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… “who will you be?”

Posted October 28th, 2014 by & filed under SWC Blog.

For Halloween, you will likely dress up. You will show the community a side of yourself they rarely, if ever, see. You will express your inner dimensionality with such verocity. You will adorn yourself, enticing the community to see something so very true about you and yet usually hidden from view. Ok, how many times…
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…Archetype: Creatrix…

Posted September 24th, 2014 by & filed under SWC Blog.

She waits for you by the river bend, auspiciously watching the rush of water as it folds over itself and unwinds rambling streams of story. This is where inspiration lives, in the synergistic streams of the creative current. It lives in you. It has always lived in you. You are the bubbling ups of this emergent flow.  …
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The Give-Away: An Indigenous Abundance Ceremony

Posted September 19th, 2014 by & filed under Reflections from the President.

The Give-Away Ann Filemyr, Ph.D. Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean, Southwestern College   In a number of different but related indigenous cultures, there exists the practice some call the Give-Away. This Ceremony is undertaken whenever an individual or family or clan group experiences a sense of great abundance, of plentitude and joy. Then…
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Transforming Sexual Shame in Ourselves and Others

Posted September 18th, 2014 by & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI.

If you’re considering the Human Sexuality Certificate program but still aren’t sure, consider how it can open doors for you as a practitioner…and as a sexual being.  Sexual problems are among the most common difficulties not disclosed to therapists (Hook and Andrews, 2005). Feeling ashamed was the most commonly cited reason, followed by…
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Abstaining from Narcissism

Posted September 15th, 2014 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.

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 inner sources of strength and unconscious patterns that may not be serving us. I'm very grateful to have had this opportunity for self-inquiry. I'm sure…
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A Newbie Art Therapist Reflects on the 2012 AATA Conference

Posted September 12th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Ecotherapy.

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 first official art therapy conference, located an hour and half from where I lived in Austin, Texas.    In retrospect, I am amazed at how…
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Can Art Therapists Change Into Performance Artists…and Back Again?

Posted September 11th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.

If psychology is the study of the soul then therapy becomes a process of healing by which we utilize our understanding of soul or, perhaps more accurately, we attempt to understand the soul and in the process, reveal some helpful insights along life's journey. Exploring these depths requires more than just talk, especially when soul's first language is art; whether that be visual,…
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Art Therapists are Artists…and Alchemists

Posted September 3rd, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.

An art therapist knows that art-making facilitates transformation within the client/artist. Art therapists know that art can serve as a solvent, a catalyst, a salve, a stepping stone or a philosopher's stone depending on the needs of the artist. In this way an art therapist is also an alchemist practicing the ancient arts of metaphysical transformation. Art-making is an…
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My Research on Spiritual Awakening

Posted August 31st, 2014 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.

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 awakening. This paper was based on 10 years of personal experience exploring spiritual awakening (through meditation and other forms of spiritual practice) from 2004 to…
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Four Mandalas from Archetypal Psychology Class

Posted August 30th, 2014 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.

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 at Southwestern, this was the subject I'd had the least experience with, and I wasn't sure exactly what to expect. I had a feeling this…
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…an integral line of light

Posted August 26th, 2014 by & filed under SWC Blog.

There is a fresh light beckoning, breaking, brimming with integrity. It stands there. I stand here. Steadfastly still. Burning at the foot of my solitary gill I sing sweet songs of empathy. And she knows where to turn when the lights dim, Down and in To tap the nectar from urchin fin. This kind of…
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…art as transcendent function

Posted August 13th, 2014 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.

Here is an example of an effective art therapy directive for someone struggling to decide between two things. We are all familiar with this position: opposing directions are presented to us and we are unsure which way to go. Between a rock and a hard place. We wonder where to place our energies and how to move forward…
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