Posted July 27th, 2016 by Dru Phoenix & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
The other morning I came into contact with a report by Jonathan Cook from the Aljazeera international news station. His correspondence, Israeli textbook 'bad for Arabs, bad for Jews,' resonated with a recent discussion I had. Mr. Cook shared a piece on the war and conflict segment on Israeli’s ministry of education’s effect on Palestinian…
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Posted July 26th, 2016 by Dru Phoenix & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Over the past weekend I was excited and joyous in being able to spend time with my extended family. Growing up with a diverse and multicultural background I had an unconventional childhood. At the age of 3 my parents divorced and I grew up separate from my father and brother. Over time both of my…
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Posted July 26th, 2016 by Dru Phoenix & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
As a second year Art therapy/Counselor in training, I have recently begun practicum. Practicum is the hands-on application of my accrued training from over the course of my graduate and undergraduate programs. At Southwestern College I have come to understand and appreciate the art of transforming consciousness through psycho-eco-socio-education. As an indigenous woman I have…
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Posted July 26th, 2016 by Dru Phoenix & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Ecotherapy, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Since beginning my apprenticeship as an art therapist/counselor in training here at SWC in 2014, I had my most challenging quarter in the spring of 2016. For the first two years I felt like I was doing a lot of personal transformation work in the safety of some of my cocoon-like classes. Since the beginning…
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Posted July 20th, 2016 by Beth Lykins & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Part 1: What is Ownership Language
In many of my classes our teachers have been training us to use “I statements” during discussions. For example, it applies when you fall into the habit of using we, or you, when you actually mean “I” in a statement, as I just did in this sentence. See what I…
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Posted July 16th, 2016 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Reflections from the President, People of SWC, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Bringing the Divine Feminine to Campus by Ann Filemyr, Ph.D.
I believe the Ultimate could be a vast energetic being, nameless, formless, skinless, disembodied raw creative force power zipping through the universe in the never-ending processes of making and unmaking, being, becoming and dissolving back into non-being. The Great Mystery, who I refer to…
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Posted July 14th, 2016 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Reflections from the President, People of SWC, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
When One Transitions, We All Transition
by Ann Filemyr
Our granddaughter announced his decision to become an F to M Trans Boy. Okay, I am ready, I thought. Well, not completely ready, I discovered.
I should be ready. I came out in 1977 as a bisexual. I was precocious, adventurous and fully engaged in the…
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Posted July 10th, 2016 by Jim Nolan, Former President & filed under SWC Blog.
Get your LPCC as soon as you can. Out. …
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Posted July 1st, 2016 by Dru Phoenix & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Where do SWC Grads Work, People of SWC.
Choosing the right graduate program is not an easy task. I am one of those people who did not make the best choice. I am writing this blog to offer some questions to ask when comparing programs in Counseling or in Art Therapy/Counseling.
I earned a MA in Counseling degree when I was in my…
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Posted July 1st, 2016 by Deborah Schroder & filed under People of SWC, Consciousness & Mindfulness, SWC Blog.
Summer Beach Reading from the “Sea of Whiteness”
I remember seeing lists of books in magazines that were deemed appropriate for “summer beach reading," the assumption being that we all deserved a break from heavier reading material during the summer. I like that idea, in theory. But the truth is that I read what I…
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