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Communicating Creatively: Art, Music, and Alternative Addiction Treatment Therapies
Communicating Creatively: Art, Music, and Alternative Addiction Treatment Therapies --by Michelle Peterson recoverypride.org Millions of people who suffer the ravages of drug and alcohol addiction benefit from traditional, 12-step treatment...
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Being a Counselor, And Using Coaching Sensibilities & Skills
Dr. Nolan discusses combining Counseling and Coaching as a career option. ...
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Becoming Visionary: The Key To Our Successful Future
Becoming Visionary Is A Mindset You Will Need --by Jim Nolan What does it mean to be “Visionary”? Visionary means looking into our unprecedentedly uncertain future and...
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Mental/Behavioral Health & Your State–Fascinating Highlights & Lowlights
From The State of Mental Health in America, 2018: Some Highlights & Lowlights Prevalence of “Mental Illness”: New Mexico ranks 31st of 51 (Counting DC) North Dakota and Hawaii...
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Conscious Entrepreneurship: A Buncha Tips on Private Practice
Conscious Entrepreneurship: A Buncha Tips on Private Practice ---by Jim Nolan, Licensed Psychologist, LPCC, LADAC These are, of course, mostly based on my experience, but I also know a lot...
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Conscious Entrepreneurship: A Re-Boot…
Conscious Entrepreneurship at Southwestern College A few years ago, several of us at Southwestern College (Myself, Laura Lansrud-Lopez, Claudia Escareno-Clark, Dru Phoenix, Ande Hambuchen) created an initiative we called “Conscious...
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8 Private Practice Tips for Success
President Nolan offers 8 tips on how to build a successful private practice. ...
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Marketing Your Private Practice
http://drjamesmichaelnolan.com/featured/not-jackwagon-marketing-private-practice/...
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From the Charm City to the Land of Enchantment! Discovering the Gift in being the only African American in my Graduate School Classes
It’s been approximately 60 days since I packed up Lotus, my 2003 Honda Pilot, with all of my belongings that I could fit into it so I could relocate...
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How Do I Become a Professional Counselor?
Dr. Nolan answers the question "How do I become a professional counselor?"...
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Why Southwestern College for a Master’s in Counseling?
Reasons why you want to get your Master's in Counseling at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico......
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Worried About Licensing Exams? Or Starting Your First Job As a Therapist?
Students often worry about whether they are learning what they need to know to pass exams and succeed on their first jobs. Some words of wisdom about that......
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MA in Counseling or PhD in Psychology?
So You Want to Be a Therapist? Counselor or Psychologist? Let’s start with the fact that becoming a licensed psychologist will take you a good 6-8 years or more, and...
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Can We Hold Against-ness and One-ness at the Same Time?
So, it is all complicated… Here in Santa Fe people often say “Everything is perfect, just the way it is…” And “Everything happens for a reason…” And “We are all...
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Some Therapists Are Bus Drivers, Others Cabbies
Part of my job, as I see it, is to teach clients that I am their cabbie, not their bus driver. Sometimes they really, really want me to be the...
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Considering Working with Addictions/Substance Abuse?
A Letter to Anybody even REMOTELY Thinking of Working in Addictions/Substance Abuse Dear Friends, Colleagues, Prospective Students, Current Students, & Alumni, Credentials, licenses, and professional certificates can help us get...
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The Mystical in Private Practice
So far, every one of my clients is me, and is my teacher, and without even knowing it, invites me into great sprawling canyons of awe. I am sure there...
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12 Points Regarding Required Therapy @ SWC
Thoughts about why personal therapy is required at SWC......
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MA in Counseling or Ph.D. in Psychology? Some Economic Considerations
An MA in Counseling is the fastest and most economical track to becoming a Psychotherapist/Counselor......
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Job Outlook for Professional Counselors is Amazing
The future is extremely bright for Professional Counselors......
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Five Great Reasons for Becoming a Professional Counselor
If you have been told that you are a good listener, or you are the one your friends come to who have problems, keep reading.......
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Why You Should Consider Blogging for Southwestern College. No, Seriously.
Doc has some thoughts on why you might want to think about blogging for Southwestern College... ...