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Attracting New Clients

Posted April 30th, 2014 by & filed under SWC Blog.

This is episode 8 of the Aspiring Coaches and Therapists podcast, by Emilah Dawn DeToro and Jacob Gotwals. In this episode (recorded in November 2013), we talk about various ways of attracting new clients: what we’ve tried, what we like, what’s worked for us, and what hasn’t. Listen Now / Download (Duration: 41:52 — 28.8MB) …
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Psychotherapy as a Creative Process with Tejal Murray

Posted April 30th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Where do SWC Grads Work, People of SWC.

This is episode 9 of the Aspiring Coaches and Therapists podcast, by Jacob Gotwals. In this episode (recorded in January 2014), I interview Tejal Murray, who completed a master’s in art therapy / counseling at Southwestern College. Listen Now / Download (Duration: 42:55 — 29.5MB) Find out: How Tejal’s background as an artist supports…
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Re-using Possibilities

Posted April 15th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, SWC Blog.

I am a big fan of reusing materials into new forms. Broken bits glued together to make guardians; Torn fabric to make new yarn or a rug; Old shoes into a Journey; Or large boxes into castles. After reading, Endangered Threads: Socially Committed Community Art Action, by Janis Timm Bottos (2011),  I knew that there…
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Under the Mask, the Space in Between

Posted April 14th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, SWC Blog.

I'll start with an ending. One Art Therapy Techniques class in 2014 ended with each member of the group creating an altar of the art that was made during the quarter. We made Mandalas every class, as well as masks, body tracings, finger painting, inner guides and characters, and containers. In that class, I made…
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Jack Lehman, Counseling

Posted March 10th, 2014 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.

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. It was a 2-day Introduction to Nonviolent Communication. I spent much of the winter of ‘10 -’11 in Thailand and gave 3 workshops there and…
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Alex (Pschorr) Calhoun

Posted March 9th, 2014 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.

Alex (Pschorr) Calhoun, LMHC I 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 big year for me!  In 2012, I found myself graduated and happily married.  Currently, I am working as a psychotherapist counselor and coordinating bi-lingual…
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Where Southwestern Grads Work: David Hudson, Art Therapy/Counseling

Posted March 9th, 2014 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.

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, as well as military sexual trauma. Using a variety of modalities and interventions in long- and short-term psychotherapy, he serves veterans from the conflicts in…
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Where Do Southwestern Grads Work? Jennifer Albright, Art Therapy/Counseling

Posted March 9th, 2014 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.

Jennifer G. Albright, MA, ATR, LPC/MHSP Graduated in 2003. Professionally, I am working with Experiential Healing Center in private practice serving children, adolescents, and adults with individual, family and group services. In addition, I am teaching Methods and Principles of Substance Abuse Counseling at Southwest TN Community College. I continue to work with at-risk boys…
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Natascha Holmes’ Art Opening– Exploring the Inner World Through Color

Posted February 15th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.

By Natascha Holmes, M.A., LMHC Opening Reception was February 28, 2014 at Wildheart Gallery, Southwestern College Campus, Santa Fe, NM When I am working with the materials and an image comes forth, I am aware that a story is unfolding.   It really is my honor to be the channel for the colors, shapes and…
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Guiding A Person Through Ambivalence with Motivational Interviewing

Posted February 10th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories.

by Amy Hautman Bates As a student practicing therapeutic work, I have been uncomfortable with the power dynamic between clients and therapists. As a counselor, I don’t like “playing the expert” and as a client, I don't like talking to someone when they act like they know more about me than I know about myself.…
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Career and Life – Creating a Vision Board with Collage

Posted February 3rd, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories.

Making Vision boards - Popularized by Oprah and Martha Beck In Career and Life Development class Webb Garrison kicked off the vision board project by leading us through a long meditation where we walked into a forest  and eventually came upon a treasure chest.  We opened the chest to see what was inside. These dreamy…
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