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Six Questions about Leaving My Corporate Job, by Jacob Gotwals
Jacob Gotwals' "Second Act" involved leaving a successful corporate gig for a journey of spiritual awakening and a new profession as Counselor...…
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Ann Filemyr, College President on “Racial Justice” with painting by Onde Chymes
My heart has been heavy this past week as yet another African American man was brutally murdered by a white police officer. The brutality has once again sparked outrage, grief, shock and demand for change. The persistent legacy of institutionalized racism, combined with the lack of national leadership condemning such overtly racist acts, leaves…
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Five Fabulous Apps for SWC Grad Students
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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ONE LOVE
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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One Love: Lessons Learned in Haiti, by Jessica Callaway
Southwestern College faculty member Jessica Callaway reflects on her profound experience of Haiti, and its resilient people. …
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Mud: A Poem of Counsciousness by Allegra Borghese
MUD
On my elbows and knees,
trudging through thick mud.
Cut up, alone, and enveloped in darkness,
yet there is something delicious about the taste of this earth.
I chew it: its salty crunch cleans my mouth.
I pour it over me: it is thick and wet, and gives me a coat of warmth.
I…
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Children’s Mental Health
Children’s Mental Health Certificate Program
Program Description
The Children’s Mental Health certificate was developed in collaboration with area agencies and organizations serving children and families in New Mexico, alumni working with children, adolescents and families, and other professionals in the field. On a national level it is also understood that there is a…
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Trauma, Grief & Renewal
Trauma, Grief and Renewal Certificate Program
Program Description
This certificate program combines experiential, introspective and expressive approaches to understanding issues of death, dying, grief counseling, and related trauma and hospice work. The program’s educational philosophy views dying and death as a natural part of the life cycle and an ultimate challenge all human…
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Is My Therapist “The One?” by Jane McConnell
“Consciousness is a fundamental thing, the fundamental thing in existence — it is the energy, the motion, the movement of consciousness that creates the universe and all that is in it – not only the macrocosm but the microcosm is nothing but conscious- ness arranging itself.” - Sri Aurobindo
Is My Therapist “The…
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The New Earth Institute Certificate Programs
The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers cutting edge experiential and transformational programs on innovative and clinically relevant topics. Each program offers distinctive training that can enhance not only the participant’s experience and skill base, but their career opportunities. Classes can be taken for Board approved CEs by counselors, social workers and art therapists,…
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On Becoming a Mexican Therapist by Claudia Escareño-Clark
Claudia Escareño-Clark explores the impact that assimilation and being an immigrant have had and how this will impact her work with clients. …
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In the Aftermath of Yesterday’s Massacre
In the Aftermath of Yesterday’s Massacre
We heard the news about the June 12 massacre on Sunday evening. A man declaring himself an Islamic fundamentalist entered a gay bar in Orlando, Florida and began shooting. He killed 50 people and harmed 54 more. It is the most destructive mass shooting in U.S. history.
My partner…
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Alum Anne Lebednik Video on Art & Creativity
In Art & Creativity, Southwestern College alumnus Anne Lebednik explores the value of integrating creativity and artmaking as a practice in our lives. Anne explains how we can approach this mindfully and why it is important to cultivate, especially now. This talk was filmed on June 14, 2020 for the Awakening Heart Community of Mindful…
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Thoughts on Future Bound Genograms by Deborah Schroder, ATCN Program Chair
This quarter I’m teaching two sections of one of my favorite courses – Family Art Therapy. As we’ve been exploring many aspects of intergenerational trauma and historical intergenerational trauma, it’s occurred to me that this pandemic we’re in will be reflected in genograms. How will that look, what will therapists see?
So many families’…
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Interview with Carol Parker
I, Rene, had the amazing opportunity to meet with Carol Parker at a coffee shop called Dulce in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Carol Parker brings with her a wealth of knowledge related to ceremonial space, initiations and rite-of-passages, and was the initiator of Wilderness Fasts at Southwestern College. I asked her to meet to learn more…
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Molly Bigknife Antonio, PhD
Molly Bigknife Antonio, PhD, is of Shawnee, Delaware, Cherokee, Irish, and English heritage. She is executive director of the nonprofit Pollen Circles, located in Window Rock, Arizona, and she serves as a Doctoral Program First Year Faculty Mentor at Southwestern College, as well as an associate faculty at Prescott College. She teaches and advises online…
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Southwestern College
Southwestern College is a consciousness-centered graduate school in Santa Fe, New Mexico offering online/distance and on the ground Graduate degrees in Counseling, Art Therapy/Counseling, Art Therapy for Clinical Professionals (leading to licensure) and Consciousness in Action, as well as a Ph.D. in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership.
We also offer specialty certificates for ongoing professional development. Our innovative curriculum integrates…
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Weaving Together the Quilt of Southwestern College
Southwestern College student, Mary Edson, interviews four new students to get their insight on what it is that makes the Southwestern College experience so unique. What the students have to say is thoughtful, honest and evocative. …
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Finding a Therapist
How to Find a Good Therapist
Here are suggestions from the Academic Council of Southwestern College on how to find a good therapist:
Seek referrals from people you trust – ask your friends, social network, fellow students and colleagues who they have found to be helpful.
Just because a therapist is…
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Rites of Passage: Wilderness Fast as a First Year Student
My name is Alyssa Ellegaard and I am a first-year student at Southwestern College. My journey at SWC began before classes started during this past fall’s Wilderness Fast in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. I had just moved from Northwestern Minnesota a week before I was to embark on the Wilderness Fast. I knew very little…
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A Message from the President’s Office
My Journey to Southwestern College – Thom D. Chesney
As a lifelong writer and storyteller, I have grown accustomed to words flowing freely from my thoughts to a page or podium. I love crafting poems, weaving narratives, engaging with my audience, and soaking in readers’ and listeners’ reactions to my handiwork. As I…
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Laura L. Lansrud-López, M.S., M.A., LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, ACS, NCC
Laura Lansrud-López 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, and a Master of Arts degree in…
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Ethics & Supervision Continuing Education Offerings at SWC
Ethics and Supervision CEU classes are typically offered in the summer quarter and are sometimes offered as a workshop in our annual Transformation and Healing Conference. They satisfy the state licensing board requirement for Ethics or Supervision CEUs for counselors, art therapists and social workers.
When new courses are available they will be posted here…
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Hues of Hay: A Collection of Interviews and Photographs
A collection of photos and interviews engaging the relationship between our minds and bodies. …
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