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The Independent Chicken
By Deborah Schroder Do you remember the childhood story of the Little Red Hen? She went around the farmyard asking other animals to help her plant the seeds, nurture the...
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A glimpse: Teacher as Student Part 1
I am a third of the way through my second residency at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee Switzerland. This intermodal education challenges students to...
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On These Shoulders, I Stand
By Maqueita Eleazer While taking the History of Art Therapy course, I was surprised to see that 7/301 pages mentioned the contributions that art therapists of color have made to...
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When “assessment” is in the title for a retreat
This past Friday, June 29, the SWC leadership, including the members of the Academic Council, the Chief Finance Officer and the Director of Enrollment Services (me!) gathered together for our...
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About Being Mad
by Dru Phoenix, MA, LMHC The upcoming Wild Heart Gallery art show at Southwestern College is titled “Anger and the Feminine Self.” The idea was to invite the feminine into...
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Your Brain on Art
By Courtney Shackelford The brain is special and magnificent, strange and mysterious. It is powerful enough to send messages to assist in regulating our bodies, but is also a vulnerable...
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Deadlines for Admission
Deadlines. What a word. Here at Southwestern, we do have deadlines, but we also have rolling admission. How does that work? If you are considering applying to Southwestern College, I...
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Body, Heart, and Mind
I come from the east coast, specifically from Virginia. Though I graduated from an art school with a BFA, a lot of the concepts that we discussed in class...
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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...
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Conscious Entrepreneurship: Let’s Meet Dr. Varghese
Conscious Entrepreneurship: Why You Should Know Dr. Melvin Varghese Melvin Varghese is an incredibly likable guy who created what has blossomed into a huge phenomenon called “Selling the Couch.” He...
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#AATA2017: American Art Therapy Association Convention in Albuquerque!
Here in Albuquerque, the town is abuzz with over a thousand Art Therapist burning down the house... How great to experience! I feel honored to be among them... SO many...
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Meltdown! (Looking at the World We Live In: Yikes!) by Deb Schroder
Meltdown! No matter where one lands in terms of politics in our country right now, the stress of what we see and hear in the news can melt one’s sense...
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Male Therapists in Training, Including Native New Mexicans!
There aren't enough male therapists out there, and there are definitely not enough male therapists of color, or Spanish-speaking male therapists, or male therapists born and raised in Northern New...
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Are You An Artist Who Also Wants to Help People? Art Therapy!
Are You an Artist Who Also Wants to Help People? “Art Therapy” is a thing. A real thing. It combines Psychology and Art. And Healing. And Personal Growth. And...
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Art Therapy Techniques: Studio Art Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery Beth Lykins, an Art Therapy/Counseling student finishing up the first part of the Southwestern College masters program, approached the Wild Heart Gallery about hosting an exhibition featuring...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Jessica Morris
Wild Heart Gallery The term, “manifold” can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means “having numerous different parts, elements,...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Chelsea Slay
Wild Heart Gallery The term, “manifold” can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means “having numerous different parts, elements,...
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Manifold Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery The term, "manifold" can be described in a number of ways, but in application to the latest Wild Heart Gallery exhibition, means "having numerous different parts, elements,...
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Voices In America Featuring SWC
Voices in America chose Southwestern College/New Earth Institute as a unique, unsung, yet storied institution, to feature in television slots between full PBS broadcast shows....
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Ancestors Visible: An Art-Based Genogram Show
Wild Heart Gallery Monday, April 10th, 2017 Southwestern College's Wild Heart Gallery hosted the first opening night gala of the quarter. Deb Schroder, Program Chair of the Art Therapy/Counseling Program,...
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Flexible Resonating Or Who are You Drawn To? by Deb Schroder
Flexible Resonating Or Who are You Drawn To? As a child I really loved “Bunny Rabbit”, the silent bunny on Captain Kangaroo. I suppose that could have predicted my introverted...
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Moment of Truth Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery To find out more about the exhibition in the Wild Heart Gallery called Moment of Truth, I sat down with Sarah Ehle, the liaison for the cohort of...
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How Do I Become a Professional Counselor?
Dr. Nolan answers the question "How do I become a professional counselor?"...