Celebrating Pride Month 2021
Hi everyone! During this month we here at Blu Alliance celebrate Pride Month as it is especially significant to us. Did you know that the founders of Blu Alliance Counseling Center are a part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Our CEO Amanda Alonzo (she/her) identifies as bisexual and our Group Director Quirino Robles (he/him) identifies as […]
Mental Health Awareness Month
Hi everyone! We here at Blu Alliance wanted to take this time to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. Its a very exciting time as this is the chance for all of us in the mental health field to not only spread awareness about systemic mental health issues but to also destigmatize accessing resources for support/treatment […]
Celebrating World Autism Month
Hi everyone! This month is World Autism Month which is a very dear to our hearts at Blu Alliance. As we continue to celebrate this month we would like to share that our CEO/Director Amanda Alonzo is diagnosed with Autism as well so this month is very near and dear to our hearts. Below I […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Hi everyone! We here at Blu Alliance wanted to take today to celebrate International Women’s Day as it is a moment to reflect, celebrate, and learn about the global accomplishments women have had throughout history and today. To start off our celebration of this amazing event we will discuss the purpose International Women’s Day (IWD) […]
Celebrating the Holidays during a Pandemic
Hi everyone! This week we are experiencing some major holidays and I wanted to talk about how celebrating these important events in our lives are going to look different due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We here at Blu Alliance have been looking at how the holidays are being impacted by here in the United States […]
Honoring Día de los Muertos
Hi everyone! We here at Blu Alliance love the beginning of November because its during this time we get to celebrate Día de los Muertos with the rest of our Latinx community on November 1st & 2nd. I identify as a Latinx gay male so it is during this time of the year I really […]
Celebrating Halloween During a Pandemic
Hi Everyone! This week we have Halloween coming up and its one of my favorite times of the year. I love everything about it from the costumes, the colors like orange and black, the beautiful use of makeup that I see so many people excel at, and I know for myself the best part is […]
ADHD Awareness Month
Hi everyone! This month is jam packed full of national mental health events so we here at Blu Alliance have felt this is an amazing opportunity to jump right in and celebrate ADHD Awareness Month. First some information about ADHD Awareness Month which is sponsored by a coalition that includes ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO), and […]
Celebrating World Mental Health Day
Hi everyone! This week we at Blu Alliance are celebrating World Mental Health Day which the World Health Organization (WHO) with partner organizations, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health, is calling for a massive increase in investment in regards to mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected billions of […]
Bullying Prevention
Hi everyone! This month is Bullying Prevention Month which we at Blu Alliance have found to be a very relevant topic to our society today. Bullying is a form of youth violence, and an adverse childhood experience which means that it isn’t limited to physical attacks between youth, but it includes verbal and relationship harm […]