This year at Sunset Sip, we’re inviting guests to nurture their inner child and experience the healing power of play like our clients do in treatment. Last week, Nathan Swaringen, LCSW, shared 6-year-old Victor’s story and how play gave him a voice. Now, he shares...
This year at Sunset Sip, we’re inviting guests to nurture their inner child and experience the healing power of play like our clients do in treatment. Last week, Nathan Swaringen, LCSW, provided insight into play therapy and its benefits to the healing process. Now,...
Nurture your inner child. It’s the theme for Sunset Sip 2017 and highlights a key component of play therapy, but what does it mean and why is it important? Why would we invite guests to “nurture their inner child?”To help answer those questions, we enlisted the help...
“A messenger between the conscious and the unconscious, art reaches the silence of our hearts when words fail. It is an agent of transformation, a medium for healing.” – Ana Zuanic, MFT Intern at The Guidance CenterLast Wednesday, we kicked off Mental Health Month...
This past Wednesday, April 26, we hosted the first public screening of our original documentary film, The Bridge: Pathways to a Trauma-Informed Community. And what an inspiring evening it was!More than 175 community members filled the Art Theatre in Long Beach to...
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week was this past week (February 28 – March 4). It’s important to raise awareness of eating disorders because like other mental health conditions, there are many myths, misconceptions and stigmas associated with eating...
