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Southwestern College Requires Students to Be in Therapy
Posted January 10th, 2016 by & filed under SWC Blog.Southwestern College requires its students to be engaged in personal therapy, and that is a good thing. …
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Arianna Gray
Posted December 17th, 2015 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.Arianna Gray, MA, LPC
One of the greatest gifts of my education at Southwestern College was being taught to pay attention to my own body and feelings when I’m in session with a client and to TRUST that information as a diagnostic and treatment approach tool. I meet so many people who trained at other…
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Who’s Who at Southwestern College – Brian Serna
Posted December 9th, 2015 by & filed under People of SWC, SWC Blog.“Who’s Who at Southwestern College”
Southwestern College is really defined by the extraordinary individuals who work there--the staff, instructors, and the board members. In an effort to give you a more intimate sense of our school, we are launching the “Who’s Who at Southwestern College” series so that you will get to know these extraordinary…
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Marika Dillon
Posted December 8th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work.Marika Richards Dillon talks about the professional adventures her degree from Southwestern College has afforded her...…
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Valerie Valentine
Posted December 6th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work.Valerie Valentine has created a rich, rewarding and successful career with the skills she learned at Southwestern College. …
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Lisa Ramirez
Posted December 5th, 2015 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.Lisa Ramirez, M.A., LCDC
Women’s Behavioral Health Coordinator, DSHS
I graduated from the Art Therapy/Counseling program at Southwestern College in 2005. My career thus far has been primarily focused on advocating for women and their families affected by substance use disorders. My interest in working with women can be traced to early childhood experiences with gender…
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Bettina Milliken
Posted December 1st, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work.Growing up in Switzerland, I developed a passion for Circus Arts and Clowns. When I moved to NYC, I was introduced to the Big Apple Circus and became a board member for 11 years. I clowned around with the professional Clown Care Unit of the Big Apple Circus and also met Patch Adams with whom…
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? Cynthia Fulreader
Posted November 26th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work, People of SWC, SWC Blog.Cynthia Fulreader
Beginning while I was still a student, and since graduating from Southwestern College in 1995, I have been blessed with many wonderful work opportunities in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM.
In addition to maintaining a thriving part-time private practice, I have held the following positions: Family Therapist with New Vistas Early Childhood…
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Style and Self-Expression at Southwestern
Posted November 23rd, 2015 by & filed under SWC Blog.Graduate student, Amy Gordon, shares some of her favorite Southwestern College looks.…
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“Movement Like Breathing” by Diane Chavez
Posted November 19th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.“Movement Like Breathing” by Diane Chavez, MA, LMHC
November 15, 2015
My doctor told me the other day that I have Secondary Progressive. “You have permanent damage in your spinal cord.” Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the protective covering surrounding the nerves of the central nervous system.
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Where Do Southwestern College Grads Work? John Seniff
Posted November 18th, 2015 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.Upon graduation at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and even during, I have worked at Treatment Centers, Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental health agencies, Clinical Director at Group home, Family therapist in New York high school system and Private Practice.
At present I am in private practice in Ponte Vedra Beach. Florida. I am listed…
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The Unlistening Ear
Posted November 17th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness.We are asked to look within ourselves in our first few classes here at SWC. This process varies from person to person. For me, it has been an incredible opportunity to work on some issues I had thought were already worked through. It only goes to prove the cyclical nature of self-exploration and personal growth.…
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The Odyssey of Therapy
Posted November 16th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.The recent crop of counselors and art therapists from Southwestern College commenced on November 7, 2015 at the James A. Little Theater at the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe. It was a beautiful ceremony unlike any other I have attended, and being a former college professor myself, I have seen quite…
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Scarcity and Abundance by Sherry Young
Posted November 4th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.Abundance and Scarcity Consciousness. This could change your life. Seriously. …
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A Guest on El Dia de los Muertos
Posted November 3rd, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.Graduate Student, Amy Gordon, shares a powerful experience of her first Dias de los Muertos event.…
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How To Find Southwestern College Grads in Other Cities & States
Posted October 27th, 2015 by & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.How to find Southwestern College graduates all over the country...…
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Creativity in the Classroom at Southwestern College
Posted October 26th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC.Students at Southwestern College show mastery of content in creative ways.…
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The World Dream – a poem
Posted October 25th, 2015 by & filed under People of SWC, SWC Blog.
The World Dream
In the dream of the whole world
She notes
a pair of red-tailed hawks
a wedding of white deer
an uproar of ravens
a terror of coyotes
a pile of wives
a slumber of cellos
an apotheosis of poets
a maverick of boys
a hippo of…
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Embracing the Frightened Child
Posted October 24th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.On Monday evenings there is an informal gathering of writers in the art studio building on the campus of SWC. Facilitated by Ann Filemyr, this group in dedicated to self exploration and expression through writing. The rules are simple: keep your hand moving, suspend judgment, and it is OK to write bad stuff. The exercises…
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What It Means to Become a Man at Southwestern College, by M. Kevin Clark
Posted October 24th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.Graduate student and Student Board Member of Southwestern College reflects deeply on what it means to be a man in this age, at Southwestern College/New Earth.......…
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What I Love About My New Home in the Southwest by Lauren Hamilton
Posted October 19th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.It has officially been two months since I made Santa Fe my home, and the beauty I have been discovering over these past 60 days has been absolutely unreal. Moving here from Colorado, I was a little worried coming to a place that at first thought invokes mental images of cacti and dusty desert plains.…
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Self-Care and HedgeHUGS
Posted October 15th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.I’ve always been the type to give my time, energy and love to just about everything except for myself. I eat junk food, I can’t keep a sleep schedule to save my life, and I only exercise on accident. I was able to get by doing the bare minimum for myself and not thinking too…
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Transformation Through the Light of the Lens
Posted October 14th, 2015 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories.I have had the honor of watching the power of art therapy first hand, in my personal life recently. I asked my husband if he would mind if I shared this story, and he told me to go ahead, so I would like to share it with you. It is a true testament of how…
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Reduce Shame, Enhance Love: Reflections on Self-Love and the Journey to Find It
Posted October 12th, 2015 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.It was during my second week at Southwestern College, the second meeting of Tuesday’s Psychology of Altruism class, that Ann Filemyr presented us with this lesson: “reduce shame, enhance love.” We talked about feelings of shame and the aching, overwhelming presence it can have in our daily lives. Shame that can continually haunt us whether…
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Trippy Colorful Significantly Spiritual Experience- Without the Use of Drugs
Posted October 11th, 2015 by & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Consciousness & Mindfulness, SWC Blog.Graduate student, Amy Gordon, describes a fascinating first experience with Holotropic Breathwork. …
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