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Posted February 11th, 2021 by 99福利视频 & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, People of SWC, Featured.
This quarter I鈥檓 teaching two sections of one of my favorite courses 鈥 Family Art Therapy. As we鈥檝e been exploring many aspects of intergenerational trauma and historical intergenerational trauma, it鈥檚 occurred to me that this pandemic we鈥檙e in will听 be reflected in genograms. How will that look, what will therapists see?
So many families鈥…
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Posted February 8th, 2021 by 99福利视频 & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness, Top News, Featured.
Rising Hope:
At first,
I see the road ahead,
to be long, and
treacherous.听
The mountains I see,
as steep,
and unforgiving.听
I feared,
challenges unknown,
and obstacles well-placed ahead of me.听
At times,
I stumbled,
from the weight of all I carry.听
But,
I feel my spirit,
ignited once more,
rising above the…
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Posted April 1st, 2020 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, People of SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, Top News, Featured.
An apt title for the potential personal experience this global pandemic has encouraged. Two days after it was announced that gatherings of 50 or more people needed to be postponed, and that public schools in New Mexico would be closed until April 6th (now that has been extended through the end of the school year),…
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Posted July 19th, 2019 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Featured.
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 learn through our bodies, minds and hearts. Students and teachers from all over the world (Hong Kong, Canada, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Mexico, Germany, Mexico, United…
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Posted October 3rd, 2016 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
So what's cool to do and see around here?
If you are like me, you are new to New Mexico and the Santa Fe area. Part of what drew me to come to SWC was the location. The moment I stepped into New Mexico for the first time I knew my soul was coming home!…
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Posted August 14th, 2016 by swcblog & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Honoring the Spectrum of Self听
On May 20, 2016 the Wild Heart Gallery hosted the opening night of Honoring the Spectrum of Self, an exhibition where 99福利视频 staff, faculty, and students were invited to听investigate the sacred pieces that have shaped them as an individual or within the collective. The show featured听a variety of听works听installed within…
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Posted August 12th, 2016 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Student & Alumni Stories.
Part 2, if you missed it鈥
Part 3:听How Using Ownership Language Changes My Worldview
By changing the statement from "we" to "I" in this entire blog series I have shifted my perception of life. I no longer blame 鈥渟ociety鈥 (you, we, or any form of 鈥渙ther鈥) for what I am perceiving as a…
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Posted August 3rd, 2016 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Part 1, if you missed it...
Part 2: Practical Examples of听Ownership Language听
I look around and see so many things that say "Stop doing THIS!" or "Don't do/think/act THIS way!" or even "Fight THIS!"
With so much negative bombardment, is it any wonder I feel so overwhelmed and defeated much of the time, especially…
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Posted July 20th, 2016 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
Part 1: What is听Ownership Language
In many of my classes our teachers have been training us to use 鈥淚 statements鈥 during discussions. For example, it applies when you fall into the habit of using we, or you, when you actually mean 鈥淚鈥 in a statement, as I just did in this sentence. See what I…
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Posted October 14th, 2015 by Ann Filemyr & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Student & Alumni Stories.
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 this story, and he told me to go ahead, so I would like to share it with you. It is a true testament of how…
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Posted April 28th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Student & Alumni Stories, Consciousness & Mindfulness.
鈥淚nteresting how you are only using a black sharpie marker in your art today,鈥 says my art therapist, as she gently points out my visible tension with perfectionistic, black and white thinking鈥.…
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Posted April 23rd, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
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 guide, my inner world displayed. Without this art, I may have not have completed my first classes at Southwestern. A year and a half(ish) ago,…
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Posted March 5th, 2015 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
Influenced by archetypes and art therapy, Sprout explores the interplay between the unconscious and conscious parts of the psyche. …
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Posted November 15th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, SWC Blog.
by Debbie Schroder
Program Chair for Art Therapy/Counseling Program听
It doesn鈥檛 really surprise me that as we approach the eighth week of the quarter, I鈥檓 finally able to spend a little time putting together an image that contains mandalas created by incoming art therapy students, during orientation. The quarter has been full 鈥 of teaching…
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Posted July 31st, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
by Debbie Schroder
The gardens on campus are lush and the temperature is hot 鈥 it must be Portfolio Review time!
Every year we ask our art therapy students who are moving into 2nd year, to bring in at least three pieces of art created during first year. By looking at their art and hearing…
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Posted July 3rd, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
In April, 2014 a call was made: "Archetypally speaking, who is showing up for you lately? What mentors, thieves, medicine folk, or tricksters are asking you to speak their name, embody their abilities, and artfully express the connections you have? Please, answer the call, create the art, embody the voice that wants to be heard…
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Posted May 13th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More.
by Karen Stefano Ed.M., M.A., L.P.C., NCC
How can you unwind your body and mind, listen to the inner stirrings of your spirit, and supercharge your creativity? It鈥檚 easy. Tissue Paper Collage!
Mythologist Joseph Campbell said, 鈥淭he privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.鈥 The truth is that our culture is motivated,…
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Posted May 1st, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Where do SWC Grads Work.
by Jessica Callaway, LPAT, LPCC, ATR-BC
I didn't know what to expect when I decided to go to Haiti. I realized when I was on the plane that I was partly, or mostly, going for selfish reasons. I was excited to practice art therapy and teach yoga in an environment I had never experienced,…
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Posted April 15th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, SWC Blog.
I am a big fan of reusing materials into new forms. Broken bits glued together to make guardians; Torn fabric to make new yarn or a rug; Old shoes into a Journey; Or large boxes into castles. After reading, Endangered Threads: Socially Committed Community Art Action, by Janis Timm Bottos (2011), 听I knew that there…
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Posted April 14th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, SWC Blog.
I'll start with an ending. One Art Therapy Techniques class in 2014 ended with each member of the group creating an altar of the art that was made during the quarter. We made Mandalas every class, as well as masks, body tracings, finger painting, inner guides and characters, and containers. In that class, I made…
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Posted January 30th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, Top News, SWC Blog.
by Debbie Schroder
I can鈥檛 seem to stop smiling. I鈥檓 smiling because of my morning 鈥 I went to the Roundhouse, the New Mexico State Capitol Building, to watch Art Therapy intern Todd Nichols speak in the Rotunda. A number of senators and state officials also spoke, but they didn鈥檛 bring art! Todd…
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Posted January 23rd, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, SWC Blog.
What is a Container?
There are so many types of containers, a person, place, or thing that holds. 听Many images come to mind: a milk carton, hands, shoes, a home, a room, a box, a nest, my heart, a chair, a mouth, a closet鈥 Many sensations come to body: warmth, safety, fear, constriction, flee,…
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Posted January 9th, 2014 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Counseling at SWC, SWC Blog.
by Debbie Schroder
I have a song stuck in my head. I think it鈥檚 staying stuck because we鈥檝e entered a new year and part of the lyrics are 鈥淗ow am I听gonna听be an optimist about this?鈥 The song is called 鈥淧ompeii鈥, by听Bastille.
This quirky song鈥檚 melody听sounds pretty upbeat but the lyrics really appeal…
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Posted December 2nd, 2013 by Donna Harrington & filed under Art Therapy at SWC, Wild Heart Gallery, Creativity & More, SWC Blog.
As an Art Therapist, I know that the art process is an important container. As a supervisor, I like to weave in art making and sand tray work in supervision, to articulate client and agency issues and express the multi-dimensional experience that a new therapist has.
Katelyn did her practicum and internship at a jail,…
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