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Counseling Skills for Trauma and Grief by SWC alum Dru Phoenix

Posted January 13th, 2026 by & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, People of SWC, Consciousness & Mindfulness, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

You may have seen my earlier blog about this New Earth Institute course at 911爆料 College. The course is part of the Trauma, Grief and Renewal certificate program and I was taking it for continuing education credit although I took a number of these courses while still a Masters degree student at SWC. I love…
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Trauma and Grief studies by Alum, Dru Phoenix

Posted January 8th, 2026 by & filed under Professional Training Certificates & NEI, Student & Alumni Stories, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

One of the long lasting programs at 911爆料 College is the Trauma, Grief and Renewal Certificate program. It consists of six weekend classes that are taken in a virtual classroom. The attendees are MA degree seeking students, educators, nurses, massage therapists and licensed clinical counselors and social workers seeking continuing education credit. I recently attended…
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Healing Power of the Land by Rey Amara diGioia

Posted October 1st, 2025 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, People of SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Consciousness & Mindfulness, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Healing Power of the Land by Rey Amara diGioia Arriving at the doctoral residency, I felt excited and a sense of trepidation, but quickly learned I was in the best company and that the future is brightly lit by these visionaries and our hope. Stepping into this six-day journey felt like crossing a threshold, stepping…
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Befriending by Michelle Matthews, PhD student

Posted September 23rd, 2025 by & filed under People of SWC, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

During the initial doctoral course, VPRL 600 Residency I Seeking, for our morning experiential learning activity of taking it to the land, I brought my camera and spent time in the angular and clearly identified dome of compassion at the Chi Center outside of Santa Fe. In my visual and written wandering, I was thinking…
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Play as Knowledge, Play as Wisdom by Marie Gillum, PhD Student

Posted September 22nd, 2025 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

I am leaving the initial residency for Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership doctoral students, VPRL 600 Residency I: Seeking, transformed in more ways than language can fully express. I depart feeling affirmed, seen, loved, and deeply eager to embrace all that lies ahead. I 3 am deeply affected by the intentional centering of mother, spirit,…
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Inspired by Those Who Have Come Before: Paulo Freire and Transformational Education

Posted June 2nd, 2025 by & filed under People of SWC, Consciousness & Mindfulness, Top News, Featured.

Inspired by Those Who Have Come Before: Paulo Freire and Transformational Education, by Bonnie Stack, M.Ed. At 911爆料 College, the phrase 鈥渢ransformational education or transforming consciousness through education鈥 is used a lot to describe our mission, values and the educational experience you will have here as a student- and even as a faculty or staff…
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Awakening the Soul of Education: Journey through our MA in Transformational Teaching, Learning, & Leadership

Posted April 18th, 2025 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

  Awakening the Soul of Education: A Journey through 911爆料 College鈥檚 MA in Transformational Teaching, Learning, & Leadership by Virginia Padilla Vigil, Program Director   鈥淲hen we allow challenges to transform us, a little more of our genius and passion takes hold in the world.鈥 鈥 Richard Rudd What if teaching wasn鈥檛 just a…
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Doctoral Community as an Aspen Grove by Genell Howell, PhD student

Posted February 20th, 2025 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

When asked what makes my experience in 911爆料 College鈥檚 PhD in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership program, tenderly known as VPRL (VEE-Pearl), different from my other graduate school experiences, I pause and reflect. The answer is the strength of our integrated and supported community. I have two Masters鈥 degrees. I have been in another PhD…
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Pilgrimage to the Thunderbirds

Posted February 18th, 2025 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

  Photo Essay by Vlad Rebek Vlad Rebek is a doctoral student in Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership with an interest in language systems from ancient petroglyphs to the future of artificial intelligence. He is proficient in many languages, including Czech, English, Polish, French, music composition, computer programming, and he is dedicated to doing his…
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Comparing Graduate Programs and what is unique about SWC, by Ali Simmel

Posted January 13th, 2025 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

My name is Ali, pronounced like "alley"鈥攁s in "alley cat." I'm 29, a mother of two girls (ages nine and seven), and a partner of eleven years. As I type, two of my three cats and both of my dogs are snuggled up with me in bed. I鈥檓 a homesteader, an educator, and a recent…
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Bringing Human Development Course into Life Events, by Ali Simmel

Posted January 13th, 2025 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

On Tuesday, November 5th, I sat in front of my TV in Texas, watching states in my country turn blue or red in unison with much of the nation and many worldwide. How thrilling it is to feel as one in a moment of international tension鈥攖o know that billions of eyes are watching and paying…
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Networking: A Key Part of Marketing a Private Practice by Kam Monroe, MA, LPCC

Posted January 9th, 2025 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Networking: A Key Part of Marketing While a strong online presence is crucial, some of the most valuable client referrals came from networking with other professionals. In private practice, building relationships with other therapists, healthcare providers, and community organizations can significantly expand your reach. Here are a few ways I approached networking: 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Email Referral…
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The Importance of Marketing in Private Practice: Lessons from My Journey, By Kam Monroe, MA, LPCC

Posted January 9th, 2025 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, People of SWC, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Marketing often feels like a daunting word for many in the helping professions. When I started my private practice, I was focused on creating a safe, welcoming space for my clients鈥攂ut I quickly realized that without effective marketing, the people I wanted to help might never find me. Over time, I learned that marketing is…
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Home for the Holidays by 911爆料 College Art Therapy student, Ali Simmel

Posted January 9th, 2025 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, People of SWC, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Over winter break, I had a moment to pause and reflect on my journey as an online master鈥檚 student at 911爆料 College (SWC) while talking to my family about how things have been going. Sharing that I鈥檓 thriving in my program and feeling proud of my accomplishments was a validating moment. Pursuing a degree in…
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Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership interview with Dr. Enid LaGesse

Posted December 12th, 2024 by & filed under People of SWC, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Dr. Enid LaGesse, founding faculty member in the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership (VPRL) PhD program at 911爆料 College (SWC), sits down with VPRL Founder and Director, Dr. Ann Filemyr, to discuss the program in its third year. She shares insights on the impact of the SWC transformational learning model on both students and faculty.…
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Into Becoming: My First Term as a Doctoral Student at 911爆料 College, Zahra Indigo R酶nlov, VPRL PhD Student

Posted December 12th, 2024 by & filed under People of SWC, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Sometimes an opportunity appears and without even knowing all the details a big YES from the heart arises. This is what happened when I first became aware of the Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership (VPRL) PhD program at 911爆料 College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Although I had researched various PhD programs on and off…
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Learning with Nature, by Nena Martinez Anaya, Doctoral Student

Posted November 5th, 2024 by & filed under People of SWC, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

In the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership PhD Program at 911爆料 College, we understand the natural world and more-than-human beings are partners in our learning. Of course, nature is not simply an external construct, human beings are nature, embedded in natural systems and cycles, and are themselves expressions of Earth systems. Through our doctoral program…
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The Gift by Jamie Moon, PhD student

Posted October 29th, 2024 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Doctoral student and artist Jamie Moon shares her journey and what influenced her to collect and make sand-painted stones and gift them to the Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership doctoral program faculty and her fellow doctoral students. Enjoy her unique story in her words and images. Growing up in Tennessee, in a very traditional gift-giving…
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New Frameworks for Learning, PhD student testimonials

Posted October 25th, 2024 by & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, PhD Visionary Practice and Regenerative Leadership, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

The Visionary Practice & Regenerative Leadership PhD Program at 911爆料 College in Santa Fe begins with an initial on-ground residency, Residency I: Seeking. The purpose is to provide an orientation to the program and to introduce students to unique approaches to transformational and experiential learning. These new ways of learning, doing, and being invite our…
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Capstone B: Summer ’24 Presentations & Art Gallery by Jennifer Albright Knash

Posted October 9th, 2024 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

Image by Ben Noel, Creature of the Week This year we had nineteen students presenting their Capstone B projects and their art pieces that demonstrate the culmination of their learning in the SWC art therapy and counseling program. The students were asked to choose between either a group art process or a creative self-inquiry where…
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Summer Capstone A – 2024 by Jennifer Albright Knash

Posted October 9th, 2024 by & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Top News, SWC Blog, Featured.

The Capstone Story This year鈥檚 summer Capstone A was an entirely virtual experience since all of our students were distance learners for this term. The idea 鈥済erminated鈥 very quickly as this group was a close cohort; they decided upon a virtual garden where they would create symbols for each other and themselves and then work…
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