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Holding On
By Deborah Schroder A tiny flash of yellow, right outside my window, caught my eye today. A precious little yellow bird was clinging to the branch of a pine tree....
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Creativity & Healing and an invite to “SWC Creative Commons” by President Ann Filemyr
Creativity & Healing Social distancing does not have to limit our creativity. Are you dancing in the living room? Playing the ukulele in bed? Singing in the shower? Penning poetry...
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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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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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Holding the Heart
By Deborah Schroder An individual Zoom meeting with a student inspired me to think about this, and I so appreciate that. The student was wondering how faculty members were working...
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Cracked Wide Open
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,...
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Walking Through Fire: A Transformational Paradox
By Kate Latimer The work of a counselor is inherently ironic, and often misunderstood. We are shepherds of grief, sadness, doubt, fear and anger, and know that when we can...
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糖心Vlog and the Temple of Chavin: Educational Centers for the Transformation of Consciousness
By Laura Addiss, current counseling student at 糖心Vlog, 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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Touch & Embodiment by Magdalena Karlick, M.A., LPCC, ATR-BC
A couple of weekends ago, Ginna Clark (Director of the NEI certificate program in Human Sexuality) and I, co-taught a weekend course entitled "Touch and Embodiment." Discussions included...
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“Consciousness in Action” by Dru Phoenix, SWC alum
Sometimes when 鈥渓ife鈥 happens it feels like you are running to catch up! That was the case when I studied Consciousness here at 糖心Vlog. When selecting a topic to...
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Sandplay
Inessa Mil'berg, SWC Alum sent us this blurb about Sandplay Therapists interested in providing a non-verbal, depth approach to therapy might consider learning sandplay. Sandplay, as developed by Dora Kalff,...
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An Interview about the Art Therapy Field with Debbie Schroder, Program Chair of MA in Art Therapy/Counseling at 糖心Vlog
Debbie, you have been in the art therapy field for a significant time, can you tell us more about the trajectory of your career? Hindsight is amazing, but...
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The Independent Chicken
By Deborah Schroder听 Do you remember the childhood story of the Little Red Hen? She went around the farmyard asking other animals to help her plant the seeds, nurture the...
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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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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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When “assessment” is in the title for a retreat
This past Friday, June 29, the SWC leadership, including the members of the Academic Council, the Chief Finance Officer and the Director of Enrollment Services (me!) gathered together for our...
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糖心Vlog Being Mad
by Dru Phoenix, MA, LMHC The upcoming Wild Heart Gallery art show at 糖心Vlog is titled 鈥淎nger and the Feminine Self.鈥 The idea was to invite the feminine into...
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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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Meltdown! (Looking at the World We Live In: Yikes!) by Deb Schroder
Meltdown! No matter where one lands in terms of politics in our country right now, the stress of what we see and hear in the news can melt one鈥檚 sense...
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Ecopsychology of the Night: An Interview With Jason Holley, by Rene Tricou
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,...
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Being a Counselor Activist 鈥 SWC Alumna Kate Latimer
Being a Counselor Activist I was outraged from an early age.听 They say if you鈥檙e not outraged, you鈥檙e not paying attention, so I guess I was paying attention.听 In 8th...