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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist : Jessica Morris
Honoring the Spectrum of Self On May 20, 2016 the Wild Heart Gallery hosted the opening night of Honoring the Spectrum of Self, an exhibition where Southwestern College staff, faculty,...
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Who’s Who at Southwestern College – Deborah Schroder
I’m the chairperson of the Art Therapy/Counseling program. I moved to Santa Fe to teach at Southwestern College in 2002, and continue to be delighted by the insightful art therapy...
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Celebrating a Leader in Art Therapy by Deborah Schroder
Howard W. McConeghey passed away on March 28, 2016 at the age of 95, in Albuquerque. He was an important leader in the field of Art Therapy and established the...
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The Call of the Times and the Rise of Art Therapy
Featured Artwork: Mandala Buddha, acrylic on paper, 36"x24", 2012, Tejal Murray Over the last few blogs, I’ve been exploring Stephen Cope’s The Great Work of Your Life in a...
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Creativity in the Classroom at Southwestern College
Students at Southwestern College show mastery of content in creative ways....
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Self-Care and HedgeHUGS
I’ve always been the type to give my time, energy and love to just about everything except for myself. I eat junk food, I can’t keep a sleep schedule to...
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Transformation Through the Light of the Lens
I have had the honor of watching the power of art therapy first hand, in my personal life recently. I asked my husband if he would mind if I shared...
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The Hogwarts of Santa Fe
This morning I was chatting with one of my lovely classmates about our first two weeks at Southwestern College. She said something that instantly resonated with me- “I feel like...
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Visual Truth: A Series on the Honesty of Art
Visual Truth: A Series on the Honesty of Art Part 1 In 2005 Stephen Colbert coined the word “truthiness” and it still mischievously pops into my head when I witness discussions...
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The Transformative Power of Group Work by Claudia Escareño-Clark
Claudia Escareño-Clark shares some reflections on her group work experience during practicum at Southwestern College. ...
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Five Fabulous Apps for SWC Grad Students
Technology, particularly device and computer apps, is a wiz-bang fabulous time saver to help you get your grad school life sorted and into maintenance mode. Plus, the entire campus is...
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Soul-Making at Southwestern College
What do you get when you rock a holistic, integrative, soulful curriculum and approach to Art Therapy and Counseling, in an innovative and powerfully transformational dual degree program? You get...
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The Southwestern Counseling Center: My Practicum Experience
Second-year student, Sylvan Schneider, offers his reflection on navigating his own therapeutic approach and being a student therapist at the Southwestern Counseling Center. ...
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Destination Grad School
Santa Fe is awesome as a grad school destination and city. Check out a few of the honors awarded to "The City Different" below (read the entire "Best of Santa Fe"...
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Home is where the HeART (Therapy) Is
By descending down into the depths of the soul, and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills, the artist attains the power of awakening other souls. ...
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Mobile Metaphor Containment
by Deb Schroder If car designers only knew what art therapists truly need (not that we’re a big enough group to be listened to by the auto industry). We turn...
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How Can I Help (with a Dual Degree in Art Therapy/Counseling from 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,...
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Come Undone
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...
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Digital Media, Personal Narrative and Art Therapy: The Great Unknown
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...
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Sprout: A Poem about Psyche
Influenced by archetypes and art therapy, Sprout explores the interplay between the unconscious and conscious parts of the psyche. ...
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Shades of Grey . . . In Art Therapy by Deb Schroder
I don’t think that anyone explores the shades of grey better than art therapists. Okay, not the 50 Shades within the popular book and movie, but the uncomfortable place between...
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Andrew Fearnside Art Show @ Wild Heart Gallery
"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...
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Admissions at Southwestern
Welcome prospective students! Many of you are contacting us now with application and admissions questions. Most applicants visit our campus to get a “feel” for the student body and our...
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Mandalas and Thoughts at Week Eight
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...