Southwestern College - Santa Fe

Learn from an industry leader, Ruth Dennis, LPCC, ATR-BC, will presenting this weekend at our 42nd Annual Transformation and Healing conference.

Ruth Dennis, LPCC, ATR-BC, is a therapist and author who has dedicated her career to supporting all types of individuals, including those with dementia and developmental disabilities. Ruth offers a wide range of counseling services and specializes in dementia care, including working with people in the early stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s, helping them navigate their journey after diagnosis. With over 30,000 hours of hands-on experience, she has developed innovative therapeutic activities and provided crucial support to families facing the challenges of dementia. Her decades of experience make her a respected and valued figure in the field. Ruth’s educational journey began at the Kansas City Art Institute, where she earned a bachelor of fine arts with a double major in ceramics and painting. She later obtained a master’s degree in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a master’s degree in art therapy from Southwestern College in Santa Fe. This diverse background has been the foundation for her impactful work in helping others.

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✨✨Learn from an industry leader! ✨✨

Join Melanie Beth Smithson this Sunday, August 9 from 2-5pm.

Melanie Beth Smithson is a licensed somatic psychotherapist, business owner, certified spiritual integration hypnotherapist, and the award-winning author of Stress Free in 30 Seconds: A Slightly Irreverent Approach to Navigating Life’s Challenges and the recently released Shake Yourself Free: 81 Somatic Practices to Let Go of Limitation. Dancing since the age of four, Melanie knows firsthand how movement supports letting go. For thirty years she has been sharing the wisdom of the body and the power of movement with her therapy clients and group participants. She has great compassion for, and simultaneously finds comedic relief in, the human condition. With a lighthearted approach she invites judgment to dissolve and wonder and curiosity to become the path to freedom.

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𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐟𝐨𝐫 *𝟏𝟔 𝐂𝐄’𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 (𝐂𝐌𝐇) 𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄

𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡 & 𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 (𝗖𝗠𝗛 𝟱𝟲𝟬𝟬-𝟮)
𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅, 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅, 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝖽𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺 𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌. 𝖵𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗇𝗂𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝖾𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝗌𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋
𝖾𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽’𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗒. 𝖯𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿-𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍.

𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧: Kate Latimer, 𝗠𝗔, 𝗟𝗣𝗖𝗖 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 “𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧: 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺, 𝘋𝘉𝘛, 𝘊𝘉𝘛, 𝘌𝘔𝘋𝘙 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘢-𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦.

📌𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆–𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟮–𝟮𝟯
📌𝟵𝗮𝗺–𝟲𝗽𝗺 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦
📌𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘡𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

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Time is running out to join us for the 42nd Annual Transformation & Healing Conference, August 7–9, 2026, at Southwestern College in Santa Fe.

Conference Highlights Include:

✅Ethics, Supervision, and Multicultural CE sessions

✅In-person and live online learning opportunities

✅Experiential sessions led by nationally recognized presenters

✅Opportunities to connect with a community of reflective mental health professionals

Up to 2️⃣4️⃣ NM Counseling & Therapy Practice Board and NBCC approved CEs available!

To register, click the link in our bio!

🌿Our 42nd Annual Transformation & Healing Conference starts this weekend, and there’s still time to register! 🌿

Whether you work in private practice, community mental health, education, or an agency setting, you’ll gain practical skills you can put into practice right away. Join us for a weekend of learning, connection, and professional growth.

To register, click the link in our bio!

Join us August 7–9, 2026, at the 42nd Annual Transformation & Healing Conference at Southwestern College, and earn up to 12 NM Board and NBCC approved ethics CEs in one transformative weekend!

Designed for therapists who value curiosity, presence, and lifelong growth, these sessions offer space to deepen both your ethical practice and your connection to the work you do.

ETHICS SESSIONS:

Friday, August 7 | 9:00–12:00 PM MDT
Walking on the Souls of our Feet: Ethics, Integrity and Being in Troubled Times
Presenter: Jean Ellis-Sankari, LPCC
3 Ethics CEs • $65

Friday, August 7 | 2:00–5:00 PM MDT
Holding Complexity: Art Therapy with QTBIPOC Clients in Small Communities
Presenters: Maqueita Eleazer, LPCC, LPAT Maqueita Eleazer & Magdalena V. Karlick, MA, PhD-c, SEP, ATR-BC, LPCC Magdalena Karlick
3 Ethics CEs • $65

Saturday, August 8 | 9:00 AM–12:00 PM MDT
Neurodivergent Networks: Creative Understandings of High Masking Autism
Presenters: Katie Gleason Katie Gleason & Kelly Wilt kelly j. wilt, lpc
3 CEs • $65

Sunday, August 9 | 2:00–5:00 PM MDT
Exploring Story and Ethics through an African Folktale: “The River”
Presenter: Anna Katherine, MA, LPCC
3 Ethics CEs • $65

Whether you’re returning to Southwestern College or attending for the first time, we look forward to welcoming you for a weekend of learning, reflection, and professional growth.

To register, please click the T&H link in our bio!

Yesterday, we gathered in gratitude as the Drepung Loseling Monks blessed Southwestern College’s property and community. May their offering of compassion, wisdom, and peace continue to guide and inspire us in our work, learning, and shared journey. 🙏✨