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You Don’t Have to Be A Therapist to Be Therapeutic – Mental Health Awareness Month
“You don’t have to be a therapist to be therapeutic” is a saying that has become our mantra at The Guidance Center. A friend of mine recently told me a story that perfectly shows what this means. My friend has a teacup Pomeranian named Cupcake. When he takes Cupcake...
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A Message for Those in Recovery
This whole month, we have been focused on sharing encouraging messages with our community, and letting you know that we are still here for you. In the last message in this video series, Melissa Mojica, LMFT speaks directly to those who have anxiety, depression, past...
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Birthday Cake Breathing for a Calm Mind
In this video, Dr. Brittany Jondle, Licensed Psychologist with The Guidance Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital, takes us through a breathing exercise called Birthday Cake Breathing. She teaches adults and children how to take deep breaths to help calm...
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Encouragement for Parents
"As mental health providers, we work alongside parents to strengthen relationships and mitigate the cycles of abuse that are often passed down from one generation to the next, and bring hope and healing to traumatic experiences." April is National Child Abuse...
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Anxiety and Box Breathing
"I think we are all feeling more anxious, more overwhelmed, more frustrated, more exhausted in the current situation then we otherwise normally do, which for many of us is taxing our coping skills and requiring us to find new, more effective, ways of coping with this...
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Tips for Dealing with Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety and depression are hard to overcome under any circumstance, so when there is a global pandemic, their impact can be so much greater and even harder to manage. How do we communicate our feelings when we're told not to leave our homes? How do we get fresh air...
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An Inspiring Message from our CEO
Our CEO, Patricia Costales, LCSW shares this inspiring message to our clients, staff and our community. A lot of us may have a mixture of emotions as we navigate through this challenge time. In this video, Tricia addresses those emotions and offers her sympathy as...
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Talking to Your Kids About Coronavirus
We understand this is a very challenging time for so many. And if this is hard for adults, then we know this must be harder for our children. In light of this, we put together simple tips to help parents talk to their kids about Coronavirus and the pandemic that has...
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Helpful Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic
As we continue each day in our new routines under the “Stay At Home” order, it can be very easy to feel anxious or to let loneliness or sadness consume us. At The Guidance Center, we want to let our clients, and you, know we are still here, and we can help. We want to...
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Coronavirus: Tips for Helping Your Kids Stay Calm During the Pandemic
“At many times throughout their lives, children will feel the world has turned topsy-turvy. It’s not the ever-present smile that will help them feel secure. It’s knowing that love can hold many feelings, including sadness, and that they can count on the people they...
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It’s Social Worker Month!
In honor of Social Worker Month this March, we want to recognize the strong, hardworking and caring social workers at The Guidance Center. These women and men dedicate themselves to their therapy practice and are there to be a listening ear, a helping hand and a...
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The Therapeutic Power of Play in Healing Trauma
Halfway through the fourth year of It’s About T.I.M.E., it is important to remind ourselves that change takes time (pun intended). Healing brains, wired for survival rather than educational and social-emotional success, require patterned and repetitive experiences of...
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Eating Disorders: Signs, Symptoms and Seeking Help
The Guidance Center is shining a spotlight on eating disorders in this month’s blog as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. It is our hope that by joining this conversation, we can raise awareness, dispel myths and misunderstandings and promote compassion...
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New Training: Mental Health First Aid Instructor
We are excited to announce a new Privately Hosted Instructor Training on Youth Mental Health First Aid. This training will prepare individuals to become certified Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructors. Instructors are required to teach the Youth Mental Health...
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How Allison Shielded her Heart by Speaking her Mind
It's National Play Therapy Week!In honor of this, clinical therapist Megan Bunting shares a beautiful story of how play therapy helped a young girl find her voice. Allison experienced her first great loss when, at eight-years-old, her dad moved out of their home one...
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Whole Child Program Helps Patients with Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FND) Find Healing
Psychologists in The Guidance Center’s Whole Child Program specialize in treating the intersection of physical and mental health. Because of this specialty, we frequently see children, adolescents and young adults who have been diagnosed with Functional Neurological...
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Trauma-Informed Conference Was Filled With “Passion” for Change
In November, It’s About T.I.M.E. (Trauma Informed Movement in Education) consultants Nathan Swaringen, LCSW and Stevie McBride, LMFT arrived in Denver, Colorado to attend Beyond Consequences Institute’s Trauma Informed School Conference. Educators, clinicians and...
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Fight to End Human Trafficking
"If everybody had a perfect childhood…the world would be a nearly perfect place. And by 'perfect' I don't mean something you see on an old sit-com. A perfect childhood simply means experiencing unconditional love, having your basic needs met and having equal...
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Adopt-A-Family Tribute 2019
Please enjoy our Tribute Book for Adopt-A-Family 2019 A big thank you to everyone who participates in this program and makes it possible for us to help our clients in this way year after year.
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Year in Review – A Letter from Our CEO
As I look back on the year 2019, I see a year filled with hope. Hope in our clinicians who showed our clients they are not alone and together they overcame many hardships. Hope in our donors who selflessly supported our mission because they have seen firsthand the...
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