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Celebrating World Health Day

Celebrating World Health Day

by The Guidance Center | Apr 14, 2023 | Community, Hope, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips, Trauma-informed

In April, we celebrate World Health Day, an important opportunity to take stock of your health and wellbeing. In honor of this day, let’s explore how small changes in our lifestyle can make a great impact on our overall health and mental wellness. In this blog, we...
Child Abuse Prevention Month – Protective Factors to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect

Child Abuse Prevention Month – Protective Factors to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect

by The Guidance Center | Apr 7, 2023 | Community, Hope, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips, Trauma-informed

According to research conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are certain risk factors that can lead to child abuse or neglect. These risk factors can include poverty, lack of support networks, and exposure to violence. To combat these...
Share, State & Create: Talking to Children After A Threat, Crisis or Mass Shooting

Share, State & Create: Talking to Children After A Threat, Crisis or Mass Shooting

by Patricia Costales, LCSW | Mar 31, 2023 | Anxiety, Community, Hope, Inside TGC, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips, Trauma-informed

In light of recent events, we are re-sharing our blog from last year that offers guidance on how to talk with children about school violence. Each time there’s a mass shooting we find ourselves having trouble finding the words to explain to our children, yet...
Share, State & Create: Talking to Children After A Threat, Crisis or Mass Shooting

Share, State & Create: Talking to Children After A Threat, Crisis or Mass Shooting

by The Guidance Center | Jun 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Community, Hope, Inside TGC, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips, Trauma-informed

Buffalo. Santa Ana. Uvalde. Could it happen in Long Beach or in San Pedro? The reality of domestic terrorism and mass shootings breaks all of our hearts and scares our children again and again. It seems so untenable that we live our lives like this. At The Guidance...
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...
LatinX Heritage Month

LatinX Heritage Month

by Jacqueline Ochoa, AMFT | Sep 24, 2021 | Anxiety, Community, Ending Stigma, How to, Mental Health Awareness Month, Mental Wellness, Parenting Tips, Prevention & Early Intervention

  “I looked up at the trees and asked for their wisdom. I observed their willowing branches and crisp brown leaves, dead with only a shimmer of light running through their veins. Its branches holding on to life with the few lively leaves it managed to hold on to....
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