Yearly Archive 2020
Posted April 14th, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under Reflections from the President, Featured.
A Message of Reassurance
Dear Students,
Today I was deeply moved to read the responses to the student survey distributed by our Student Success Team under the leadership of Emilah DeToro, Director of Student & Career Services. I was touched by a student who wrote that they would like a “message of reassurance from…
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Posted April 5th, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under People of SWC, Art Therapy at SWC, Featured.
By Deborah Schroder
An individual Zoom meeting with a student inspired me to think about this, and I so appreciate that. The student was wondering how faculty members were working to keep the heart of Southwestern present as we implement these new ways of teaching and “seeing” clients.
Prior to my first class this quarter,…
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Posted April 1st, 2020 by Magdalena Karlick & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, People of SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Top News, Featured.
An apt title for the potential personal experience this global pandemic has encouraged. Two days after it was announced that gatherings of 50 or more people needed to be postponed, and that public schools in New Mexico would be closed until April 6th (now that has been extended through the end of the school year),…
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Posted March 26th, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Student & Alumni Stories, Featured.
Photograph by Whitney Tressel at whitneytressel.com.
Welcome to another episode of Southwestern Soundbites– quick audio clips featuring current students, staff, and faculty discussing SWC’s various programs and happenings. In this episode, Courtney Shackelford speaks with current Art Therapy and Counseling student, Ben Miller, on his journey to Southwestern, his art, and his experience in Southwestern's…
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Posted January 29th, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under People of SWC, Featured.
By Kate Latimer
The work of a counselor is inherently ironic, and often misunderstood. We are shepherds of grief, sadness, doubt, fear and anger, and know that when we can help our clients feel these things, and look the pain in the eye, healing occurs. This is the transformational paradox. We often feel worse before…
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Posted January 29th, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, Consciousness & Mindfulness, Featured.
By Laura Addiss, current counseling student at Southwestern College, and Juan Rivas Palacios, medicine guide and wisdom keeper of Chavin
Laura:
As future counselors it is essential that we go into our own shadows, to observe and
understand our emotions, thoughts, and fears. We must find the courage to look at our
unresolved trauma and…
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Posted January 28th, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Student & Alumni Stories, Featured.
By Courtney Shackelford
As someone who works full time and attends grad school I have enough on my plate. So why would I add any additional certificates to that workload? I have three reasons:
The information is critical to my future clients.
In grad school, you will develop a strong foundation for practicing…
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Posted January 21st, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Featured.
By Courtney Shackelford
What is it like to die? Perhaps it is a question that everyone besides myself has considered, but, as I was in the class "Dying to Know”, I found myself wondering about the topic. In the past I have wondered what it would be like to be dead, but never had I…
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Posted January 21st, 2020 by Southwestern College & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Featured.
Welcome to another episode of Southwestern Soundbites– quick audio clips featuring current students, staff, and faculty discussing SWC’s various certificate programs. In this episode, Courtney Shackelford (Admissions Associate and current student) talks to her friend and peer, Amanda LaMendola. Amanda is both a student in the Art Therapy/Counseling program and the Addictions, Abuse, and Recovery…
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