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Students participated in “Mad Science” at Peninsula Counseling Center’s Joan Baum Friends Program. The crazy science lesson was designed to help all of the programs participants come together to celebrate the work they had done.

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 … more

By Brendan Murray bmurray@liherald.com | 2/4/15

Don't ignore the signs of depression

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. more

8/20/14

Herb Ruben, who was executive director of the Peninsula Counseling Center for 52 years, died on May 20.

Herb Ruben, retired director of PCC, dies at 87

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. more

By Jeffrey Bessen and Andrew Hackmack | 5/23/13

Gladys Weisberger sets up an appointment. PCC receptionists are an important contact point for clients.

Opening PCC's doors to the public

Counseling is the second word in its name and the most important function the Peninsula Counseling Center serves. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/23/13

Men at Peninsula Counseling Center’s “The Club” enjoy a wide range of activities including exercise, singing, playing cards and dancing.

‘The Club’ offers peace to dementia sufferers and families

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.” more

By Ann Friedman | 5/23/13

Saving the world, $10 at a time, part II

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. more

1/10/13

Joe Smith, executive director of Long Beach Reach Inc., addressed the hundreds of people in front of Nassau County’s Theodore Roosevelt Legislative and Executive Building in Mineola.

Youth-service agencies face county cuts

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. more

By Brian Croce | 7/11/12

Linda Leonard, executive director of the Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore, said she worries that her agency could lose its 24-hour, seven-day-a-week suicide-prevention hotline if Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano eliminates funding for the private, nonprofit agency.

Nassau’s social-service network in crisis

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. more

By Scott Brinton | 6/9/12

Pictured were Amaka Oweazim, Green Acres Mall marketing assistant; John Kastan, PCC executive director and Trish Ketelson, Green Acres mall marketing director.

Green Acres is the place to be!

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 … more

3/1/12

Fabulous food, fun, fundraising

“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. more

9/22/11

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