The following are links to full text eBooks, which are required reading for courses in the Summer 2018 quarter.
Upon clicking each link, you will be asked (on the page that loads) to provide an EBSCOhost User ID and Password to access the content, both of which can be obtained by contacting Quimby Memorial Library.
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In the the M.A. Art Therapy/Counseling program I find myself reading and/or studying quite a bit. Spending hours on end at home can be wearing. A simple change of location is enough to keep me energized and in the frame of mind to do my best work.
My top five places to study in Santa…
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“Interesting how you are only using a black sharpie marker in your art today,” says my art therapist, as she gently points out my visible tension with perfectionistic, black and white thinking….…
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The Graduate Assistantship (GA) program at Southwestern College is an opportunity for students to receive mentorship and develop professional skills by working in a small administrative role with the college. Assistantships are available for $3,600 to $,5400 and are typically awarded at the beginning of the fall quarter for the entire academic year.
The…
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The technology of the internet... what does it mean? Does the internet teach social skills? Does it matter? Can we make connections via the internet and are they real? What about personal narrative? How does digital media affect us?
In this video interview Dr. Natalie Carlton discusses the topic of digital media as narrative, people's…
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Hours for Fall Quarter 2024
Librarians will be in the library and available for on-site assistance throughout SWC's 2024 Fall Quarter.
On-site access to Quimby Memorial Library's collections, resources, and services will be available Monday through Thursday, 12PM - 5PM. Come by anytime within those hours to browse, borrow, meet with a librarian, or…
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Connect to your higher calling. Transform your work, your relationships, and your life. This is consciousness in action.
Features of the Program
Prepares graduates to affect change in their communities and/or field of study
On the ground in Santa Fe, NM or online/distance available
Integration of creative, multi-tiered method of learning and subject matter
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Link to Online Forms Repository
Transcript Requests
To obtain a copy of your Southwestern College transcript, complete this Handy Online Request
OR Submit your request directly through Populi. Go to >My Profile>Student Tab>Transcript>Transcript Options>Official Transcript Request.
There is a $15 charge for each official transcript.
There is a $5 charge for each unofficial transcript ordered…
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Overview and Application Process
The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers Certificate Programs to expand your scope of professional expertise and enhance your marketability as a Counselor or Art Therapist/Counselor.
The programs consist of a series of intensive offerings in clinically relevant areas of professional practice, including:
Addictions, Abuse and Recovery
Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology
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The anticipation from July to September was immense, knowing grad school was a big life step for me. I prepped my spare room that was my old high school bedroom into my new office/yoga space. It was a total room renovation. I strongly feel the energy of physical space arrangement and needed to make this…
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Each year, schools must provide to enrolled students a notice containing a list of the consumer information it must disseminate, and the procedures for obtaining this consumer information. Schools must also provide notice of student rights under the Right to Know and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts. The primary method of disseminating consumer information…
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Adjusting to Southwestern College and New Mexico
It’s challenging to express what my experience adjusting to Southwestern College and Santa Fe has been like. Finding ways to describe how magical, fulfilling, and painful it has been almost seems impossible. I arrived in Santa Fe from Oregon in August and I had almost two months…
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The office of Financial Aid would like to thank all veteran for their service and welcomes you and your eligible dependents and spouses to Southwestern College.
Applying for VA Benefits
Choosing a Program
You may qualify for more than one type of VA education benefit. Since applying for a certain education benefit could affect your…
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The roots of Southwestern College can be traced back to 1945 when a group of forward-thinking individuals began a collection of spiritual and metaphysical books to establish the Quimby Memorial Library. In 1963, the library was dedicated in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The collection included the works of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, the Father of New Thought…
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Vice President Katherine Ninos shares her understanding of the essence of Quimby/Southwestern College...…
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by Deb Schroder
If car designers only knew what art therapists truly need (not that we’re a big enough group to be listened to by the auto industry). We turn our mediocre, ordinary car trunks into Mobile Metaphor Containment Units – we drive around with art pieces stashed in the only container that exists in…
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Technology, particularly device and computer apps, is a wiz-bang fabulous time saver to help you get your grad school life sorted and into maintenance mode. Plus, the entire campus is wired, which means you have access to your SWC email, and the world wide web, from any device while at school.
Being an über organized…
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What is Delinquency?
A loan is delinquent when loan payments are not received by the due dates. A loan remains delinquent until the borrower makes up the missed payment(s) through payment, or by requesting to have their loans moved to a deferment or forbearance status.
Timeline of Federal Student Loan Delinquency:
15 to 30 Days Past…
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AB, Princeton University, Transnational Cultural Studies
MA, Southwestern College, Counseling
Jason is a psychotherapist in private practice in Santa Fe. Prior to entering private practice, he served as a primary therapist at the Life Healing Center of Santa Fe, where he helped to found its internationally-recognized sexual addiction treatment programs for men and women. He…
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Southwestern College Student Complaint Policy
Student success and student satisfaction with our services are top priorities for Southwestern College. It is our goal to graduate self-reflective practitioners who will serve others through the professions of Counseling and Art Therapy. Service is core to our mission. It is in this light that our policy is aimed…
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Susan Boyes, I now live and work in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I have a part-time position as an art therapist for traumatic brain injured adults in a rehabilitation center. I also have a thriving private practice, providing art therapy to TBI clients and others in their own homes,…
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Graduation Year - 2009
Rachel Zavarella, MA
Starting in July 2010, I am moving to the bay area in California to work at The Creekside School. I will be working toward hours for LPCC and ATR licensure in addition to being trained as a DIR/Floortime therapist. The Creekside School is a private school for children…
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Laura Lansrud-López, M.S., M.A., LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, NCC, ATCS, ACS, is the Clinical Director of Tierra Nueva Counseling Center. She has a rich and diverse work history, spanning bioinformatics, forensic sciences, crisis intervention, behavioral health, clinical supervision, and higher education. Laura holds a Master of Science degree in Forensic Sciences from The George Washington University,…
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<-- 2006 2008 -->Wendy Goodman, MA, LPCC, LADAC As I reflect upon my career path since leaving Southwestern College I wonder if any one of us can truly know the possibilities of opportunity that lie before us. If we are prepared to explore what we don’t know and can be flexible to unexpected turns in…
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