Summer is in full swing, but this summer looks markedly different than any other summer before. As we continue to deal with the global pandemic and prepare for a second wave, many families are still social distancing as much as possible to slow the spread. So many of...
In this three-part series, we are sharing activities that you can do with your children to ensure they still have a great summer, while also attending to their mental health. In part one of this series, Clinical Therapist, Christal Avila, LCSW offered a strategy to...
When I tell people what I do for a living, I often get the response, “wow, that must be so hard, how do you do that?” While I can easily explain the day to day workings of being a therapist at The Guidance Center and the amazing work we do, what I can’t explain is...
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed (exposed to) a traumatic event or events such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape or other...
Halfway through the fourth year of It’s About T.I.M.E., it is important to remind ourselves that change takes time (pun intended). Healing brains, wired for survival rather than educational and social-emotional success, require patterned and repetitive experiences of...
We are excited to announce a new Privately Hosted Instructor Training on Youth Mental Health First Aid. This training will prepare individuals to become certified Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructors. Instructors are required to teach the Youth Mental Health...
