Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM
Southwestern College Santa Fe, NM Blog
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Befriending by Michelle Matthews, PhD student
During the initial doctoral course, VPRL 600 Residency I Seeking, for our morning experiential learning activity of taking it to the land, I brought my camera and spent time in...
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Play as Knowledge, Play as Wisdom by Marie Gillum, PhD Student
I am leaving the initial residency for Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership doctoral students, VPRL 600 Residency I: Seeking, transformed in more ways than language can fully express. I depart...
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Awakening the Soul of Education: Journey through our MA in Transformational Teaching, Learning, & Leadership
Awakening the Soul of Education: A Journey through Southwestern College’s MA in Transformational Teaching, Learning, & Leadership by Virginia Padilla Vigil, Program Director “When we allow challenges...
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Austin Art Hive Pop Up sponsored by SWC Art Therapy students
A team of four dedicated students - Katrina Robles, Emma Shahin, Danielle McDaniel, and Lori Lockhart - came together with a mission to inform the public about the powerful benefits...
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Doctoral Community as an Aspen Grove by Genell Howell, PhD student
When asked what makes my experience in Southwestern College’s PhD in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership program, tenderly known as VPRL (VEE-Pearl), different from my other graduate school experiences, I...
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Video One: Experience in PhD Visionary and Practice and Regenerative Leadership
Denise Moore, PhD student and Tierra Nueva Counseling Center Clinical Director is interviewed by PhD student Zahra RØnlov https://vimeo.com/1054243358/239f7be735?share=copy...
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Video Two: Experience in PhD Visionary and Practice and Regenerative Leadership
Michael Novotny, PhD student and veteran, is interviewed by PhD student Zahra RØnlov https://vimeo.com/1054245646/923429a2f4?ts=0&share=copy...
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Pilgrimage to the Thunderbirds
Photo Essay by Vlad Rebek Vlad Rebek is a doctoral student in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership with an interest in language systems from ancient petroglyphs to the future...
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Comparing Graduate Programs and what is unique about SWC, by Ali Simmel
My name is Ali, pronounced like "alley"—as in "alley cat." I'm 29, a mother of two girls (ages nine and seven), and a partner of eleven years. As I type,...
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Bringing Human Development Course into Life Events, by Ali Simmel
On Tuesday, November 5th, I sat in front of my TV in Texas, watching states in my country turn blue or red in unison with much of the nation and...
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Networking: A Key Part of Marketing a Private Practice by Kam Monroe, MA, LPCC
Networking: A Key Part of Marketing While a strong online presence is crucial, some of the most valuable client referrals came from networking with other professionals. In private practice, building...
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The Importance of Marketing in Private Practice: Lessons from My Journey, By Kam Monroe, MA, LPCC
Marketing often feels like a daunting word for many in the helping professions. When I started my private practice, I was focused on creating a safe, welcoming space for my...
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Home for the Holidays by Southwestern College Art Therapy student, Ali Simmel
Over winter break, I had a moment to pause and reflect on my journey as an online master’s student at Southwestern College (SWC) while talking to my family about how...
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Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership interview with Dr. Enid LaGesse
Dr. Enid LaGesse, founding faculty member in the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership (VPRL) PhD program at Southwestern College (SWC), sits down with VPRL Founder and Director, Dr. Ann Filemyr,...
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Into Becoming: My First Term as a Doctoral Student at Southwestern College, Zahra Indigo Rønlov, VPRL PhD Student
Sometimes an opportunity appears and without even knowing all the details a big YES from the heart arises. This is what happened when I first became aware of the Visionary...
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Learning with Nature, by Nena Martinez Anaya, Doctoral Student
In the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership PhD Program at Southwestern College, we understand the natural world and more-than-human beings are partners in our learning. Of course, nature is not...
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The Gift by Jamie Moon, PhD student
Doctoral student and artist Jamie Moon shares her journey and what influenced her to collect and make sand-painted stones and gift them to the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership doctoral...
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New Frameworks for Learning, PhD student testimonials
The Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership PhD Program at Southwestern College in Santa Fe begins with an initial on-ground residency, Residency I: Seeking. The purpose is to provide an orientation...
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Capstone B: Summer ’24 Presentations & Art Gallery by Jennifer Albright Knash
Image by Ben Noel, Creature of the Week This year we had nineteen students presenting their Capstone B projects and their art pieces that demonstrate the culmination of their learning...
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Summer Capstone A – 2024 by Jennifer Albright Knash
The Capstone Story This year’s summer Capstone A was an entirely virtual experience since all of our students were distance learners for this term. The idea “germinated” very quickly as...
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Finding My People and Coming Home
In the following quotes from their self-reflections, doctoral students entering in Fall 2024 share their experiences of finding community with each other and the faculty of the Visionary Practice and...
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PhD First Residency: Encounters of the VPRL kind by Vlad Rebek
A small passenger van's tires slowly bite into the dusty desert road, leading into a ranch off of the main scenic road, appropriately called Ghost Ranch. We are about...
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Visionary Practices for Regenerative Leaders, Ann Filemyr, PhD
At Southwestern College in Santa Fe, we co-designed a unique transdisciplinary doctoral program, the PhD in Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership, and launched it in 2022. The purpose is to...
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Art Directive from History of Art Therapy class
In History of Art Therapy: Founders and Foundations, we start each class with an art directive. This is a wonderful way to explore the history of the field of art...