Posted October 12th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Ann Filemyr, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured, Mindfulness.
It was during my second week at Southwestern College, the second meeting of Tuesday’s Psychology of Altruism class, that Ann Filemyr presented us with this lesson: “reduce shame, enhance love.” We talked about feelings of shame and the aching, overwhelming presence it can have in our daily lives. Shame that can continually haunt us whether…
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Posted January 16th, 2014 by Magdalena Karlick & filed under Top News, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC.
by Christine Miller, M.A. Candidate in Art Therapy and Counseling at Southwestern CollegeThe initial quarter of classes I took at Southwestern College was both exciting and intimidating. It was through one of my first and most memorable classes, that I learned the value of intention. Without a concrete intent to work on something I would get lost in…
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Posted December 2nd, 2013 by Magdalena Karlick & filed under Top News, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC.
As an Art Therapist, I know that the art process is an important container. As a supervisor, I like to weave in art making and sand tray work in supervision, to articulate client and agency issues and express the multi-dimensional experience that a new therapist has.Katelyn did her practicum and internship at a jail, working…
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Posted June 20th, 2013 by Magdalena Karlick & filed under Top News, Art Therapy/Counseling at SWC, Featured.
by Debbie SchroderAs it got close to 6:00 on Monday evenings I could feel my eagerness to begin painting. Every Monday evening the in-state art therapy interns and I engaged in amazing relationships with our canvases. We painted for an hour, then shared our work and talked for the rest of each class.The process involved…
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Posted October 26th, 2011 by Dru Phoenix & filed under Notes From Dru Phoenix, Admissions.
Quite often I take the opportunity to take a class here. I have taken a number of art therapy classes as well as psychopathology, psychology of altruism and vision quest. This fall I am taking the human development course because so much has happened in the field since I studied this. There are so many…
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