As the year 2022 comes to a close, we all realize how naïve we were in waiting so eagerly for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and our return to “normal.” At The Guidance Center, we continue to adapt to what has become a “new normal.” As essential workers in mental...
As I prepared my thoughts for this letter, I revisited the words I wrote to you last year. In reading them, I recalled the relief I felt that 2020 was over and we were entering a more hopeful 2021. This year didn’t turn out to be the relief we anticipated, with...
Hello everybody I’m Tricia Costales the Chief Executive Officer of The Guidance Center. When I last spoke directly to you about the COVID-19 pandemic, we were newly under the Safer at Home orders and reeling quite a bit with anxiety about what...
“You don’t have to be a therapist to be therapeutic” is a saying that has become our mantra at The Guidance Center. A friend of mine recently told me a story that perfectly shows what this means. My friend has a teacup Pomeranian named Cupcake. When he takes Cupcake...
Our CEO, Patricia Costales, LCSW shares this inspiring message to our clients, staff and our community. A lot of us may have a mixture of emotions as we navigate through this challenge time. In this video, Tricia addresses those emotions and offers her sympathy as...
One month has passed since the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In the weeks since, we’ve heard threats of violence reported at our Long Beach schools and in numerous nearby communities.When I heard the news about the latest shooting, as a...
