Southwestern College offers a Master's Degree in Art Therapy/Counseling, allowing our graduates to be licensed both as Art Therapists and Counselors in many states. This is a VERY valuable option, as Art Therapists are licensed as such in only about 5 states. We believe in helping our graduates all through their careers, through our Conscious…
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Heather Wulfers, ATR-BC, LPAT, LPCC
I graduated from the Art Therapy/Counseling program in March 2010 and have been working as a licensed therapist both at Southwestern Counseling Center and in private practice. As the coordinator at the counseling center, I stay connected to the College community and work with all kinds of diverse clients, which…
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Liberating Loan Lessons for Life
You finally figured out a career path and maybe even the college you want to attend, but now you are faced with the daunting task of figuring out how to pay tuition and it seems that your only option is to take out student loans. You do the math and…
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Life evolves.
My 3rd and 4th Acts have taken place here at Southwestern College - first in Admissions and now as Director of Student Services. My 1st act was also in higher education – as a Residence Hall Director, Director of Student Support Services, and then as a Doctoral student. I advised, taught, managed, and…
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Kristin Sellke Koepke
Wauwatosa, WI
I graduated from Southwestern in 2002 with my MA in Art Therapy. Since then I have lived in Illinois, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. I have spent most of my career working with children and adolescents, many of them in the foster care system. I am now an independent contractor in…
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Golden Willow Retreat, in cooperation with Tierra Nueva Counseling Center, is offering a Grief Support Group
Honoring all types of grief and loss, the group offers a place to explore the grieving process within a supportive community.
Free of charge
Open to those aged 18 and…
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Check this out in the Santa Fe Reporter!!!
http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-9132-sex-in-full-spectrum.html
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Lauren Taylor
Oklahoma City, OK
I graduated in 2010 with a MA in Art Therapy and Counseling, and received my LPC in February of 2013. While under supervision for my license, I worked at the Community Learning Council which is a non-profit that focuses on working with women and children who have witnessed domestic…
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President Ann Filemyr discusses the purpose and power of naming and living our values, especially during times of stress and change. She shares the five values of Southwestern College: service, mindfulness, empowerment, partnership and love, and how these values have been translated into actions and decisions by the college leadership team during the pandemic. Talk…
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Your Experience & Success in the Program
Your experience in the Art Therapy / Counseling program at Southwestern College will be a vibrant exploration of the art-filled therapeutic process. Our integrative approach not only honors the spiritual connection between soul and art, it also positions our students for professional success after…
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Welcome to Southwestern Soundbites– quick audio clips featuring current students, staff, and faculty discussing SWC’s various certificate programs and happenings at Southwestern. This episode features Courtney Shackelford, current student in the Art Therapy and Counseling program and also admissions staff, and Dru Phoenix, alum of the Art Therapy and Counseling program and Director of Enrollment…
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Christopher is a psychotherapist in private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His areas of specialty include LGBTQ issues, men’s issues, relational dynamics, family of origin issues, anxiety and trauma, sexuality, spirituality, and spiritual emergency. Before entering into full-time private practice work, he served as the assistant coordinator of the Southwestern Counseling Center, where…
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Hello, and welcome to Southwestern Soundbites. In this episode, Dru Phoenix talks about her experience as someone who already had a Master's degree and later decided to pursue another Master's degree in Art Therapy. She also discusses the power of art and what led to her decision to go in this direction. Tune in for…
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<-- 1999 2001 -->Judy Branham is a social worker in the Lovelace psychiatric unit in Albuquerque, NM where she has been for about five years. She is currently cutting back to part-time and considering expanding into other areas of interest by brushing up her counseling skills. Judy is most appreciative of SWC and remembers what a…
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Coronavirus Health Information
Symptoms: Fever, cough, difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
For the majority of confirmed cases, symptoms have been mild and resolved after several days.
In New Mexico call the coronavirus hotline at 1-855-600-3453. The New Mexico Department of Health website link is below with accurate and up to date information.
When to…
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Program Description
Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) lives at the intersection of spirituality, biology and psychology. This emerging field has grounded what the mystical and transpersonal traditions have taught forever, that we are undeniably interconnected and interdependent. Humans and all other mammals are biologically wired to seek connection in order to survive. Our…
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The prospects for employment in the mental health field in today’s world are quite bright. Our art therapy and counseling graduates are finding jobs before or soon after graduation. They are working in mental health clinics, hospitals, recovery centers, schools, nursing homes and in private practice. They are working with the elderly, children, infants, families…
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As I move towards facilitating my last mural painting process at Southwestern College, I am thinking about relationships, legacy and love. Debbie Schroder and I have co-facilitated this process since 2013, and since the pandemic of 2020 the process has undergone many changes (see Group Murals During a Pandemic and Cracked Wide Open).
The mural…
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Licensed Psychologist, Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Dr. Calvert is the Director of the Ecotherapy Certificate Program. She has studied mindfulness for the past 18 years and has taught classes, courses, workshops, and retreats. Rochelle leads classes/courses/seminars in Six-week Introductory Training in Mindfulness, (S.I.T.), Awake in the Wild- Nature-Based Mindfulness retreats, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy…
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Monica Mody, PhD, MFA, is a transdisciplinary educator, poet, writer, and theorist at the intersections of earth-based wisdom, whole person philosophy, and embodied regenerative consciousness. She comes to her teaching and writing as a border-crossing and cross-genre practitioner interested in the resilient knowing of the body as a site for connection with vaster, more fluid…
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Sandplay Therapy
SandPlay Therapy is a recognized therapeutic modality founded by the Swiss psychotherapist Dora M. Kalff and based on depth psychology.
The free and protected space created within the sand tray, held within the therapeutic relationship, engages the psyche’s natural healing capacities. The active process of viewing and selecting figures from the collection combined…
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Calling All visionaries!
By Ann Filemyr, PhD. President and Founder/Director of the
in PhD Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership
The new transdisciplinary PhD in Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership at Southwestern College in Santa Fe features a unique approach. This low residency doctoral degree is designed to support adult learners who seek to…
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Ecotherapy Certificate
96-HOUR CERTIFICATE, Completed with 6 courses
Southwestern College students may take these courses at the Continuing Education (CE) price unless they are using the course to meet graduate program degree requirements.
Students and community members pursuing a certificate through the New Earth Institute must complete all classes required for the Certificate…
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Drew Hutchinson is a body oriented therapist and educator with 15 years of experience working with clients and teaching. Drew received his Master’s in Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University with a focus on Transpersonal Dimensions of Psychotherapy including Existential, Humanistic and Somatic Specialties. After graduating Drew attended trainings with the Northern California Psychoanalytic…
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