I'd suggest you go to the temple down the street and introduce yourself along with your intentions (hopes). talk to the people that run the place, not the visitors that go there about it. They should be able to tell you immediately what they can offer you.
you can also use your favorite search engine to research what you want but be careful while doing that. Just because you see it on the internet does not make it real.
IMO any religion ( including Buddhism) has far left, far right, and in the middle thinking. Some believe Buddha was an actual living deity where other sects believe he was a real human with a lot of spiritual thinking.