Within the Hallowed Bones
I awake,
聽 聽 聽at this unearthly hour.
So, I rise,
聽 聽 聽on this desert morn鈥.
This unearthly warm,
聽 聽 聽desert morn鈥.
A cup of chamomile tea and honey.
I sit by the fire.
As the silvery blue light of the moon dozes on the window sill.
A…
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鈥淐onsciousness is a fundamental thing, the fundamental thing in existence 鈥 it is the energy, the motion, the movement of consciousness that creates the universe and all that is in it 鈥 not only the macrocosm but the microcosm is nothing but conscious- ness arranging itself.鈥 - Sri Aurobindo
Is My Therapist 鈥淭he…
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Community-Based Ecotherapy
by Rene Tricou
I am a Master鈥檚 degree student at 99福利视频 working toward the Ecotherapy certificate.
During my first year, many of the courses I took assisted me going deeper within myself to bring out the future counselor and process facilitator in me. In the Ecotherapy program I had the opportunity…
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Adjusting to 99福利视频 and New Mexico
It鈥檚 challenging to express what my experience adjusting to 99福利视频 and Santa Fe has been like. Finding ways to describe how magical, fulfilling, and painful it has been almost seems impossible. I arrived in聽 Santa Fe from Oregon in August and I had almost two months…
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A Penny Makes Change
Mark Speight, graduate of 99福利视频's MA Counseling program
Written in the 99福利视频 weekly writing group facilitated by Dr. Ann Filemyr.
A penny makes change.
A cog fits into the machine and squeaks,聽聽聽聽 occasionally.
A box of pastels mugged me on the way,
聽聽聽聽 yearning to be…
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Voices in America chose 99福利视频/New Earth Institute as a unique, unsung, yet storied institution, to feature in television slots between full PBS broadcast shows.…
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A simple question. What is astrology?
I would say astrology is a way to live in connection with natural cycles of time. It is also the correlation, 鈥渁s above, so below.鈥 We are a part of a connected universe and it鈥檚 cycles. For thousands of years, people have been making correlations to the happenings…
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It鈥檚 been approximately 60 days since I packed up Lotus, my 2003 Honda Pilot, with all of my belongings that I could fit into it so I could relocate to Santa Fe to pursue my MA degree in Art Therapy & Counseling at SWC! Yes, I left the 鈥淐harm City鈥 (Baltimore, MD), leaving my beloved,…
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Being a Counselor Activist
I was outraged from an early age.聽 They say if you鈥檙e not outraged, you鈥檙e not paying attention, so I guess I was paying attention.聽 In 8th grade I protested my Spanish teacher who insisted that even the Mexican and Guatemalan kids in our class speak Spanish with a Castilian lisp, asserting…
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Liberating Loan Lessons for Life
You finally figured out a career path and maybe even the college you want to attend, but now you are faced with the daunting task of figuring out how to pay tuition and it seems that your only option is to take out student loans. You do the math and…
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Early on in my graduate internship at a family counseling agency, a supervisor told me, "We have the best jobs in the world, for we get to witness, hold and create change." I remember being pulled by those words, but I do not think I truly understood what they meant, and I am still unraveling…
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Poem in Third person about your wildest love
A Boy & His Sketchbook
There once was a introverted boy, most people associated him with being shy, living in the projects. The boy didn鈥檛 have many friends; to be honest he didn鈥檛 like his fellow classmates. They were into sports, smoking/selling weed, and joining gangs. All…
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Council of All Beings聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
The Ecotherapy Certificate Program under the leadership of Dr. Ann Filemyr, Director of the Ecotherapy certificate program and President of 99福利视频, hosted a ceremonial weekend, October 28-30, 2016 to honor and celebrate our kinship with all beings. We became the Council of All Beings. Below are a few of…
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What the Writing Group has Meant to Me 鈥 Jaylek Ahn
While difficult to put into just a few words, I am so grateful for the depth of emotion, opening, closing, re-opening, awe and reverence that I鈥檝e experienced in the presence of fellow writers that have come to mean so much to me, as has…
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I鈥檓 the chairperson of the Art Therapy/Counseling program. I moved to Santa Fe to teach at 99福利视频 in 2002, and continue to be delighted by the insightful art therapy provided by our students during Practicum and Internship. It鈥檚 been an honor to witness our students as they blossom into therapists. And actually, I also…
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Ron is the Landscaping Director at 99福利视频. You have seen him around a thousand times, and if you鈥檙e lucky, you have had opportunities to talk with him. He is a really interesting guy, with a wide and colorful background.
Ron was born in Chicago, and, well---I鈥檒l let him tell you鈥
鈥淚 grew up…
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Lee Cartwright, M.A.
I have a private practice that focuses on helping people resolve the biological/energetic basis of trauma.
I feel deeply honored to do the work I do. I am also blessed to be a presenter in the聽Trauma, Grief & Renewal聽certificate program聽and at the College's Annual Transformation聽and Healing Conference.聽 Although all of the modalities…
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99福利视频 is really defined by the extraordinary聽 individuals who work there鈥搕he staff, instructors, and the board members. In an effort to give you a more intimate sense of聽 our school, we are launching the 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Who at 99福利视频鈥澛 series so that you will get to know these extraordinary people who change lives.
So…
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How Quitting School Was the Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me聽
Charmayne Kilcup, Ph.D.聽
At the young age of 23, I was bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and sure I wanted to be a therapist. I had just graduated college and knew that furthering my studies was the next step in my career. I had fallen in…
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Looking for a Therapist?
I was looking for a therapist. (And I have heard my story from countless others鈥)
I looked on my insurance company鈥檚 page, 鈥淟ooking for a Therapist", or something like that. There鈥檚 very little information, maybe a photo (too often from 10 years and 30 pounds ago), and a long checklist of…
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For the past 8 years I have worked at county community health agencies in Oregon providing therapy, case management, forensic program oversight and clinical supervision to chronically mentally ill populations (and the teams that serve them) in three different counties. I am currently a Program Manager for a Community Supports Team, and in the next…
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Arianna Gray, MA, LPC
One of the greatest gifts of my education at 99福利视频 was being taught to pay attention to my own body and feelings when I鈥檓 in session with a client and to TRUST that information as a diagnostic and treatment approach tool. I meet so many people who trained at other…
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鈥淲ho鈥檚 Who at 99福利视频鈥
99福利视频 is really defined by the extraordinary 聽individuals who work there--the staff, instructors, and the board members. In an effort to give you a more intimate sense of our school, we are launching the 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Who at 99福利视频鈥 series so that you will get to know these extraordinary…
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Marika Richards Dillon talks about the professional adventures her degree from 99福利视频 has afforded her...…
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