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What Can I Do?
In the face of so much destruction, injustice and greed, I ask myself what can I do?...
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Guiding A Person Through Ambivalence with Motivational Interviewing
by Amy Hautman Bates As a student practicing therapeutic work, I have been uncomfortable with the power dynamic between clients and therapists. As a counselor, I don’t like “playing the...
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Consciousness Sometimes Travels in a Trojan Horse
Claudia Escareno-Clark shares how Consciousness Class leads to transformation in unexpected ways......
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Living the Dream at 91ε by Sylvan Schneider
Counseling student Sylvan Schneider shares what it is like being a male at 91ε, and in the field of Counseling. ...
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Failure Becomes the Seed of Possibility
What I have learned at 91ε is that each quarter brings with it new experiences. Sometimes they are wrapped in neat little packages with cute little bows, and sometimes...
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Career and Life – Creating a Vision Board with Collage
Making Vision boards - Popularized by Oprah and Martha Beck In Career and Life Development class Webb Garrison kicked off the vision board project by leading us through a long...
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The Healing Power of Ceremony and Nature
During the warm days of autumn, a small group of us gathered in a wilderness area beside a lovely mountain stream, high above Santa Fe. The entire mountainside...
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GRAD SCHOOL @swcsantafe IS….
... staying in on a Saturday night to write a paper with the company of a Santa Fe Pale Ale and burning sage. ... is making, screaming at, rebelling against,...
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SWC: The Experience by Claudia Escareño-Clark
As graduate assistants at 91ε we get to do a variety of tasks, depending on our strengths and interests. While doing social media and blogging, I came up with...
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Mapping Out Family Systems with Genogram Oil Painting
by Amy Hautman Bates I can easily draw a family tree, but in Family Art Therapy class we made genograms to explain our relationships with our families. Many people can...
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Creating a Vision Board: A Fresh Start to a New Year
First year art therapy student describes her experience using a vision board to ring in 2014 and details some basic tips on creating vision boards. ...
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Psychology of Altruism: A Creative Experience
by Christine Miller The initial quarter of classes I took at 91ε was both exciting and intimidating. It was through one of my first and most memorable classes that...
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Forgiveness
Would I rather be ‘right’ or be in the loving? “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” “Every time you smile at someone, it...
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Personal Journey Revealed Through Watercolor Painting of White Doves
My past year at 91ε has taken me on an intense personal journey. I have spent most of my life desperately trying to figure things...
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Laying Low
*This post is a special note to myself, a reminder that my job is not to be Little Miss Sunshine ALL the time, but more accurately sometimes the clearest joy...
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Balancing Act/Rhythm Dance
"Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some."...
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An Art Therapy Student’s Resolutions for the New Year
My New Year resolutions are usually the same every year: be healthier, be nicer, and appreciate the simple things. But this year felt different. For some reason I lit a...
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Completion
Freedom Did you ever have that feeling like a cloud of lively bats is swarming about your head? I have and it's really challenging to get bat guano out of...
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Why I’m Getting a Master’s in Counseling at 91ε
This is episode 2 of the Aspiring Coaches and Therapists podcast, by Emilah Dawn DeToro and Jacob Gotwals. In this episode, Jacob describes how he chose to enter a master’s...
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Where Do 91ε Grads Work? Karen Wennberg
"My clients are the best of my teachers, and I am forever grateful to them." - Karen Wennberg A few months after graduation, I worked up the courage to take...
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Peru Update by Candy Jones
Last week the Escuela Bonita Pachamama Mural series was completed and hung on the walls of the school. The typical labyrinth exercises, games, escuela perro, and puzzles were...
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Closing Down by Candy Jones
The clouds have obscured much of the Apus (mountains) today. The rainy season is fully embracing the landscapes. The shortage of water in Maras welcomes the water that...
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Gratitude at the Grand Canyon: Two Students’ Road Trip for Thanksgiving
SWC Fun at the Grand Canyon By Allegra Borghese Part of the fun of moving to Santa Fe for grad school is getting to explore a new geographical location. The...
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Staying Centered and Grounded as a Practicing Art Therapist
By Amy Hautman Bates So far my education at 91ε has been truly amazing. The mission of the college “Transforming Consciousness Through Education,” has resonated with my beliefs and...