A non-profit training Institute for graduate and post graduate students
»» Susan E. Swim, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Now I See a Person Institute
Faculty, Houston Galveston Institute
Associate, Taos Institute
Adjunct Faculty, Loma Linda University
Adjunct Faculty, Alliant International University
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Office: 888-736-1329
Fax: 626-355-5862
Cell: 626-487-9305
Pager: 888-736-1329
Email: Swiminc@aol.com
Dr. Swim has been on faculty at the Houston Galveston Institute since the early eighties. She moved to Southern California from Houston in 2001 and continues to participate as faculty. She is also part-time faculty at the Department of Counseling and Family Sciences at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, and Alliant International University specializing in teaching and supervision from a social constructionist viewpoint.
Her current interests are teaching traditional courses while incorporating a social constructionist backdrop. She helped cultivate the on-line HGI-Taos Institute distance learning and continues to facilitate this on-line. She is an Editor Emeritus for the Journal of Systemic Therapies, on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Qualitative Research, and an Associate Reviewer for International Journal of Collaborative Practices.
She enjoys presenting at state, national, and international conferences on Collaborative Language Systems for Individual, Marriage and Family Therapy, Supervision, Teaching and Research.
Among her various interests are: academic teaching; qualitative research and publications on supervision, teaching, and clinical practice centering upon a social constructionist perspective.
She has created Now I See a Person Institute--Equine Assisted and Naturalistic Psychotherapy using Community Engagement: A Collaborative Recovery Model. This model of therapy is used for all populations and diagnoses. Students from various universities come to learn an study under Dr. Swim. Dr. Swim provides workshops and an International certificate in Collaborative Therapies. She also provides organizational development, life coaching, wrap around and recovery services. Look for upcoming developmental series on Collaborative Therapy providing CEU's.
»» Tomomi Mikawa, Trainee
Marriage and Family Therapist TraineeCalifornia School of Professional PsychologyAlliant International UniversityResearch interests: cross cultural issues, couples therapy, loss experience, animal therapyI feel privileged to be a part of clients' journeys toward change, growth, and transformation.