There are various loan forgiveness programs available for students who have borrowed Federal Student Loans. Below is a list of programs Southwestern College graduates can qualify for after graduating and obtaining their professional licenses.
Federal Student Loan Debt Relief
Students can now apply for federal student loan forgiveness, up to $20,000! The Biden Administration…
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Acquire Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), pass National Counselors Exam (NCE)
1,000 Direct Contact Hours Post-Graduation
100 Hours Supervision (at least 50 with an ATR, ATR-BC, ATRS)
Application to Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)
Cost $125
Must have 3 letters of reference (at least one from an ATR)
Verification of Supervision and Client…
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New Mexico State Independent License
2 years post-graduate experience
3,000 hours of client contact (700 from internship)
100 hours of face-to-face supervision
Application (Notarized)
$75 Cost
Current Passport-sized Photo (2" x 2")
Official Transcript
Verification of Post-Graduate Supervision Hours
Receive temporary LPCC / LPAT
Apply for Exam (NCMHCE) …
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Because rates vary seasonally, it is best to contact places directly for current information and reservations. The following links are to motels that are closest in proximity to the college and reasonably priced:
La Quinta
Holiday Inn Express
The Inn at Santa Fe
The Santa Fe International Hostel and…
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Susan Boyes, I now live and work in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I have a part-time position as an art therapist for traumatic brain injured adults in a rehabilitation center. I also have a thriving private practice, providing art therapy to TBI clients and others in their own homes,…
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Dr. Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and the Stephen R. Setterberg, M.D., Faculty Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Minnesota TC. Dr. Lewis received his PhD from the University of South Florida (Tampa, FL), working under Roger Ariew and Justin EH Smith in the History of Philosophy. His research focuses on concepts…
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By Michelle Walker Harkey
If life is a test, I think I just marked an incorrect answer this morning. As a volunteer at the Los Alamos Triathlon, my stated assignment was to keep a designated part of the course safe by keeping spectators on one side of the ribbon and participants running the correct direction…
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Sylvan Schneider’s work experience journey included a commercial painting job, assisting in a dental office, a foray to the music industry and into the field of mental health. …
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When I entered the second year of my counseling program, I immediately felt the shift of focus from myself to the client. Going to Tierra Nueva, Southwestern College's Counseling Center, for Practicum concretized the transition. Tierra Nueva used to sit in a small shopping mall surrounded by fun businesses such as the cycling shop, an…
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Julie Knose
Hey all! I'm finally doing an alumni update, ten years later! I loved my time at Southwestern College in the Art Therapy program. Two months after graduation, I moved home to Ohio because my dad was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He died four months later in…
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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 is a Psychologist who has created Podcasts, blogs, a Facebook Group, and other products aimed at helping you in private practice. This covers about every…
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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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by Brian Miller, M.A., LPCC
Hello dear friends and colleagues,
This has been a busy few years for me since graduating in 2008. I continue to live in Albuquerque, New Mexico with my wife and our two sons, Sebastian (age 4) and Liam (age 2), who encourage us lovingly to learn more and more about…
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Southwestern College has been bringing the world extraordinary therapists since 1979. Naturally, therapists-in-training need a place to train!
www.tierranuevacounseling.org
Since 1986, SWC students have provided affordable counseling to the community from a holistic mental health care perspective. In a unique program for a New Mexico college, Tierra Nueva Counseling Center offers students practical experience in…
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New Mexico Dependent License - Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
Graduate
Hand in application ASAP (It takes up to 6 weeks to receive license, and you can’t practice until you receive your Temporary LMHC)
Cost $75
Original Current Passport-sized Photo (2”x2”)
Official Transcript
Notarized Application
Notarized Supervisor Form, “Experience Plan”
The temporary LMHC is…
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Personal or Life Coaching is a great adjunct service for Therapists/Counselors to add to their practice. This post explains how and why. …
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
This unique trans-disciplinary doctoral program is designed to prepare you as a regenerative leader to navigate the complexities of changing the old story of separation, domination, competition and control into the emerging story of cooperation, compassion, connection and capacity to regenerate broken social systems and struggling ecosystems. Relationships based on authentic partnership…
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Barbara Bickel is a Canadian/American artist, writer, researcher, and educator of Germanic ancestry currently living on Vancouver Island, on the traditional lands of the Snuneymuxw First Nation peoples in Nanaimo, BC, Canada where she is creative co-director of Studio M*: A Research Creation Lab Intersecting Arts, Culture and Healing. She is Associate Professor of Art…
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What is default?
Default is failure to repay a loan according to the terms agreed to in the Master Promissory Note.
Why are you in default?
No payments have been made for more than 270 days.
What are some of the consequences of default?
The entire unpaid balance of…
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On November 15, 2016, Southwestern College began its Entrepreneurship Series with a panel discussion composed of a variety of helping professionals in Santa Fe. The presenters were former SWC President Jim Nolan, Ph.D., LPCC; Emilah DeToro, M.Ed., PCC; Ginna Clark, PsyD., LPCC, ATR, Faculty member, Coordinator of the Human Sexuality Certificate Program; and Jessica Reeves,…
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Learning to Lose: The Freedom in Failure by Claudia Escareño-Clark
Have you ever heard the question, “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” A while ago I fell down a self-help/find your passion rabbit hole where questions like these were supposed to somehow propel us into finding our dreams. I would like to…
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by Magdalena Karlick
I delved into this rag rug project at the beginning of the summer, wanting to recycle old, ill-fitting, and stained clothing to make a rug for my son’s new room. I imagined a place where he could sit comfortably while looking at his books or playing with his toy animals.
Here are…
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As soon as I hit Maras pavement, I emailed Puma of Chinchero. He was the Shaman that my professor, Carol Parker, had recommended. His email response was immediate. He had time for me on Thursday, November 21, just four days back from my pilgrimage to Pomacanchi.
The owl visitations from the citing of…
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"Opportunity to Publish Consciousness- Centered Writing" for Evolving magazine.
If you are interested in writing for Evolving Magazine - A Guide for Conscious Living,
The writers guidelines are listed here:
2019 Evolving Writer Guidelines and check out their website here: www.EvolvingMagazine.com
good luck!
Are you joining us for the 2019 Transformation & Healing Conference, August 21st…
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