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I Said Something Stupid in Class, by Amy Gordon
Graduate Assistant Amy Gordon experiences transformation on the first day of class......
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What Does “Spirituality” Mean at Southwestern College? By Hilary Gunby
Hilary Gunby, student at Southwestern College, reflects on what Spirituality means at this unique graduate institution......
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Student Loan Forgiveness – It’s Real, by Jessica Callaway
You've heard that somehow, somewhere, by working at some obscure place, you might possibly be able to get some of your student loans forgiven. "Yeah, but I've never actually KNOWN...
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The Southwestern Counseling Center: My Practicum Experience
Second-year student, Sylvan Schneider, offers his reflection on navigating his own therapeutic approach and being a student therapist at the Southwestern Counseling Center. ...
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Counseling, Consciousness, and Survival in Utah’s Horseshoe Canyon
I never thought that the coursework in a master’s degree in counseling would help me to survive a night of being stuck in Utah’s rugged, remote, and desolate Horseshoe Canyon....
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Good Eats for Southwestern Students
Santa Fe has over 300 restaurants to choose from, and chances are whatever your tummy craves, or whatever diet you are on while studying here, Santa Fe has something special...
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Top 5 Fave Grad School Study Spots in Santa Fe
In the the M.A. Art Therapy/Counseling program I find myself reading and/or studying quite a bit. Spending hours on end at home can be wearing. A simple change of location...
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Home is where the HeART (Therapy) Is
By descending down into the depths of the soul, and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills, the artist attains the power of awakening other souls. ...
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Hello Perfectionism, Meet Patience
“Interesting how you are only using a black sharpie marker in your art today,” says my art therapist, as she gently points out my visible tension with perfectionistic, black and...
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My Training at Southwestern College
In the spirit of full disclosure, I must admit that I am a film geek and child of the 80's. Bear with me. That moment comes when you've been in...
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The End of a Storm Chasing Era
From 2002 through 2010, I went on storm chasing trips to the Great Plains around Texas almost every spring. Toward the end of these years, I started getting more insight...
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How I Commute from Albuquerque to Santa Fe by Train
When I got accepted at Southwestern College (in Santa Fe), I had been living in Albuquerque for about a decade. My wife and I felt quite comfortable in Albuquerque, and...
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The Therapeutic Value of Humor
2nd Year SWC student Caitlin Harper explores her perspective on the use of humor in counseling. ...
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Natascha Holmes’ Unique Description of Her First Quarter at Southwestern College
This is a remarkable and brief video capturing Natascha's experience at the College... ...
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Post Partum Depression: A Story of Hope by Ivy Whisper
WOUNDED HEALER AS MAMA by Ivy Whisper I was eight months pregnant with my first son when Gloria called me and said that she needed to talk to me...
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What I Learned About My Gender Last Week
Counseling student at Southwestern College, explores his own gender, and which gender language best suits him. ...
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Andrew Fearnside Art Show @ Wild Heart Gallery
"Everything comes from shit." --Daniel Lanois 2014 was a long year. In late May of 2014, I was about to complete the Preliminary Studies Program at the Santa Fe...
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On Being a Man in a World of Women
Back in the 1990s, when I was in graduate school the first time around (for my computer science degree), I was man in a world of men. I remember passing...
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A Student’s Guide to Southwestern’s Mission
I'm in my second year of a Masters degree program in counseling at Southwestern College, finishing up my last quarter of classes before my internship. Having been here a while,...
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Shadow: an area of darkness created when a source of light is blocked
"Wholeness for humans depends on the ability to own their own shadow." -C.G. Jung...
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Bringing Together Yoga, Ayurveda & Psychotherapy by Melissa Spamer
Bringing Together Yoga, Ayurveda & Psychotherapy...
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Discovering Your Inner Puppy: Inner Child Work by Sylvan Schneider
Sylvan Schneider offers a very touching and real account of how dogs can bring healing into our lives......
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From Football to Marines to Mushrooms to Mental Health by Paul King-Miller
Paul King-Miller transitioned from serving five years in the Marine Corps to college, an assortment of interesting jobs and finally to New Mexico and Southwestern College....