Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM
Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM Blog
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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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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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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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Please Keep Your LPCC License
One of my several mentors, Dr. Sandra Shulman, told me to never let a professional license lapse. So I went ahead and did, and always regretted it. There were reasons,...
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Liberating Student Loan Lessons for Life
Liberating Loan Lessons for Life You finally figured out a career path and maybe even the college you want to attend, but now you are faced with the daunting task...
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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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Southwestern College Students Are So Lucky
Dear Southwestern College Students, Tonight 22 faculty members came to our monthly meeting. I wish you could have been there, seen and heard it. We talked about “Transformational...
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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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Panel Discussion On Private Practice In Santa Fe
On November 15, 2016, Southwestern College began its Entrepreneurship Series with a panel discussion composed of a variety of helping professionals in Santa Fe. The presenters were former SWC President...
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What Cause Will YOU Stand Up For?
Student debt, the death of Fidel, Standing Rock, a shifting and historically unrecognizable economy, the Trump presidency, the Obama presidency, the avalanche of higher ed regulatory requirements, the exponential increase...
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MA in Counseling or PhD in Psychology?
So You Want to Be a Therapist? Counselor or Psychologist? Let’s start with the fact that becoming a licensed psychologist will take you a good 6-8 years or more to...
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Something Big Happened Today at Southwestern College…
Today we held our Second Annual Faculty Retreat, an exercise in Appreciative Inquiry, and a look into the potential futures of Southwestern College/New Earth Institute. Before we actually began, I...
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Sex in Full Spectrum by Ginna Clark, PsyD., LPCC, ATR
Check this out in the Santa Fe Reporter!!! http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-9132-sex-in-full-spectrum.html ...
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Food and Consciousness by Dianne Deloren
Food and Consciousness Ah, October, one of my favorite seasons in Santa Fe, time to make my first apple pie of the season, and look forward to homemade muffins and...
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Ten Tips for New Southwestern College Students
Ten Tips for New Students, from former SWC President Jim Nolan 1. You are on the verge of an experience that will change your life. Allow it, lean into it,...
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Summer Beach Reading from the “Sea of Whiteness” by Deborah Schroder
Summer Beach Reading from the “Sea of Whiteness” I remember seeing lists of books in magazines that were deemed appropriate for “summer beach reading," the assumption being that we all...
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Considering Working with Addictions/Substance Abuse?
A Letter to Anybody even REMOTELY Thinking of Working in Addictions/Substance Abuse Dear Friends, Colleagues, Prospective Students, Current Students, & Alumni, Credentials, licenses, and professional certificates can help us get...
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12 Points Regarding Required Therapy @ SWC
Thoughts about why personal therapy is required at SWC......
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Ponderings on Life Purpose
Life purpose and vocation; I sometimes wonder how they are related. Sometimes I hear life purpose described simply and clearly, like this quote from notetoselfphilosophy.com: Note to Self: “What is...
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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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Aim is Everything
In my last blog, I talked about the intersection of dharma (our sacred duty in this lifetime) and flourishing at midlife. The issue that typically arises from someone exploring dharma...