Looking to start your flowerbeds this spring and want to honor the Northern Central New Mexican foliage? New to Santa Fe and trying to determine which are the native plants along the trails? I have some tips for you!
Santa Fe Native Plant Project (SNaPP) is a certification and public education program of the…
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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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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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Summer Beach Reading from the “Sea of Whiteness”
I remember seeing lists of books in magazines that were deemed appropriate for “summer beach reading," the assumption being that we all deserved a break from heavier reading material during the summer. I like that idea, in theory. But the truth is that I read what I…
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Your privacy is critically important to us. At Southwestern College we have a few fundamental principles:
We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. (We can’t stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.)
We don’t share your personal information with…
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M.A. Art Therapy, University of New Mexico; M.A. Counseling and Family Studies, Univ. of New Mexico; B.A. European History, Colorado College
Megan began her adult journey as a weaver and owner of Penelope’s Web, a small weaving and yarn store in Maine. After moving to New Mexico 25 years ago in search…
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ART AS A FORCE OF NATURE: CREATIVITY, IMAGINATION AND HEALING
Shaun McNiff, Ph.D., ATR
Saturday, August 25, 9am – 5:30pm
The Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez, Santa Fe
$135 for 7 CECs
Go to www.tandh.org to register
Art heals through the circulation of creative energy and the transformation of difficulties into…
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Registering at Southwestern College
Registering for New Earth Institute (NEI) and Certificate Program Coursework
You may register for a course in NEI or a certificate program once the quarterly course schedule is released. The schedule will list the New Earth Institute certificate courses offered during that quarter. Many of these courses are offered in…
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Kelsey Fagan, is counting her many blessings as the full time art therapist at Kahi Mohala Behavioral Health, the only private non-profit psychiatric hospital in the Islands of Hawaii. In Ewa Beach, Oahu, she runs groups and individual art therapy and sandtray sessions for both court-ordered and voluntarily…
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Dr. Waterman, EdD, LPCC, is founder and President Emeritus of Southwestern College. He has a doctorate in Education and Counseling, a Masters in Sociology from New Mexico State University and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Besides leading the curriculum development of Southwestern College, he…
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Lynn Bishop is currently teaching English at the first Asian Waldorf High School located in Taiwan. Lynn also lectures on art therapy, teaches sandtray techniques, and leads workshops in integrated health care with her husband, Yung-Sen Chen, a classically trained doctor of Chinese medicine. Lynn reflected, “The keenly honed…
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Karey Thorne is a counselor and educator who conducts workshops in the United States, Europe and Asia. She has taught peace studies classes at the high school and college level for 15 years, and conducts international service internships with students. As head of PeaceJam New Mexico, she organized 6 international peace conferences, in which Nobel…
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Please consult the following sites for additional information. El Dorado, Tesuque and La Cienega are communities within a 20 minute drive to Santa Fe that may also have housing opportunities. El Dorado can be reached by U.S. 85, Tesuque is north of Santa Fe on Route 599 and La Cienega is south of Santa…
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Jobs in Mental Health
Southwestern College's Office of Career Services offers a variety of free workshops throughout the year on topics such as:
Career Pathways Alumni Panels
Community Agency Work
Geriatric, Alzheimer’s and Hospice Work
Private Practice
Additionally, you can follow a lot of the happenings at Southwestern College by linking to either…
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Graduate student, Amy Gordon, describes a fascinating first experience with Holotropic Breathwork. …
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Laura L. Lansrud-Lopez, M.S., M.A., LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, ACS
I was working full-time as the Family Services Program Coordinator for TeamBuilders Counseling Services when I graduated from SWC's Art Therapy / Counseling program in March, 2007. The birth of my first daughter in 2008 prompted my reluctant departure from TeamBuilders, and set me on…
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TLDR:
White privilege is entrenched in our society, and not where it might be expected. Many people who consider themselves "not racist" act in ways that are still oppressive. Racism and oppression are as much "ways of being" as "words" that are said. I was surprised that I have a history of being an…
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1996 Grad, Jack Lehman, MA, LPCC, Certified Trainer – Center for Nonviolent Communication.
In Thailand, north of Chiang Mai, I worked individually with workshop participants in front of a group. It was a 2-day Introduction to Nonviolent Communication. I spent much of the winter of ‘10 -’11 in Thailand and gave 3 workshops there and…
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Program Description
This Master’s degree is available to clinical professionals who already have at least a Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or other clinical degree. The M.A. in Art Therapy/Counseling is for those who have not yet earned a Master’s degree in this field.
This program is being offered as a distance…
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Photo of Whitney Tressel, taken by Adria Malcolm.
Welcome to Southwestern Soundbites! In this episode, Courtney Shackelford talks to Whitney Tressel; current Art Therapy and Counseling student, graduate assistant, travel photographer, and all around amazing human. Whitney talks about going to grad school, how the pandemic clarified her path, and the power of getting still.…
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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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I have been inspired by all of the crayon melting art that Laura Lansrud-Lopez has been posting on NMATA's Facebook page. I have a bunch of broken crayons that I have been saving to melt into a new project. The first project was to make new crayons. I went to Michaels and bought a few…
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The admissions application for the Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership doctoral program is available on our website at Apply Now.
We accept applications for Fall entry and there are two deadlines: February 1 and May 1.
Admissions Criteria
Admissions candidates must have a Master’s degree from an accredited institution. The Master's degree can be from…
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