by The Guidance Center | Aug 27, 2021 | Community, Ending Stigma, Hope, Inside TGC, Mental Wellness
Since 1946, The Guidance Center has broken down barriers and pioneered new ways to meet the unique and ever-growing mental health needs of the urban community’s most vulnerable population – children. The vision to build healthy, safe communities and a...
by Colleen Stafford, LMFT | Aug 19, 2021 | Anxiety, Community, Ending Stigma, Hope, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips
Back to School Tips to Help Your Child Adjust to Returning to Campus In the coming weeks, many students will be heading back to a school campus and filling classrooms. This can be exciting and anxiety-provoking, scary and hopeful, joyful and stressful or all of...
by The Guidance Center | Aug 13, 2021 | Anxiety, Community, Ending Stigma, Hope, Mental Wellness
The Guidance Center is excited to be one of 200+ nonprofit organizations participating in the third annual online giving event, Long Beach Gives! Set for Thursday, September 23, 2021, this citywide movement is a 24-hour day dedicated to help raise awareness...
by Lauren Ford, Psy.D. | Aug 5, 2021 | Anxiety, Community, Ending Stigma, Hope, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Wellness
A year and several months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s hard to know what to feel. We have all been through an enormous, prolonged stressor, and it’s affected everyone. It might have affected each person differently, but no one is untouched. Because everyone had...
by Priscilla Gomez, LCSW | Jul 22, 2021 | Community, Ending Stigma, Hope, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Wellness, Trauma-informed
Three years ago, The Guidance Center and Educare of Los Angeles at Long Beach Unified School District partnered together to have a Mental Health Clinician and Consultant on-site to address and assess the needs of children and families that were at risk for mental...
by External Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force | Jul 15, 2021 | Community, Ending Stigma, Hope, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Wellness
In the wake of the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd last summer, a group of staff members aligned to combine their talents and work together to address social injustices in the community. Members of the External Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task...
