Summer is in full swing! Looking for new activities for your child? Reading is a practice that can help boost a young person’s mental health. Keep your child engaged by helping them explore a wide range of stories that will spark imagination and transport them to new...
We invited members of our Guidance Center staff to share their thoughts on this important awareness month. Amanda Gonyer, LMFT, sheds light on the challenges faced in accessing and receiving mental healthcare in the Latinx community. It’s no secret that mental health...
In the month of June, we celebrate Pride Month to commemorate the activists of The Stonewall Uprising that took place on June, 28th 1969. At a time when homosexual acts remained illegal, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a New York City bar that served as a safe haven...
As many of us did this past year, Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach returned to providing in-person learning last Fall. It was a big shift for those who were engaging in online learning and at home activities. While families were nervous to come back, many children...
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...
The pandemic has reminded us how crucial, and fundamental relationships are for our mental, emotional, physical, and societal health. Relationships heal. A grass-roots approach to creating a “trauma-informed movement in education” has shown to be a powerful vehicle in...
