Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM
Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM Blog
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Awakening to the Call of the Soul
What a gift, to learn to recognize the call of the soul! Thanks, Southwestern! Here's an excerpt from a paper I wrote for the Addiction Assessment and Treatment class that...
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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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A Counseling Degree from Southwestern Prepares You for Many Careers
The skill set you cultivate getting a master's degree in Counseling from Southwestern College prepares you for many possible career paths......
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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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…an integral line of light
There is a fresh light beckoning, breaking, brimming with integrity. It stands there. I stand here. Steadfastly still. Burning at the foot of my solitary gill I sing sweet songs...
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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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What Is New Thought?
What is New Thought? This is a great question. At this point in time, I may have 100 New Thought books in my house and there are dozens of answers...
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A Heart Moment for the Children’s Mental Health Certificate
by Debbie Schroder On a recent Saturday I needed to be at a task force meeting at 9 a.m. Yes . . .Saturday . . .9 a.m.! Running late, desperate...
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…your essential exuberance
Last night I stayed up late, sat in circle with dear friends sharing perspectives on life and made art - lots of art in lots of forms. Our words became...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, a Pillar of Southwestern College’s Philosophy
Counseling student Sylvan Schneider explores the connections of Vedic Scripture, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the philosophy of Southwestern College....
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… a new dawn
a new dawn is upon you. take yourself into it. be beckoned. be born into moments afresh. send spells of glory with your mouth. listen for your breath. and love,...
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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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of Wishes Asunder…
And suddenly you realize that each moment is attached with the same force of seeds on a dandelion and that they are destined to depart. Your life is a mandala...
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Southwestern College Philosophy by Carol Parker
In an inspired moment, Dr. Carol Parker captures, from her perspective, and in her own poetic words, what the underlying philosophy is at Southwestern College......
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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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shiny is more effective than sharp…
As therapists we often have to make clear where our boundaries exist without hurting or confusing those who approach them. This does not have to be complicated and, in fact,...
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Original Agreement
According to the Original Agreement People could become Plants But only if they kept the rituals That were set up in those days. I found out about this One spring...
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Novel Formation: How Literature Has Informed My Interest in Psychology
First Year Art Therapy and Counseling student Caitlin Harper explores the magical ways in which great literature has informed her interest in Psychology...
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Attracting New Clients
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...
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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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Art Therapy/Counseling Chair, Debbie Schroder & Sancho…
Sancho was an official Southwestern College cat – he was born under the development trailer (there used to be art therapy offices in that location). I think it’s rather serendipitous...