A program that has enjoyed a decades-long run of success at Peninsula Counseling Center in Valley Stream has a had new life breathed into it after the center received thousands of dollars in grant …
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By Brendan Murray
bmurray@liherald.com
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2/4/15
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If the tragic death of Robin Williams shows us anything, it’s that depression can affect anyone — even those who seem the most successful, the most well off, the happiest.
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8/20/14
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For more than a half-century, Herb Ruben was an advocate for mental health services on Long Island, leading one of the most respected agencies in Nassau County. The long-time leader of the Peninsula Counseling Center died on May 20 at the age of 87.
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By Jeffrey Bessen and Andrew Hackmack
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5/23/13
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Counseling is the second word in its name and the most important function the Peninsula Counseling Center serves.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/23/13
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Upon entering Peninsula Counseling Center’s “The Club,” at St. Joseph’s Church in Hewlett, three women talk amongst themselves as they wait patiently for their husbands, who are busy dancing down the hall to Van Morrison’s,“Brown Eyed Girl.”
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By Ann Friedman
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5/23/13
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At 6 p.m. last Sunday, I tore off two layers of plastic sheeting covering the double doors that separate my upstairs living room from my ground-level family room, which are connected by a simple pine staircase. It was a triumphal moment.
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1/10/13
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Hundreds of people gathered at Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive Building in Mineola on July 6, rallying for the reinstatement of contracts and funds that the county cut for youth programs and substance-abuse treatment agencies.
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By Brian Croce
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7/11/12
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The Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center would lose more than $300,000 in funding if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano were to make good on a threat to cut all contracts with nonprofit social-service agencies that work with troubled youth, the mentally ill and drug addicts, said Linda Leonard, the Crisis Center’s executive director, this past week.
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By Scott Brinton
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6/9/12
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On Sunday, March 11 at 11 a.m., the Peninsula Counseling Center will host its second annual indoor community walk at Green Acres Mall to benefit children’s outpatient services. Every walker will …
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3/1/12
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“A Tasteful Evening” — an annual October fundraiser hosted by the Peninsula Counseling Center on October 24 — will welcome celebrity Chef Michael Psilakis to this year’s event.
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9/22/11
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