My wife Fern, foster daughter Kari, doggie Otto, and I are homesteading on our land in Lyle, WA where we have a 10,000 square foot vegetable "patch," solar power, and wood cooker. We are currently crammed into a tiny yurt, but we are building a new home during our spare time evenings and weekends. http://homesweetyurt.wordpress.com/.
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Dr. Fisher, Ph.D., is an independent scholar, artist, educator and fearologist and is founder and director of In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute, The Fearology Center, and hosts the Fearlessness Movement ning as a social platform for building community and sharing resources on the impacts, individual and collective, of the culture of fear. He holds…
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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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Graduation Year - 2009
Andrew Fearnside, MA
I graduated last fall in Counseling with a concentration in Grief, Loss and Trauma, having spent the spring and summer working at the UNM Cancer Center. In January I found contract work at the Family Workshop, a private mental health clinic that receives court-ordered clients with DWI…
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Stuart Cline has an 18-month-old baby boy with his wife Julie. He is working with the Native American population at the Pueblo of Sandia as the Substance Abuse Counselor and just received his temporary LPCC licensure adding to his LPAT, LADAC as well as ATR-BC licenses. Stuart has…
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Licensing and supervision requirements vary by state. Check your state’s specific requirements by going to their website.
As of May 14, 2024, Southwestern College programs do meet the requirements for licensure in New Mexico. Specific determinations that its curriculum meets the state educational requirements for licensure or certification in all 50 states is an ongoing…
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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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Pachamama is my teacher...........
by Candy Jones, student at Southwestern College
"I go among trees and sit still. All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on water. My tasks lie in their places where I left them, asleep like cattle." - Wendell Berry from A Timbered Chore Take Me to Bethlehem
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The Graduate Assistantship (GA) program is an opportunity for students to receive a stipend and discounted tuition in exchange for supporting SWC's administrative functions. Assistantships for $3,600 or $7,200 are typically awarded in the fall quarter for the entire year. The award funds are distributed equally over the course of three or four quarters. Part of the award is used to…
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Addictions, Abuse and Recovery Certificate Program
Program Description
The goal of the Addictions, Abuse and Recovery Certificate program is to provide reflective practitioners with an integrated approach in the treatment of addictions with individuals, families and communities. Special attention will be given to the utilization of evidence-based practices in cultural contexts that…
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Kat Duff wrote a book Alchemy of Illness and is now learning neuro-feedback techniques.
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Rick Cotroneo MA Counseling
The year was 1984. I was wrapped in a piece of beige linen. With leather sandals on my feet, I was holding an ancient slingshot. When…
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Counseling student Sylvan Schneider shares what it is like being a male at Southwestern College, and in the field of Counseling. …
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Counseling Graduate Student Sylvan Schneider discusses the loves of his life: Coffee, and Buddy...…
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Marna Hauk, PhD, directs programs and innovates learning and scholarship in regenerative futures, arts-based methods, climate justice, and leadership and imagination. For the past decade, she has directed the programs of the Institute for Earth Regenerative Studies (earthregenerative.org), leading social incubators and learning immersions at the convergence of eco-restoration, creativity, and the living wisdom traditions.…
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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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There are many gems to be discovered in the summertime throughout New Mexico. The summer temperatures in lower elevation areas of New Mexico range from 80-100 degrees Fahrenheit. The higher elevation locations of NM reach the 70s in the peak of summer. These temperatures are perfect for shorts and tank tops with plenty of sunscreen!…
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Admissions
If you have the motivation for self-discovery and the academic background to pursue a rigorous graduate degree in the field of consciousness, your graduate school search will lead you to Southwestern College.
Southwestern brings a holistic, multicultural perspective to this Master's degree program. We are an especially good fit if you are an adult…
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The anticipation from July to September was immense, knowing grad school was a big life step for me. I prepped my spare room that was my old high school bedroom into my new office/yoga space. It was a total room renovation. I strongly feel the energy of physical space arrangement and needed to make this…
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Overview and Application Process
The New Earth Institute of Southwestern College offers Certificate Programs to expand your scope of professional expertise and enhance your marketability as a Counselor or Art Therapist/Counselor.
The programs consist of a series of intensive offerings in clinically relevant areas of professional practice, including:
Addictions, Abuse and Recovery
Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology
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Connect to your higher calling. Transform your work, your relationships, and your life. This is consciousness in action.
Features of the Program
Prepares graduates to affect change in their communities and/or field of study
On the ground in Santa Fe, NM or online/distance available
Integration of creative, multi-tiered method of learning and subject matter
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Link to Online Forms Repository
Transcript Requests
To obtain a copy of your Southwestern College transcript, complete this Handy Online Request
OR Submit your request directly through Populi. Go to >My Profile>Student Tab>Transcript>Transcript Options>Official Transcript Request.
There is a $15 charge for each official transcript.
There is a $5 charge for each unofficial transcript ordered…
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The following are links to full text eBooks, which are required reading for courses in the Summer 2018 quarter.
Upon clicking each link, you will be asked (on the page that loads) to provide an EBSCOhost User ID and Password to access the content, both of which can be obtained by contacting Quimby Memorial Library.
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Dr. Nolan discusses combining Counseling and Coaching as a career option. …
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Each year, schools must provide to enrolled students a notice containing a list of the consumer information it must disseminate, and the procedures for obtaining this consumer information. Schools must also provide notice of student rights under the Right to Know and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts. The primary method of disseminating consumer information…
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