southwestern. A year and a half(ish) ago,…
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Posted April 17th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
When I'm finishing up a session of meditation, I sometimes set an intention to continue doing nothing throughout my day. That doesn't mean I won't move from my meditation cushion—it means I'll take a wait-and-see approach to my day. It means acknowledging I'm not in control—and letting go. I simply wait and watch what my…
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Posted April 13th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, SWC Blog.
The technology of the internet... what does it mean? Does the internet teach social skills? Does it matter? Can we make connections via the internet and are they real? What about personal narrative? How does digital media affect us?
In this video interview Dr. Natalie Carlton discusses the topic of digital media as narrative, people's…
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Posted April 12th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
From 2002 through 2010, I went on storm chasing trips to the Great Plains around Texas almost every spring. Toward the end of these years, I started getting more insight into the psychological roots of my fascination with storms, and I stopped doing as much storm chasing. I wrote the following piece in the spring…
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Posted April 6th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Oh, yes, yes I do… like big books, art therapy and counseling tomes (including books about expressive arts therapies and indigenous and ancient healing traditions) and I cannot lie. One of the best…
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Posted April 3rd, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Often, when I'm experiencing uncomfortable feelings and moods, I'm barely conscious of them. It's not that these feelings are subtle and hard to detect—at times they can be pretty intense and still be mostly unconscious. It is as if I am the feeling (as opposed to being aware of it). I make a practice of…
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Posted March 27th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
Sometimes I'll get compliments like, "You're so organized!" At these times, I'll often respond by saying, "Thanks! That's true, I am—except when I'm not!" That's because I try not to think of myself as being any particular thing—responsible, irresponsible, loving, hateful, or whatever.
In my experience, when I get invested in a particular idea about…
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Posted March 20th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
When I got accepted at Southwestern College (in Santa Fe), I had been living in Albuquerque for about a decade. My wife and I felt quite comfortable in Albuquerque, and we were not inclined to move to Santa Fe. It was clear that I would be commuting; the question was, how?
The Rail Runner train…
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Posted March 6th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
2nd Year SWC student Caitlin Harper explores her perspective on the use of humor in counseling. …
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Posted March 5th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Influenced by archetypes and art therapy, Sprout explores the interplay between the unconscious and conscious parts of the psyche. …
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Posted February 28th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
This is a remarkable and brief video capturing Natascha's experience at the College...
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Posted February 24th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
WOUNDED HEALER AS MAMA by Ivy Whisper
I was eight months pregnant with my first son when Gloria called me and said that she needed to talk to me about my friend Rose. She said that Rose had died the day before and that she’d been struggling with postpartum depression.
We had both…
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Posted February 10th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI.
Sylvan Schneider is excited about Southwestern College's certificate program in Human Sexuality...…
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Posted February 8th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
Counseling student at Southwestern College, explores his own gender, and which gender language best suits him. …
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Posted January 28th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories.
"Everything comes from shit." --Daniel Lanois
2014 was a long year.
In late May of 2014, I was about to complete the Preliminary Studies Program at the Santa Fe Jung Institute and a semester of study in contemporary psychodynamic work. Having completed 3,000 hours of direct client contact the previous autumn, I had been…
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Posted January 27th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
Back in the 1990s, when I was in graduate school the first time around (for my computer science degree), I was man in a world of men. I remember passing by an English literature classroom back then, noticing a few men in a room full of women, and thinking to myself, "Wow, I wonder what…
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Posted January 23rd, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
I'm in my second year of a Masters degree program in counseling at Southwestern College, finishing up my last quarter of classes before my internship. Having been here a while, I think I'm now qualified to say a bit about what Southwestern College is all about, from a student's perspective. So here's what I'm going…
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Posted December 7th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
Exploring the simple pleasure of walking through personal narrative. …
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Posted November 15th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.
by Debbie Schroder
Program Chair for Art Therapy/Counseling Program
It doesn’t really surprise me that as we approach the eighth week of the quarter, I’m finally able to spend a little time putting together an image that contains mandalas created by incoming art therapy students, during orientation. The quarter has been full – of teaching…
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Posted November 7th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
Jim Nolan discusses the differences (historically) between Clinical and Counseling Psychology....…
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Posted November 6th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
"Wholeness for humans depends on the ability to own their own shadow." -C.G. Jung…
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Posted October 26th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
Sylvan Schneider offers a very touching and real account of how dogs can bring healing into our lives...…
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