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From The FBI to Art Therapist & Counselor, by Laura Lansrud-Lopez
Laura Lansrud-Lopez titles her 2nd act story “Follow Your Heart: Advice From a Graduate of Southwestern College.” Read about her career change from forensic firearms technician with the FBI...
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Calling All Who Want To Become a Master’s Level Therapist!
The Masters Degree in Counseling you were looking for.........
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A Newbie Art Therapist Reflects on the 2012 AATA Conference
by Christina-Villarreal The American Art Therapy Association's 45th annual conference (2012) was held in San Antonio, Texas. As a budding art therapist, I decided to take the opportunity to attend my...
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Can Art Therapists Change Into Performance Artists…and Back Again?
If psychology is the study of the soul then therapy becomes a process of healing by which we utilize our understanding of soul or, perhaps more accurately, we attempt to understand the soul and in the process,...
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Art Therapists are Artists…and Alchemists
An art therapist knows that art-making facilitates transformation within the client/artist. Art therapists know that art can serve as a solvent, a catalyst, a salve, a stepping stone or a philosopher's stone...
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…art as transcendent function
Here is an example of an effective art therapy directive for someone struggling to decide between two things. We are all familiar with this position: opposing directions are presented to us...
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My Favorite Summer Tradition
by Debbie Schroder The gardens on campus are lush and the temperature is hot – it must be Portfolio Review time! Every year we ask our art therapy students who...
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Archetypally Speaking…
In April, 2014 a call was made: "Archetypally speaking, who is showing up for you lately? What mentors, thieves, medicine folk, or tricksters are asking you to speak their name,...
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Archetypal Psychology Class 2014: The Mandala Process
The following images and words arose out of the 2014 spring Archetypal Psychology course. The students moved into dialogue with their soul and its language of image. My heart swelled...
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Southwestern College’s Counseling Program is Unique
Dr. Carol Parker is the Chair of the Southwestern College Counseling Program. Here she explains, in a series of three narratives, how the Southwestern Counseling Program is unique...And Carol knows...
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The Southwestern College Masters in Counseling Program: What Makes us Unique?
3 Anecdotes from Carol Parker about what makes SWC/New Earth's Counseling program unique......
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Psychotherapy as a Creative Process with Tejal Murray
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...
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Re-using Possibilities
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...
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Under the Mask, the Space in Between
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...
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1 commentsThe Invisible Realms by Katherine Ninos
Vice President Katherine Ninos shares her understanding of the essence of Quimby/Southwestern College......
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1 commentsNatascha Holmes’ Art Opening– Exploring the Inner World Through Color
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...
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Guiding A Person Through Ambivalence with Motivational Interviewing
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...
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Career and Life – Creating a Vision Board with Collage
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...
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2 commentsArt Therapy and Elders with Alzheimer’s
by Debbie Schroder I can’t seem to stop smiling. I’m smiling because of my morning – I went to the Roundhouse, the New Mexico State Capitol Building, to...
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Mapping Out Family Systems with Genogram Oil Painting
by Amy Hautman Bates I can easily draw a family tree, but in Family Art Therapy class we made genograms to explain our relationships with our families. Many people can...
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Containers in Art Therapy
What is a Container? There are so many types of containers, a person, place, or thing that holds. Many images come to mind: a milk carton, hands, shoes, a...
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Creating a Vision Board: A Fresh Start to a New Year
First year art therapy student describes her experience using a vision board to ring in 2014 and details some basic tips on creating vision boards. ...
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Psychology of Altruism: A Creative Experience
by Christine Miller The initial quarter of classes I took at Southwestern College was both exciting and intimidating. It was through one of my first and most memorable classes that...
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Personal Journey Revealed Through Watercolor Painting of White Doves
My past year at Southwestern College has taken me on an intense personal journey. I have spent most of my life desperately trying to figure things...