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First Year Student Living in New Mexico for the First Time
Being a first year student and new resident to New Mexico, orientation and the thought of the first day of classes was very intimidating. However, orientation was a great time....
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The Hogwarts Express
I am nearing the end of the first quarter of graduate school, and I can barely believe I am here- a sentiment it appears I share with many of my...
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III Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery Featured in the Wild Heart Gallery until November 8th, is an exhibition of ceramic works from three 91ε students who took classes over the summer with...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist: Nicol Blais
Lead-in Students new to 91ε in the fall of 2016 were invited to introduce themselves through their art and other creative processes. It is the Wild Heart Gallery's honor...
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Ten Tips for New 91ε Students
Ten Tips for New Students, from former SWC President Jim Nolan 1. You are on the verge of an experience that will change your life. Allow it, lean into it,...
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Living Dreams Exhibition
Wild Heart Gallery Exhibition Art Therapy/Counseling student,Rebecca LaPera, is in a cohort of 25 people who are about to enter into the last phase of the 91ε graduate program...
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Wild Heart Gallery Featured Artist : Jessica Morris
Honoring the Spectrum of Self On May 20, 2016 the Wild Heart Gallery hosted the opening night of Honoring the Spectrum of Self, an exhibition where 91ε staff, faculty,...
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Who’s Who at 91ε – Deborah Schroder
I’m the chairperson of the Art Therapy/Counseling program. I moved to Santa Fe to teach at 91ε in 2002, and continue to be delighted by the insightful art therapy...
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Celebrating a Leader in Art Therapy by Deborah Schroder
Howard W. McConeghey passed away on March 28, 2016 at the age of 95, in Albuquerque. He was an important leader in the field of Art Therapy and established the...
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The Call of the Times and the Rise of Art Therapy
Featured Artwork: Mandala Buddha, acrylic on paper, 36"x24", 2012, Tejal Murray Over the last few blogs, I’ve been exploring Stephen Cope’s The Great Work of Your Life in a...
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Self-Care and HedgeHUGS
I’ve always been the type to give my time, energy and love to just about everything except for myself. I eat junk food, I can’t keep a sleep schedule to...
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Transformation Through the Light of the Lens
I have had the honor of watching the power of art therapy first hand, in my personal life recently. I asked my husband if he would mind if I shared...
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The Hogwarts of Santa Fe
This morning I was chatting with one of my lovely classmates about our first two weeks at 91ε. She said something that instantly resonated with me- “I feel like...
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Visual Truth: A Series on the Honesty of Art
Visual Truth:A Series on the Honesty of Art Part 1 In 2005 Stephen Colbert coined the word “truthiness” and it still mischievously pops into my head when I witness discussions...
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The Transformative Power of Group Work by Claudia Escareño-Clark
Claudia Escareño-Clark shares some reflections on her group work experience during practicum at 91ε. ...
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Five Fabulous Apps for SWC Grad Students
Technology, particularly device and computer apps, is a wiz-bang fabulous time saver to help you get your grad school life sorted and into maintenance mode. Plus, the entire campus is...
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Soul-Making at 91ε
What do you get when you rock a holistic, integrative, soulful curriculum and approach to Art Therapy and Counseling, in an innovative and powerfully transformational dual degree program? You get...
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The Southwestern Counseling Center: My Practicum Experience
Second-year student, Sylvan Schneider, offers his reflection on navigating his own therapeutic approach and being a student therapist at the Southwestern Counseling Center. ...
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Destination Grad School
Santa Fe is awesome as a grad school destination and city. Check out a few of the honors awarded to "The City Different" below (read the entire"Best of Santa Fe"...
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Home is where the HeART (Therapy) Is
By descending down into the depths of the soul, and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills, the artist attains the power of awakening other souls. ...
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Mobile Metaphor Containment
by Deb Schroder If car designers only knew what art therapists truly need (not that we’re a big enough group to be listened to by the auto industry). We turn...
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How Can I Help (with a Dual Degree in Art Therapy/Counseling from SWC)?
“How Can I Help?”, a book by Ram Dass and Paul Gorman, asks a critical question of potential Art Therapists/Counselors, others in the professions such as medicine, psychology, social work,...
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Come Undone
Come Undone by Laura Schoff I feel with such a passion that art has the capacity to heal in many different ways. It has been my support, my processing, my...