Overdose Awareness Week 2024 – Together We Can
As we observe Overdose Awareness Week from August 25th to August 31st, 2024, Blu Alliance Counseling Center stands in solidarity with individuals, families, and communities affected by substance use disorder, and the crisis they are facing. This week, declared by the President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr., is a call to action—a […]
Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month 2024
Hello everyone, we are very excited this month to celebrate Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, which is dedicated to raising awareness about the unique mental health challenges faced by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities in the United States. Named in honor of Bebe Moore Campbell, an advocate who […]
Dr. Amanda Alonzo to Speak at 16th Annual Transition Conference: Life After High School
Flyer for 16th Annual Transition Conference: Life After High School (English) We are excited to announce that Dr. Amanda Alonzo, our very own Director, will be speaking at the 16th Annual Transition Conference organized by the San Gabriel/Pomona Parents’ Place. The conference will take place on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Coronado Alternative School […]
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 […]
Prioritizing Mental Health in 2021
Hi everyone! In starting off this new year we here at Blu Alliance have been thinking about resolutions and goals that we all set for ourselves at the beginning of the new year. What came up again and again was what goals best reflect our intentions to take care of ourselves during a pandemic? This […]
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 […]
Seasonal Depression During A Pandemic
Hi everyone! We here at Blu Alliance have been taking this time to reflect, and process how we have all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic especially during this of year when the seasons are changing from Fall to Winter. This specific change in seasons brings about a rise in Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which […]
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 […]
