The Counseling Corner

In this episode, Dr. Gabriela Garrote, a pediatrician with Gables Pediatrics, discusses child obesity with Emy and Gabi.  In this rich episode, Dr. Garrote explains how she works with parents and children on developing good eating habits from a very early age. She also shares statistics and information on child obesity.  Dr. Garrote also includes tips on how to discuss food with your kids and how...

Gabi and Emy interview guest, Eileen Durfee on healthy bodies and healthy homes.  Eileen Durfee is an inventor, who founded Creatrix Solutions LLC during her "journey to recover from her own allergies and environmental chemical sensitivities."    Before starting her journey to improving her health, she was a residential real estate developer. This experience led her to understand toxic home enviro...

Gabi and Nicole Herdocia-Oria, MFT dive into the perfect timing conundrum for big life events.  When is the right time for life events like dating, marriage, and babies?  How do we work through the anxieties driven up by pressure from others – and ourselves. They discuss issues that come up with partners.  Gabi talks about her own experiences as a 30-year-old and no current partner.  How to deal w...

In this difficult episode, Gabi interviews Kristen Overholt, LMHC regarding self-harm. Kristen has worked extensively with clients suffering from self-harm. She has a background in full-time residential treatment centers. Before joining Coral Gables Counseling Center Kristen worked with Oliver Pyatt, an eating disorder treatment center. As therapists, Kristen and Gabi explore what self-harm entail...

In this episode, our co-host and Marriage Family Therapist, Gabi Reyes, leads the conversation with Jenny Friedman, LCSW, also from Coral Gables Counseling Center and Dr. Eugenio Duarte, Psychoanalyst and Clinical Psychologist. We decided it would be good to do an episode on psychoanalysis because there is so much confusion as to what exactly it is and the difference between psychoanalysis and psy...

In this episode Gaby interviews a friend of hers, Dani, a social media strategist, that lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan. They both discuss quarantining, dating and everything else LIFE two young women are going through while living in a pandemic. One from Miami and the other from Brooklyn. ENJOY!

Hi there again! We've been gone a few weeks while we learn how to podcast during Covid.  We figured out how to do it – even if it's just a bit scrappy. Gabi and Emy are respecting social distancing by recording from their respective homes. In this episode Gabi as a Marriage and Family therapist and Emy as a Life and Wellness Coach offer tips from the mental health, wellness and life perspectives....

In this episode, Veronica Sanchez, LCSW and Gabi discuss "coming out."  They describe the wrong way and the right way to come out from both point of views, the person coming out and who they're coming out to. Although Veronica and Gabi discuss this topic as mental health providers, Veronica also speaks from personal experience. This episode is for anyone that is caught between the LGBT and non-LGB...

In this episode host Gabi and Dr. Todd Giardina discuss how although love is important in a relationship and it's exciting and it's great…it's not enough because you need to use your head in addition to your heart.  Listen in as they teach you how to bring logic into your relationship to make it more long-lasting.  

Gabi and Emy, the co hosts of The Counseling Corner, partner up once again to record.  This time they talk about coping with the holiday stress from a wellness coach's perspective and a mental health professional's perspective. Listen in as they take turns giving simple tips and information on coping with the end of the year holiday stress. 

In this episode 29, Gabi and Emy, the two co-hosts, discuss work life balance and the traps that the illusion of "work life balance" creates.  They offer some ideas on how to set up a "work day balance" instead by planning your day and having the freedom to make adjustments to you day so it doesn't feel so off scale. Emy discusses how she's learning how to say no by getting on Marie Forleo's "no t...

Gabi and one of our new therapists, Carlos Escanilla, LMHC, record a fun episode as Carlos brings his guitar into the recording room. Carlos, a therapist by day and musician by night, discusses how he uses music in therapy.  Gabi, whose family are actors, musicians and radio show host enjoys herself with Carlos as they explore music and its therapeutic uses. At the end of this episode, we have a n...

Do you remember what it was like your first day of school and especially – the first day of middle school? Go back down memory lane as Emy sits with her grandson, Jaden Navarro as he describes his first day of middle school and how he feels now, 4 months later.  This episode is great whether or not you have a middle schooler because Emy goes in depth about life in general with Jaden.  She explores...

Jenny Friedman, LCSW, joins Gabi as they diagnose Arthur Fleck, child, adolescent and adult.  Listen in as they describe each of his symptoms.  At the end you'll find yourself feeling sorry for Arthur Fleck and understanding and sympathizing with him.  Regardless whether you have seen the movie The Joker or not, you'll enjoy how these two therapists give life to this character.

Dr. Todd Giardina joins Gabi again - this time discussing dating apps.  Listen in as a psychologist and a therapist discuss dating through dating apps.  Regardless of your age, this episode is for you if you're out in the dating jungle. If you like this podcast and want more, Gabi and Dr. Giardina co facilitate a women's group, Pretty Tough.  You can call 305-445-0477 to reserve a seat.    

Today Ricardo Sardiña, LMHC, sits with Gabi and they discuss the ins and outs of parenting.  Ricardo, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, has experience working with adolescents and is also experienced in counseling parents.  Ricardo worked with the difficult juvenile detention and foster care system. Ricardo discusses his experiences not only counseling parents and adolescents but also how he rai...

In this episode, Veronica Sanchez, LCSW from Coral Gables Counseling Center joins us as she recounts her experience as a new mom of twins and all the happiness but also the trials of not only being a new mom but a new mom of twins.  As she shares with Gabi, her purpose in doing this podcast is so that new moms that may be struggling with a new born, don't feel alone.  For them to know that issues...

In today's episode, co-host Gabriela Reyes, MFT dives in with Dr. Alexander Gonzalez, Doctor of Physical Therapy, into the benefits of exercise and our mental health.  Dr. Gonzalez, is the owner and founder of PARC – Premier Athletic Rehab Center - explains the true role of a physical therapist – and it's not what you think. This episode is for all of us, not just those of us that are currently un...

This is a very, very different podcast than our usual.  Today we have a family on the podcast telling their story of their experiences as cancer survivors and as caregivers.  Lucia Fernandez Silveira, LMFT and Director of Coral Gables Counseling Center, was a caregiver for both her daughter, Cristina and her sister Emy.  Cristina Nicole Fernandez, Esq., is a Family Lawyer and the Divorce Coach her...

For this episode we did something a little different. One of our clients, Jessica, volunteered to be on this podcast. She wants to "normalize therapy" as she puts it. She feels therapy is something everyone should do. Jessica, sat with Gabriela Reyes (Gabi), The Counseling Corner co-host and a therapist herself here at Coral Gables Counseling Center. Being on both ends of therapy, Gabi has conduct...

May Nuñez, M.S., LMHC of Ketamine Health Centers joins the cohost of The Counseling Corner, Gabriela Reyes, MFT of Coral Gables Counseling Center.  They discuss the use of Ketamine infusions in the treatment of mental health disorders such as suicidal ideation, depression, OCD, PTSD and trauma in conjunction with talk therapy.  In this episode, May not only explains the admission process, procedur...

After recording the first Eating Disorder podcast with Lisa Jimenez, LMHC, our in house eating disorder expert, we realized we needed to prepare a part 2 episode regarding treatment.  For this one, in addition to Lisa, we have brought in Terina Lopez, LMHC another eating disorder expert.  Terina has extensive experience working with the eating disorder community.  Although this episode is regardin...

In this Episode Dinah Ruiz, MBA, Career Coach, joins host Emy Fernandez, MBA, Life and Health Coach, as she explains what career coaches do. Dinah explains the importance of "branding" yourself to companies by improving your LinkedIn profile and creating a resume that attracts potential employers.  They discuss how companies use artificial intelligence to sort through resumes.  She explains the pe...

For those of you wondering whether your child needs to be tested, this episode is for you.  Cristina Olaechea, a Licensed School Psychologist, gives us signs to look for in our children to determine whether there may be a need to consider testing.  She also describes how she works not only with the child and parents but also with the school to meet the needs of the child.  Cristina Olaechea descri...