Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM
Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM Blog
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Insights Rise to the Surface
Capstone Project: Artist Statement Suzanne Otter, Fall 2012 Making art as a way to work through complex personal issues was helpful to me during the many years I worked as...
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Wilderness Therapist-in-Training, Kelly Haymaker’s “Case Notes”
Southwestern College Student's Reflections on the Therapeutic Moment Grief like a river: Accessing the healing power of metaphor She walked slowly, so as not to trip over the exposed pine...
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SWC Student Moriah Lancaster Muses on Colorado Shootings
Life is fragile How do you continue functioning on a day like today? How do keep studying for your matriculation exam when thoughts of terrified people keep flashing in your...
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A Window Into an Intern’s Experience, from Eliza Buck
Southwestern College, Santa Fe Notes from Cooper Riis by Eliza Buck 7-13-12 Sensing safety takes time. I’ve been at Cooper Riis for 13 weeks now and have just acquired a...
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A Day in the Life of Southwestern College Intern, Craig Tomas McAdams
Craig “Tomas” McAdams – Southwestern College (Santa Fe) Internship in Maras, Peru A couple of days ago one of the boys I meet with for individual sessions – let’s...
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“Failure” – A Great Transformational Opportunity, by Alicia Hoffman, SWC Graduate
The Alchemical Possibilities of Failure by Alicia Hoffman “My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.” - Bono. ...
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Sacred Relationship by Patricia Meek
Southwestern College Alumna, Patricia Meek, Recounts a Mission of Healing in the Mountains Sacred Relationship “The winds end when the snow caps of Mount Blanca melt.” This is a common...
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Southwesten College Intern, Craig McAdams, in Peru
Southwestern College, Santa Fe: Internship in Peru In the beginning of my internship in Peru, I had the honor and blessing to be able to work with and learn from...
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A Mandala a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
by Eliza Combs Okay, so maybe not once a day, although that would be an awesome practice but at least once a week for 8 weeks or so. I loved...
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Sara Martin’s Virtual Art Show
Sara Martin Artist Statement One of the most important things I will take from my education and training in becoming an art therapist is that I can now confidently...
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Group Mandala
Termination Phase ~Group Mandala~ Betsy Sohmer & Camille Grec Presentation Project for Art Therapy Techniques, teacher: Seren Morris Intention: To create a space and activity for the group to experience...
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2 commentsA Poem of Gratitude from Eric Golden
ONE MOMENT LONGER May I embrace you One moment longer So that hugging Becomes Holding May my heart be in the presence Of your heart One moment longer ...
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Remember Home: A Poem by Eric Golden, Second Year Student and Intern
REMEMBER HOME Turn back towards God Loneliness, panic, sadness, disconnection Any sufferings Are not punishments They are guides Pointing you back towards God Towards love, towards family How lonely Pluto...
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1 commentsFinal Mandala for Archetypal Psychology, Spring 2011
by Nicole Morgan, Copyright 2012 colored pencils and pen on paper For this project I pieced together several different images that came out of active imagination exercises. When I finished...
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Compassion Fatigue – With a Southwestern Twist! by Colleen Dougherty
In August of 2011, I presented a 1 ½ hour talk on compassion fatigue in animal care work to about 35 people at the New Mexico State Humane Conference in...
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1 commentsRoadtrip to Chaco
Since so many of our students come to us from out of state, many want to explore the region and there is so much here to discover and experience! Chaco...