By Kate Latimer, MA, LPCC, Director of New Earth Institute
photo of Seren Morris, Joanna Conte and Kate Latimer at their SWC graduation
SWC for student orientation in the Fall of 2004.
I first heard about Southwestern College in 2002 while living in Morocco and teaching at a small international school located in…
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By Awbrey Michelle Willett
I set out using each of my classes here at Southwestern to grow as a person, and to study self-care, and the various occupational hazards of caring, in order to understand how counselors and those of service, including myself, can sustain our work and live optimally well, balanced, and joyful lives.…
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Psychedelic Studies Certificate
96-HOUR CERTIFICATE, Completed with 6 courses
Completed with 3 required courses and 3 elective courses
16 CEUs $375 per course
*Graduate students may take these courses for elective credit.
Required Courses:
Psychedelic Movement: Pioneers in the History, Research, and Current Policy Development
The Psychedelic…
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I'm in my second year of a Masters degree program in counseling at Southwestern College, finishing up my last quarter of classes before my internship. Having been here a while, I think I'm now qualified to say a bit about what Southwestern College is all about, from a student's perspective. So here's what I'm going…
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Trans- (prefix): From Latin. (1) On the other side of : across : through : beyond
(2) so or such as to change or transfer
Southwestern College offers a curriculum that initiates transformational learning. Meaning, through the process of education one will emerge differently than they arrived. The mantra of the institution is “transforming…
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Ann Filemyr, PhD, is the Founder and Director of the PhD in Visionary Practice program. Ann served as the fourth President of Southwestern College following four and a half years as the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean. She also served as the Director of the Ecotherapy Certificate.
Dr. Filemyr was the Academic Dean…
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Dr. Belin M. Tsinnajinnie (he/him) is Diné and Filipinx from Na’ Neelzhiin, New Mexico. He is currently a researcher in mathematics education for WestEd, an education nonprofit. Belin’s primary research interests pertain to issues of social justice and equity in mathematics education through Indigenous perspectives. Prior to WestEd, Belin was a mathematics faculty member at…
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At SWC, you have access to coaching support through Student Success Coaches and the Peer Coaching Program. Coaching is a holistic support resource available to help you succeed on the path toward your educational goals at SWC.
Coaches do this by connecting you to resources, listening to your needs, and assisting you in navigating requirements…
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Kersti’s early career as a math teacher in Santa Fe and Taos sparked her interest in how children learn. That prompted her to pursue a master’s in intercultural communication through the University of New Mexico’s Communication & Journalism department, convinced that culture plays an important role in how we learn.
After completing her master’s,…
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Patricia L. Meek, MFA, LPC, LAC, NFT holds a Holistic and Transpersonal counseling degree from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has initiated with renowned light and energy therapists, indigenous healers, Andean paqos in Peru, and Shamans in Taos, New Mexico. She is a certified Noetic Field Therapist. Ms. Meek is an author…
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The Weed by the Water
by President Ann Filemyr
Sitting on the breakwater next to Navy Pier in Chicago, I look down at my feet. I’ve taken a moment from the busy higher education conference to sit beside the lake. I notice in front of me the seed…
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Our sexual lives - our desires, our behaviors, our fantasies - are intimately connected to psyche. It’s no surprise then that students and therapists have been asking for more. More training. More information. More conversations about sex. Because the truth is even if you don’t have a practice specializing in sexual issues, sex is…
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Food and Consciousness
Ah, October, one of my favorite seasons in Santa Fe, time to make my first apple pie of the season, and look forward to homemade muffins and breads, and the upcoming holidays. But this fall is different. I recently received a diagnosis of diabetes, which runs in our family. Actually, I was…
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Andrew Fearnside's Blog Series offers unique, poignant and tragi-comedic insights into the work of being a therapist. He is a graduate of Southwestern College.
3,000 Hours: The PO (Probation Officer)
Court-ordered clients [hereafter referred to as patients] bring their PO into therapy with them. As the therapist, I have to handle this complication,…
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The Masters Degree in Counseling you were looking for......…
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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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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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by Debbie Schroder
On a recent Saturday I needed to be at a task force meeting at 9 a.m. Yes . . .Saturday . . .9 a.m.! Running late, desperate for caffeine, I zipped into a fast-food drive-through. And I was stunned by the beauty of an image I saw there. In an advertisement promoting…
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Ann Filemyr, PhD, is the founding Director of the PhD in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership. Ann served as the Fourth President of Southwestern College, the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean, and the Director of the Ecotherapy Certificate of the New Earth Institute As a poet, teacher and educational activist interested in the…
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An exploration of the stories, memories and personal significance behind the jewelry we wear. …
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In April 2013, I was privileged to hear Robert Waterman speak. The significance of this event is Robert Waterman founded Southwestern College, which I began attending as a Counseling student later that fall. Much of what he shared provided confirmation of that decision. I have known since I was 20 years old that becoming a…
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Kate Latimer, Santa Fe, NM
I took a hiatus from the counseling world after the birth of my daughter in April of 2011, leaving my much loved job as a counselor at Solace Crisis Treatment Center (formerly the Santa Fe Rape Crisis and Trauma Treatment Center). Becoming a mom has been an incredible initiation full…
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ON BEING HUMAN at Southwestern College, Santa Fe
- Allegra Borghese
I sit in client-mode, staring at myself down a long, dark tunnel. I see a flicker of myself that has been mischievously hiding for a long time. The uncanny feeling that emerges is a potent reality check slicing through who I think myself to…
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What is healing? by Andrea Mitchell
What is healing? I was asked that question on the first morning of my first class. Actually I was asked to make artwork that represented healing to me. I made a medicine wheel, it was the first thing that came into my conscious, and I have learnt to…
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