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Abstaining from Narcissism
At Southwestern College, in the first year of classes, the instructors and the curriculum invite us to look deeply at ourselves. We are invited to become more aware of both...
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A Newbie Art Therapist Reflects on the 2012 AATA Conference
by Christina-Villarreal The American Art Therapy Association's 45th annual conference (2012) was held in San Antonio, Texas. As a budding art therapist, I decided to take the opportunity to attend my...
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My Research on Spiritual Awakening
In the summer of 2014, I took "Foundations in Human Science Research" with Michael Schwab at Southwestern College. As part of this class, I wrote a research paper on spiritual...
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Four Mandalas from Archetypal Psychology Class
In the spring of 2014, I took "Archetypal Psychology" with Heather Wulfers at Southwestern College. I was a bit intimidated about taking this class. Of all the classes I'd taken...
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One Love: Lessons Learned in Haiti, by Jessica Callaway
Southwestern College faculty member Jessica Callaway reflects on her profound experience of Haiti, and its resilient people. ...
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“I Am A Real Woman” by Michelle Harkey
Michelle Harkey is a student at Southwestern College and a Life Coach. This blog is an incredibly open and vulnerable, bold and powerful sharing of her own experience of herself...
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Loving: A Reflection by Art Therapy/Counseling Student Christina Calderon
Art Therapy/Counseling student Christina Calderon reflects on the deeper levels of what it means to love......
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On Becoming a Mexican Therapist by Claudia Escareño-Clark
Claudia Escareño-Clark explores the impact that assimilation and being an immigrant have had and how this will impact her work with clients. ...
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Wilderness Fast: Sylvan Schneider’s Experience in Death Valley
Sylvan Schneider goes on a Vision Quest at Southwestern College, and shares his experience.......
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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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What I Learned at Southwestern
When I started looking around for the right master’s program that would feed my spiritual side and not be like the typical programs at large universities, I asked three counselors...
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On Jewels and Gems
An exploration of the stories, memories and personal significance behind the jewelry we wear. ...
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Cat’s Search For Meaning: Curing My Cat Viktor Frankl Style
First year Art Therapy/Counseling student Caitlin Harper discusses how her nerdy interest in Viktor Frankl helped her to heal her cat......
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1 commentsLessons Learned from Bandit the Buddha Dog
Lessons shared through a series of fleeting moments. ...
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What Can I Do?
In the face of so much destruction, injustice and greed, I ask myself what can I do?...
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Guiding A Person Through Ambivalence with Motivational Interviewing
by Amy Hautman Bates As a student practicing therapeutic work, I have been uncomfortable with the power dynamic between clients and therapists. As a counselor, I don’t like “playing the...
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Consciousness Sometimes Travels in a Trojan Horse
Claudia Escareno-Clark shares how Consciousness Class leads to transformation in unexpected ways......
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Living the Dream at Southwestern College by Sylvan Schneider
Counseling student Sylvan Schneider shares what it is like being a male at Southwestern College, and in the field of Counseling. ...
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Failure Becomes the Seed of Possibility
What I have learned at Southwestern College is that each quarter brings with it new experiences. Sometimes they are wrapped in neat little packages with cute little bows, and sometimes...
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Career and Life – Creating a Vision Board with Collage
Making Vision boards - Popularized by Oprah and Martha Beck In Career and Life Development class Webb Garrison kicked off the vision board project by leading us through a long...
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The Healing Power of Ceremony and Nature
During the warm days of autumn, a small group of us gathered in a wilderness area beside a lovely mountain stream, high above Santa Fe. The entire mountainside...
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GRAD SCHOOL @swcsantafe IS….
... staying in on a Saturday night to write a paper with the company of a Santa Fe Pale Ale and burning sage. ... is making, screaming at, rebelling against,...