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#AATA2017: American Art Therapy Association Convention in Albuquerque!
Here in Albuquerque, the town is abuzz with over a thousand Art Therapist burning down the house... How great to experience! I feel honored to be among them... SO many...
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Meltdown! (Looking at the World We Live In: Yikes!) by Deb Schroder
Meltdown! No matter where one lands in terms of politics in our country right now, the stress of what we see and hear in the news can melt one’s sense...
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Male Therapists in Training, Including Native New Mexicans!
There aren't enough male therapists out there, and there are definitely not enough male therapists of color, or Spanish-speaking male therapists, or male therapists born and raised in Northern New...
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Are You An Artist Who Also Wants to Help People? Art Therapy!
Are You an Artist Who Also Wants to Help People? “Art Therapy” is a thing. A real thing. It combines Psychology and Art. And Healing. And Personal Growth. And...
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Art Therapy Techniques: Studio Art Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery Beth Lykins, an Art Therapy/Counseling student finishing up the first part of the Southwestern College masters program, approached the Wild Heart Gallery about hosting an exhibition featuring...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Jessica Morris
Wild Heart Gallery The term, “manifold” can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means “having numerous different parts, elements,...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Chelsea Slay
Wild Heart Gallery The term, “manifold” can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means “having numerous different parts, elements,...
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Manifold Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery The term, "manifold" can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means "having numerous different parts, elements,...
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Voices In America Featuring SWC
Voices in America chose Southwestern College/New Earth Institute as a unique, unsung, yet storied institution, to feature in television slots between full PBS broadcast shows....
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Ancestors Visible: An Art-Based Genogram Show
Wild Heart Gallery Monday, April 10th, 2017 Southwestern College's Wild Heart Gallery hosted the first opening night gala of the quarter. Deb Schroder, Program Chair of the Art Therapy/Counseling Program,...
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Flexible Resonating Or Who are You Drawn To? by Deb Schroder
Flexible Resonating Or Who are You Drawn To? As a child I really loved “Bunny Rabbit”, the silent bunny on Captain Kangaroo. I suppose that could have predicted my introverted...
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Moment of Truth Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery To find out more about the exhibition in the Wild Heart Gallery called Moment of Truth, I sat down with Sarah Ehle, the liaison for the cohort of...
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How Do I Become a Professional Counselor?
Dr. Nolan answers the question "How do I become a professional counselor?"...
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Values and Understandings of Southwestern College’s Art Therapy/Counseling Program
A bold and beautiful articulation of the Values and Understandings of the Southwestern College Art Therapy/Counseling Program faculty members. ...
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“We cannot heal the earth until we heal ourselves. We cannot heal ourselves until we heal the earth.” by Ann Filemyr
"We cannot heal the earth until we heal ourselves. We cannot heal ourselves until we heal the earth." Kari-Oca Declaration of the 1992 Parliament of Indigenous Peoples In 1992 I...
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Why Southwestern College for a Master’s in Counseling?
Reasons why you want to get your Master's in Counseling at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico......
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Worried About Licensing Exams? Or Starting Your First Job As a Therapist?
Students often worry about whether they are learning what they need to know to pass exams and succeed on their first jobs. Some words of wisdom about that......
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Micaela Wood
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine "Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Jessica Morris
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine "Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Laura Murphy
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine "Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they...
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The Fully Human Adolescent
This essay was written as a reflection paper for Applied Theories of Human Development. In this class we discussed different stages of development in the human lifespan. As we all...
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First Year Student Living in New Mexico for the First Time
Being a first year student and new resident to New Mexico, orientation and the thought of the first day of classes was very intimidating. However, orientation was a great time....
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The Hogwarts Express
I am nearing the end of the first quarter of graduate school, and I can barely believe I am here- a sentiment it appears I share with many of my...
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III Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery Featured in the Wild Heart Gallery until November 8th, is an exhibition of ceramic works from three Southwestern College students who took classes over the summer with...