by The Guidance Center | Mar 21, 2019 | Community, Ending Stigma, Inside TGC, Prevention & Early Intervention
“I feel confident in approaching a mental health related situation” This article comes from our Spring 2019 Newsletter. Last year, The Guidance Center in partnership with Los Angeles and Long Beach Police Departments and Los Angeles County...
by Melissa Mojica, LMFT | Feb 22, 2019 | Community
April 2, 2018 was my first day working in a jail. I walked up and down the long walkways thinking to myself, how did I end up here? I followed the detention officer down the catwalk with my head down, intentionally distracted with a custody report on my...
by The Guidance Center | Oct 12, 2018 | Community, Ending Stigma, Inside TGC, Prevention & Early Intervention
This past year, The Guidance Center embarked on another exciting film project – this time partnering with Long Beach (LBPD) and Los Angeles Police (LAPD) Departments and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) to develop a series of web-based...
by The Guidance Center | Oct 5, 2018 | Community, Ending Stigma, How to
It could be happening to your neighbor or coworker, the person standing behind you in line to get coffee, or even the child playing next to yours on the playground. Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate against age, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, race,...
by The Guidance Center | Jul 13, 2018 | Community, Ending Stigma, Mental Wellness
One in 5 children ages 13-18 have or will have a serious mental health condition, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). New data shows that depression has surpassed asthma as the number one health issue for U.S. youth. Unmet mental health needs...
by The Guidance Center | Feb 15, 2018 | Community, Ending Stigma
In celebration of Black History Month, The Guidance Center would like to recognize several of the leaders who serve as activists for the importance of mental health. Communities of color, including children, experience unique obstacles in accessing mental health care...
