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75 Years of Healing & Hope – Part 1: Reflections From Our Staff

75 Years of Healing & Hope – Part 1: Reflections From Our Staff

by The Guidance Center | Apr 2, 2022 | Community, Events, Hope, Inside TGC, Mental Wellness, Thankfulness

When The Guidance Center was founded in 1946, it was led by a small, handful of volunteers – local school teachers and counselors. Today, The Guidance Center is a major community mental health provider that employs more than 170 mental health professionals, support...
Step Towards Positive Change: TGC Collaborates with LBUSD to Help Increase Support for Students Experiencing Mental Health Crises

Step Towards Positive Change: TGC Collaborates with LBUSD to Help Increase Support for Students Experiencing Mental Health Crises

by The Guidance Center | Feb 17, 2022 | Anxiety, Community, Hope, Mental Wellness

A global pandemic, grief and loss, a divided nation, and ongoing racial injustices have been major contributors to a nationwide mental health crises in the last couple of years. Many of us had to work remotely, and as a consequence we were given the gift of time and...
Teen Dating Violence Awareness: Red Flags To Look Out For

Teen Dating Violence Awareness: Red Flags To Look Out For

by Doris Pakozdi, LMFT | Feb 9, 2022 | Anxiety, Community, Hope, Mental Wellness

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and as we embark on another year of the pandemic it may be another trying time for teens as they seek new relationships and maintain old ones. Since the pandemic began in early 2020,...
Celebrating Black History Month: Essential Reads Recommended by TGC Staff

Celebrating Black History Month: Essential Reads Recommended by TGC Staff

by The Guidance Center | Feb 4, 2022 | Community, Hope, Inside TGC, Mental Wellness

In celebration of Black History Month, we asked our Guidance Center staff to reflect on the work of the Black Authors, writers, & philosophers who have left a lasting impact on them. The powerful books they selected below touch on everything from the legacy of the...
Managing the Emotional Challenges of Another COVID Winter

Managing the Emotional Challenges of Another COVID Winter

by Jessica Achugbue, AMFT | Jan 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Community, Hope, Mental Wellness

As we grapple with a surge of COVID-19 cases in our third calendar year enveloped in the pandemic, you may find yourself feeling especially uneasy, drained, unmotivated, tense, exhausted, sad, or a host of other difficult emotional experiences right now. As the saying...
Mental Health Tips For Managing The Holidays

Mental Health Tips For Managing The Holidays

by Nathan Swaringen, LCSW | Dec 17, 2021 | Anxiety, Community, Hope, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips

It’s hard to believe that we are approaching the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with it, a very different way of living and functioning. The pandemic hit right after the 2019 holiday season, so it wasn’t until 2020 that we got to experience just how...
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