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A Therapist in Times of Covid-19 : by alum Allegra Borghese
听听听听听听听听听听听 As I write this, I am completing my final doctoral externship at a VA medical center in New York. My last day in the office was Friday, March 13th,...
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Some Reflections on Providing Therapeutic Services in the Changing Times of COVID19
By Val Valentine Wow, what a difference a month can make!听 I went from a full private practice with between 25-30 face to face clients a week, to 15-20 clients...
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Message from Alum Carie King during the Pandemic
Photo by Carie King, taken on a road trip to Grand Junction, CO.听 Carie grew up in Maine with a wildlife biologist / photographer, so her appreciate of Earth鈥檚 beauty...
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An Alum Updates us during the Pandemic
Aloha my 911爆料 colleagues!听 My name is Tess Yong Kim, and I am a graduate of 11/10/2018.听 I began my clinical practice on 2/6/2019 as an LMHC (Licensed Mental Health...
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Soundwestern Soundbites: Applied Interpersonal Neurobiology and Psychodrama with Ben Miller
Photograph by Whitney Tressel at whitneytressel.com. Welcome to another episode of 911爆料 Soundbites鈥 quick audio clips featuring current students, staff, and faculty discussing SWC鈥檚 various programs and happenings. In this...
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911爆料 College and the Temple of Chavin: Educational Centers for the Transformation of Consciousness
By Laura Addiss, current counseling student at 911爆料 College, and Juan Rivas Palacios, medicine guide and wisdom keeper of Chavin Laura: As future counselors it is essential that we go...
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Certificates on Certificates on Degrees: Three Reasons to Add a Certificate Program to Your Education
By Courtney Shackelford As someone who works full time and attends grad school I have enough on my plate. So why would I add any additional certificates to that workload?...
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911爆料 Soundbites: TGR Dying to Know
Photo by Alissa Petrosoniak Welcome to 911爆料 Soundbites-- quick audio clips featuring current students, staff, and faculty discussing SWC's various certificate programs. This episode features Courtney Shackelford, current student in...
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First Year…first quarter (and some tips) by Whitney Tressel, MA in Art Therapy/Counseling student
"Week Five" marks the halfway point of my first quarter within my first year as a first-time graduate student. Both unbounded excitement and complete overwhelm compete inside me for...
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A Lively Variation of Art Therapy
By Deborah Schroder Sometimes I think of art therapy as a wild, colorful plant, and I most often think in 鈥減lant words鈥, not 鈥済arden words鈥 鈥 which to me speaks...
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A Welcome to New Friends
By Courtney Shackelford This time last year I was new. The sun was brighter than anything I had experienced on the other side of the country and the landscape was...
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ENFP
By Courtney Shackelford The campaigner. That is what the ENFP has been called. It is a personality that is driven by story, idealism, and emotional connection. It is my personality...
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A glimpse: Teacher as Student Part 1
I am a third of the way through my second residency at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee Switzerland. This intermodal education challenges students to...
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Getting to know Kate Latimer – Director of New Earth Institute
By Kate Latimer, MA, LPCC, Director of New Earth Institute photo of Seren Morris, Joanna Conte and Kate Latimer at their SWC graduation SWC for student orientation in the...
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Moving From Far Away?
By Courtney Kayser When I found out I was accepted to 911爆料 College, I was ecstatic! I was also terrified. My whole life had been on the East Coast, and...
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On These Shoulders, I Stand
By Maqueita Eleazer听 While taking the History of Art Therapy course, I was surprised to see that 7/301 pages mentioned the contributions that art therapists of color have made to...
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Your Brain on Art
By Courtney Shackelford The brain is special and magnificent, strange and mysterious. It is powerful enough to send messages to assist in regulating our bodies, but is also a vulnerable...
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Self Care, a Symphony in Four Parts: Part Four
By Awbrey Michelle Willett Ann Filmyer, Ph. D is an educator, poet, teacher, and mentor.听 A traditional healer she trained with the late Keewaydinoquay Paschal in the Midewiwin tradition...
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Self Care, a Symphony in Four Parts: Part One
By Awbrey Michelle Willett I set out using each of my classes here at 911爆料 to grow as a person, and to study self-care, and the various occupational hazards of...
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Rites of Passage: Wilderness Fast as a First Year Student
My name is Alyssa Ellegaard and I am a first-year student at 911爆料 College. My journey at SWC began before classes started during this past fall鈥檚 Wilderness Fast in Canyon...
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Santa Fe’s Bounty by Nicol Blais
听听听听听听听听听 When you move to Santa Fe you might wonder what some of the things are that you can do to relax. Well just 15 minutes from campus you will...