Posted February 20th, 2017 by Southwestern College & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
It’s been approximately 60 days since I packed up Lotus, my 2003 Honda Pilot, with all of my belongings that I could fit into it so I could relocate to Santa Fe to pursue my MA degree in Art Therapy & Counseling at SWC! Yes, I left the “Charm City” (Baltimore, MD), leaving my beloved,…
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Posted February 18th, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
One of my several mentors, Dr. Sandra Shulman, told me to never let a professional license lapse.
So I went ahead and did, and always regretted it. There were reasons, of course--almost always money. It almost always created unforeseen headaches. Sometimes a LOT of them, and sometimes it took a long time and a lot…
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Posted February 16th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Wild Heart Gallery
To find out more about the exhibition in the Wild Heart Gallery called Moment of Truth, I sat down with Sarah Ehle, the liaison for the cohort of 13 art therapy/counseling students preparing to go into the internship part of the Southwestern College masters program, to talk about the meaning of this theme.
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Posted February 11th, 2017 by Southwestern College & filed under Counseling at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work, People of SWC.
Being a Counselor Activist
I was outraged from an early age. They say if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention, so I guess I was paying attention. In 8th grade I protested my Spanish teacher who insisted that even the Mexican and Guatemalan kids in our class speak Spanish with a Castilian lisp, asserting…
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Posted January 30th, 2017 by swcblog & filed under People of SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Prime Movers:
The Annual SWC Staff and Faculty Exhibition
On Thursday, January 12th, the Wild Heart Gallery had its first opening night gala of 2017: Prime Movers: The Annual Southwestern College Staff and Faculty Exhibition. A “prime mover” can be considered many things, in many fields – mechanics, biology, philosophy, etc. – but aptly describes…
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Posted January 24th, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC.
Dr. Nolan answers the question "How do I become a professional counselor?"…
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Posted January 21st, 2017 by Southwestern College & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work, People of SWC, SWC Blog.
Liberating Loan Lessons for Life
You finally figured out a career path and maybe even the college you want to attend, but now you are faced with the daunting task of figuring out how to pay tuition and it seems that your only option is to take out student loans. You do the math and…
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Posted January 21st, 2017 by Southwestern College & filed under Counseling at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work, People of SWC.
Early on in my graduate internship at a family counseling agency, a supervisor told me, "We have the best jobs in the world, for we get to witness, hold and create change." I remember being pulled by those words, but I do not think I truly understood what they meant, and I am still unraveling…
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Posted January 21st, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Ecotherapy, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
One of the many blessings of living in the Southwest is the ability to reach amazing geological locations within a day span. Over the holiday break, I had the opportunity to go to Zion National Park, the most visited and beloved National Park that I have been to thus far. Zion National Park is between…
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Posted January 21st, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
In our Yoga class at Southwestern College, my intention and plan as facilitator is for this class to be inclusive as the Nature of Yoga is meant to be and truly is. Yoga is for all cultures, all body types, all levels of ability and experience, all ages, all genders...all are welcome and everyone can…
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Posted January 21st, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
The time has come where I am going to be in facilitator role again. Very well. I accept that with gratitude and responsibility because there is a lot of energy to be shared within our SWC community. I received my 200-hour certification about a year ago and have not used it yet other than in…
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Posted January 15th, 2017 by Adam Boehm & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
TLDR:
White privilege is entrenched in our society, and not where it might be expected. Many people who consider themselves "not racist" act in ways that are still oppressive. Racism and oppression are as much "ways of being" as "words" that are said. I was surprised that I have a history of being an…
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Posted January 15th, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, SWC Blog.
A bold and beautiful articulation of the Values and Understandings of the Southwestern College Art Therapy/Counseling Program faculty members. …
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Posted January 11th, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
Dear Southwestern College Students,
Tonight 22 faculty members came to our monthly meeting.
I wish you could have been there, seen and heard it.
We talked about “Transformational “Teaching, and what it looks like, how people actually “be” in the classroom, how CONSCIOUSLY they manage what they do to make the experience as…
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Posted January 7th, 2017 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Reflections from the President, Ecotherapy.
"We cannot heal the earth until we heal ourselves. We cannot heal ourselves until we heal the earth."
Kari-Oca Declaration of the 1992 Parliament of Indigenous Peoples
In 1992 I attended the World Parliament of Indigenous Peoples as an environmental journalist. I was one of a handful of non-Native people allowed to witness the proceeding.…
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Posted January 6th, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, SWC Blog.
Reasons why you want to get your Master's in Counseling at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico...…
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Posted January 5th, 2017 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, SWC Blog.
Students often worry about whether they are learning what they need to know to pass exams and succeed on their first jobs. Some words of wisdom about that...…
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Posted December 16th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery is proud to present…
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Posted December 13th, 2016 by Southwestern College & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Poem in Third person about your wildest love
A Boy & His Sketchbook
There once was a introverted boy, most people associated him with being shy, living in the projects. The boy didn’t have many friends; to be honest he didn’t like his fellow classmates. They were into sports, smoking/selling weed, and joining gangs. All…
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Posted December 9th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery is proud to present…
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Posted December 4th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery proudly presented a series…
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Posted December 4th, 2016 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
A submission and transmission came today during the Creative Writing group, led by Dr. Ann Filemyr, as a response to the prompt which was to use either 'hello' or 'goodbye' as the starter for each sentence. Excuse my crude grammar, but I enjoy poetry because I can break rules without consequences.
hello Holy body…
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Posted November 29th, 2016 by Donna Harrington & filed under SWC Blog.
On November 15, 2016, Southwestern College began its Entrepreneurship Series with a panel discussion composed of a variety of helping professionals in Santa Fe. The presenters were former SWC President Jim Nolan, Ph.D., LPCC; Emilah DeToro, M.Ed., PCC; Ginna Clark, PsyD., LPCC, ATR, Faculty member, Coordinator of the Human Sexuality Certificate Program; and Jessica Reeves,…
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Posted November 28th, 2016 by Donna Harrington & filed under Consciousness & Mindfulness, SWC Blog.
Student debt, the death of Fidel, Standing Rock, a shifting and historically unrecognizable economy, the Trump presidency, the Obama presidency, the avalanche of higher ed regulatory requirements, the exponential increase in documentation requirements by insurance companies, fracking, global warming, the diversification of the country, wall or no wall, remaining a sanctuary city...
Are…
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Posted November 27th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Muliebrity: The State of Being Feminine
"Muliebrity” is coordinate term to “virility,” referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes. The Wild Heart Gallery proudly presented a series…
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Posted November 23rd, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Wild Heart Gallery
"Muliebrity" is coordinate term to "virility," referring to qualities of femininity. Southwestern College staff, faculty, and students were invited to explore how they connect with and empower the feminine aspects of the self, community, or greater collective via artistic processes.
On Thursday, November 10, 2016, the…
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