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My Favorite Summer Tradition
by Debbie Schroder The gardens on campus are lush and the temperature is hot – it must be Portfolio Review time! Every year we ask our art therapy students who...
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Archetypally Speaking…
In April, 2014 a call was made: "Archetypally speaking, who is showing up for you lately? What mentors, thieves, medicine folk, or tricksters are asking you to speak their name,...
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Reboot Your Body, Mind, and Spirit with Collage!
by Karen Stefano Ed.M., M.A., L.P.C., NCC How can you unwind your body and mind, listen to the inner stirrings of your spirit, and supercharge your creativity? It’s easy....
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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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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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1 commentsNatascha Holmes’ Art Opening– Exploring the Inner World Through Color
By Natascha Holmes, M.A., LMHC Opening Reception was February 28, 2014 at Wildheart Gallery, Southwestern College Campus, Santa Fe, NM When I am working with the materials and an...
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Inquisition: An Amplification Process
An art therapy experience of honing in on our soul's needs. ...
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Containers in Art Therapy
What is a Container? There are so many types of containers, a person, place, or thing that holds. Many images come to mind: a milk carton, hands, shoes, a...
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Forgiveness
Would I rather be ‘right’ or be in the loving? “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” “Every time you smile at someone, it...
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Personal Journey Revealed Through Watercolor Painting of White Doves
My past year at Southwestern College has taken me on an intense personal journey. I have spent most of my life desperately trying to figure things...
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The Hands That Guide – Creative Faculty and Staff at Southwestern College
by Debbie Schroder (2013) The Wild Heart Gallery in the art therapy building is simply exploding with color! The show, entitled “The Hands That...
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Hues of Hay: A Collection of Interviews and Photographs
A collection of photos and interviews engaging the relationship between our minds and bodies. ...
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Art Therapy Supervision
As an Art Therapist, I know that the art process is an important container. As a supervisor, I like to weave in art making and sand tray work in supervision,...
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Beautiful Girl
“Beautiful Girl” by Claudia Escareño-Clark and Gabby Valdez Gabby's Reflections: My assignment for my Multicultural class was to pick a topic “Outside of my Comfort Zone” pertaining to a cultural view....
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Seek: Attempt to Find (Something)
Art Therapy. Inside and Outside. Tiny Things for a Tiny Box by Mary Edson ...
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Using Art to Make the Unreal More Real
Sometimes a concept flashing through my mind can be made clearer when I paint it. I grab the "thought" and infuse it with all the feeling and sensation that exists...
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Shadow Side of a Peacekeeper: Using Art to Explore Beyond “Being Nice”
This video is an amazing piece of inner reflection, exploration, engaging the shadow side of a "nice person" coming to peace with all she finds. Amazing piece by Amy Hautman-Bates ...
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Contained in Canvas
by Debbie Schroder As it got close to 6:00 on Monday evening I could feel my eagerness to begin painting. Every Monday evening the in-state art therapy...
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Archetypal Psychology Spring 2013
"To find truth, we must always begin with ourselves...Art is our vehicle...When we access the realm of archetypes, we are entering the consciousness from which we 'create' our...
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Giving Life to Unconscious Images through Collage and Poetry by Megan Sturges
by Megan Sturges, © 2012 My practice in the studio is about giving life to the unconscious image in specific form through my hands and eyes – bringing it into...
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The Magician
by Kat Dison "Carl Jung realized that archetypes are not based on interactions and experiences between actual human beings, but on simplified characterizations. These simplified characters, or archetypes, perform...