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Therapist Champions Somatic Experiencing Modality to Heal Trauma
“I’ll tell you a story,” says Sergio Ocampo, a Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate about the Somatic Experiencing approach to healing trauma. The story is about Dr. Peter Levine’s discovery of the Somatic Experiencing modality, and it begins “when Peter first started and came up with this idea… He opened a little office…
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A Life Dedicated to Resilience, Service, and Moving Forward
If there is one word to describe Danyaile Hammond, it’s the word resilience. Hammond keeps moving forward—no matter what. In her view, there’s no point in getting stuck in the past. Hammond is currently finishing a Master of Arts in Education at Antioch University Seattle, but as an undergraduate, she studied human development with a…
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[Teaching Unpacked] Trauma-Informed Experiential Learning
Trauma-informed experiential learning takes abstract concepts and makes them actionable for students. Not only does this learning and teaching methodology lead to better learning outcomes but, informed by the effects of traumatic experiences, it provides learners with emotional safety in a learning environment.
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Cool Course: “Globalization, Immigration, and Education: Critical Perspectives”
“The course is all about gaining a nuanced perspective of the macro- and micro-level effects of globalization and human migration in the classroom,” says Dr. Caryn Park. She’s teaching “Globalization, Immigration, and Education: Critical Perspectives” at Antioch University Seattle again this year, taking a group of students on a journey of exploration as they dive deeply…
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Under the Surface of East Harbor
A Systems Ecologist about the Ground There is a whole world invisible to the eye. Day after day, this complex system operates without supervision, breathing and cycling and nurturing everything, from the smallest blade of grass to the largest terrestrial vertebrates. And where is this incredible living system responsible for the food we eat, the…
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Mi Familia: Reciprocity and a Return to Roots
What do our ancestors give us? What do we owe to our children? These are questions that Fernando Moreno has been thinking about as of late. In January 2020, just months before the pandemic closed down international borders, Moreno took his first trip ever to visit San Luis Potosí, Mexico—the city his grandmother grew up…
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Compassion for Foster Youth Leads to Love of Play Therapy
Rachel Stewart-MacTavish loves working with children, and especially with those who most need help: children in difficult situations like the foster system, mental health treatment, or conflict with their families. She’s currently developing this passion as a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Couple & Family Therapy Program at Antioch University Seattle, where…
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Turning Forest Fridays Into Forest Everydays
For Hannah French’s third- and fourth-grade students, their classroom during the pandemic has much better air circulation than before. And it’s also a lot greener. And sunnier. This is because every day they meet not in a traditional classroom but instead in the woods adjacent to Rowe Elementary School, where an array of stumps serve…
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Best Health Degrees Announces Antioch’s BA in Human Services Administration as One of the Fastest Online Human Services Programs
Antioch’s online BA in Human Services Administration was announced as one of the top ten Fastest Human Services Bachelor’s Online Programs for 2021 by Best Health Degrees. The fully online human services degree completion program accelerates progress toward graduation by applying transfer credits from earlier college-level work allowing students to finish the program in less…
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