Karey Thorne is a counselor and educator who conducts workshops in the United States, Europe and Asia. She has taught peace studies classes at the high school and college level  for 15 years, and conducts international service internships with students. As head of PeaceJam New Mexico, she organized 6 international peace conferences, in which Nobel…
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Kat Duff wrote a book Alchemy of Illness and is now learning neuro-feedback techniques.
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Rick Cotroneo  MA Counseling
The year was 1984.  I was wrapped in a piece of beige linen. With leather sandals on my feet, I was holding an ancient slingshot. When…
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Please consult the following sites for additional information. El Dorado, Tesuque and La Cienega are communities within a 20 minute drive to Santa Fe that may also have housing opportunities. El Dorado can be reached by U.S. 85, Tesuque is north of Santa Fe on Route 599 and La Cienega is south of Santa…
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ART AS A FORCE OF NATURE: CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND HEALING
Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., ATR
Saturday, August 25, 9am – 5:30pm
The Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez, Santa Fe
$135 for 7 CECs
Go to www.tandh.org to register
Art heals through the circulation of creative energy and the transformation of difficulties into…
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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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The admissions application for the Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership doctoral program is available on our website at Apply Now.
We accept applications for Fall entry and there are two deadlines: February 1 and May 1.
Admissions CriteriaÂ
Admissions candidates must have a Master’s degree from an accredited institution. The Master's degree can be from…
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Jennifer Albright, MA, ATR, LPC/MHSP - Professionally, I am working with Experiential Healing Center with private practice serving children, adolescents, and adults with individual, family, group services. In addition, I am teaching Methods and Principles of Substance Abuse Counseling at Southwest TN Community College. I continue to work with at risk boys…
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Graduate student, Amy Gordon, describes a fascinating first experience with Holotropic Breathwork. …
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Graduation Year - 2009
Zachary Campbell, MA
has been working in Coon Rapids, MN as the Assistant Director of Housing with Services for Mary T. Inc. Mary T. Inc. provides enhanced lifestyles through affordable rental housing, apartments for seniors, residential living, supportive services, hospice, and home health care. Zachary lives in Plymouth, MN with…
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Kelsey Fagan, is counting her many blessings as the full time art therapist at Kahi Mohala Behavioral Health, the only private non-profit psychiatric hospital in the Islands of Hawaii. In Ewa Beach, Oahu, she runs groups and individual art therapy and sandtray sessions for both court-ordered and voluntarily…
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I have been inspired by all of the crayon melting art that Laura Lansrud-Lopez has been posting on NMATA's Facebook page. Â I have a bunch of broken crayons that I have been saving to melt into a new project. The first project was to make new crayons. I went to Michaels and bought a few…
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1996 Grad, Jack Lehman, MA, LPCC, Certified Trainer – Center for Nonviolent Communication.
In Thailand, north of Chiang Mai, I worked individually with workshop participants in front of a group. It was a 2-day Introduction to Nonviolent Communication. I spent much of the winter of ‘10 -’11 in Thailand and gave 3 workshops there and…
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Photo of Whitney Tressel, taken by Adria Malcolm.
Welcome to Southwestern Soundbites! In this episode, Courtney Shackelford talks to Whitney Tressel; current Art Therapy and Counseling student, graduate assistant, travel photographer, and all around amazing human. Whitney talks about going to grad school, how the pandemic clarified her path, and the power of getting still.…
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WOUNDED HEALER AS MAMA by Ivy Whisper
I was eight months pregnant with my first son when Gloria called me and said that she needed to talk to me about my friend Rose. She said that Rose had died the day before and that she’d been struggling with postpartum depression.
We had both…
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The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College houses our community programs. We offer free public lectures, an annual national conference, and seven professional Certificates.
Our Public Lecture Series takes place between September and June. We present between three and five public lectures each year on topics relevant to our alumni, healthcare providers and the general…
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Southwestern College faculty member Jessica Callaway reflects on her profound experience of Haiti, and its resilient people. …
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by Jessica Callaway, LPAT, LPCC, ATR-BC
I didn't know what to expect when I decided to go to Haiti. I realized when I was on the plane that I was partly, or mostly, going for selfish reasons. I was excited to practice art therapy and teach yoga in an environment I had never experienced,…
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Why I Chose Southwestern College
I believe that when you are considering Southwestern College, their mission statement will either ring true for you or it won’t: "Transforming Consciousness Through Education." While that completely resonated with me on one level, I hadn’t connected all the pieces. Often when making decisions I will rely on the ones…
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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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Artist Looks Beyond the Canvas
I grew up in a family of artists and worked as a professional painter in studios and galleries for thirty years. Making art has always been my way of fitting in the world. I never knew anything different. But it was through teaching art that I came to understand…
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Michelle Lynn, M.A., LMHC graduated from Southwestern College in 2011. She has B.S. in Elementary Education from University of New Mexico. She taught elementary school off and on for 12 years in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, and Jemez Springs.
She is currently the Administrative Coordinator of Tierra Nueva Counseling Center, intern liaison manager, and adjunct faculty.…
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Victor Nelson, M.Div., S.T.M., LMFT, was a Lutheran pastor before focusing on pastoral counseling as a marriage and family therapist. He has trained and supervised marriage and family therapists and taught graduate courses as an adjunct faculty member at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis and Utah State University in Logan, Utah. While living in Utah…
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I began the counseling program at Southwestern after teaching elementary school off and on for 12 years in the public schools of New Mexico. During that time I explored my creative and spiritual sides by working in the costume shop at Musical Theatre Southwest in Albuquerque, making period clothing and costumes for reenactment communities, attending…
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For the past 8 years I have worked at county community health agencies in Oregon providing therapy, case management, forensic program oversight and clinical supervision to chronically mentally ill populations (and the teams that serve them) in three different counties. I am currently a Program Manager for a Community Supports Team, and in the next…
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