Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM
Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM Blog
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A Multicultural Therapy Dilemma by Claudia Escareño-Clark
As I venture into another quarter here at Southwestern College I am having a difficult time figuring out where I will eventually fit in. I am currently entrenched in the...
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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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A Ceremonial Retreat in Utah
Adolfo and Rodolfo finally got visas to travel to the U.S., and our group of 25 shamanic students and practitioners gathered in the red rock wilderness of Capitol Reef National...
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of Purity…
To begin with I cannot speak Only see In simplest forms Feel Freely Essentially Be Purity I am the babe Innocent Clean I cannot speak Only see Unabashedly Learn from...
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Skeletons in the Sky…
In preparation for my archetypal embodiment series I want to honor the structures and systems behind a persona or any construct for that matter. Those forms that silently shape what's under the...
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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...
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What is the Difference Between Clinical Psych and Counseling Psych?
Jim Nolan discusses the differences (historically) between Clinical and Counseling Psychology.......
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… “who will you be?”
For Halloween, you will likely dress up. You will show the community a side of yourself they rarely, if ever, see. You will express your inner dimensionality with such verocity....
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…Archetype: Creatrix…
She waits for you by the river bend, auspiciously watching the rush of water as it folds over itself and unwinds rambling streams of story. This is where inspiration lives, in...
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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...