Summer is winding down. Kids are back to school. School zone lights are back on. There are new teachers, new classrooms, new schedules, new expectations …
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Are You in the Right Classroom? Career Check-In for Attorneys
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Why Stress is Good for Kids
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 19, 2026
In my last blog, Why Boredom is Good for Kids, we talked about how being bored sparks creativity, and how it teaches children to keep themselves …
The Emotional Side of Going Back to School
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, August 10, 2026
Izaskun Cruz, LMFT When we think about going back to school, our minds usually jump straight to the practical stuff. Buying supplies, sorting out schedules, …
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Why Boredom Is Good for Kids
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 08, 2026
At Coral Gables Counseling Center, we often have what we call Meeting of the Minds, better known as MOM meetings. These are meetings where psychologists, …
How Sports Psychology is Helping Young Men Open Up
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, June 17, 2026
As a therapist, I work with people from all walks of life. Some arrive in the middle of a crisis, while others are simply looking …
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Therapy is for Kids Too – And That’s OK
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, May 27, 2026
When most people think about therapy, they usually picture adults talking about stress, relationships, or work problems. But the truth is, kids go through hard …
Back to School: Insights for 1Ls
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Thursday, August 28, 2025
As a life coach for attorneys, I witness firsthand the issues that create anxiety in the legal profession. As an attorney recruiter, I see exactly …
Back to School Success: Start the Year Strong
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 20, 2025
By Elizabeth Schaul, MHC Practicum Student It’s that time of year many family’s dread. The end of a beautiful, relaxing summer filled with adventure and …
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Is It Ever Too Late to Go Back To School?
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Thursday, August 14, 2025
Am I too old for this? Will it be worth the time and money? Can I really keep up with younger students? Is this something …
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Don’t Leave Me! (No, Really)
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 06, 2025
A Parent’s Guide to Tackling Separation Anxiety with Heart Let’s be real — saying goodbye to your child when they are clinging to you like …
Parenting with Purpose: Letting Go While Holding On
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 23, 2025
By Carolina Navarro – Intake Coordinator at CGCC Raising a teenager is no easy feat. Raising one as a single mom adds layers of complexity, …
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No Instructions, Just Love: Parenting When You’re Tired…
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Thursday, July 17, 2025
By Anastasiya Rusilka, Mother of Three and a Mental Health Counselor I want to tell you something I wish more people would say out loud: …
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Introvert, Extrovert, or Both? Understanding Your Child
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 09, 2025
Throughout my years as a therapist, parents have come to me with many different challenges their children are facing. One of the most common concerns …
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“Should I?” Understanding the Difference Between Indecision and Careful Analysis
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 28, 2024
“Should I?” This is a question I get asked often by clients, family, and friends. AND, me. It’s a tricky question because it’s a question …
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Making Friends in High School and Taking Care of Your Mental Health
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 07, 2024
As we all know, school starts soon, and many parents across the country are already buying school supplies and uniforms and preparing their kids for …
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How to Improve Your Parent-Child Relationship
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 03, 2024
As a parent, your relationship with your child is one of the most important in your life. A strong and healthy relationship between parents and …
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Breaking the Silence: Promoting Mental Health Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Tuesday, June 18, 2024
By Izakun Cruz, LMFT To become a healthy man, we must first learn to be one. Society and cultures have not left much space for …
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Getting What You Want
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Friday, April 05, 2024
There are two steps to getting what you want: 1) Knowing what you want; and 2) Taking intentional steps to get it Both are about …
Jumping Back to School
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 23, 2023
By Jeni Kennedy, Certified Life Coach With the summer sun fading, the sound of pencils sharpening, backpacks zipping, and the sounds of school bells ringing; …
Back to School and a Routine
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, August 14, 2023
As the summer comes to an end and the back-to-school season approaches, a whirlwind of emotions is stirred that accompanies the return to both the …
Back to School – Should I or Shouldn’t I?
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Sunday, August 13, 2023
As someone who went back to school in my 40’s, 50’s and then again in my 60’s – this has been a question I’ve asked …
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Time Flies: Time Management Hacks for Heading Back to School
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Thursday, August 03, 2023
By Laurel Kilpatrick, M.D., Certified Life Coach Is it really time to start thinking about going back to school? It seems like it was just …
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Navigating Through the Teens
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 05, 2023
Most parents struggle with the transition from parenting a child to parenting a teen. This typically happens because your teen is seeking independence yet instinctually, …
Forced to Mature – Growing up with an ADHD sibling
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, May 31, 2023
By: High School Student – her college essay We all go through the natural and unavoidable process of growing up. However, for some of us, …
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Am I just sad or am I clinically depressed?
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, May 03, 2023
Lisa is a 55-year-old, happily married retired woman who lives with her husband in a house in Coconut Grove. All her children are adults and …
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Autism Awareness
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, April 26, 2023
By Christian Mendez, Board-Certified Behavior Analyst Just last month the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated the incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 8-year-old children …
Coach Thought of the Week: Branding Your Identity
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, April 24, 2023
Your Branding is Your Identity When we think “branding” most of us think businesses and corporations. My definition of branding is when businesses and corporations …
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Coach Thought of the Week: Busy v. Soo…Busy
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, April 17, 2023
Yes, sometimes we’re busy; sometimes we’re very busy; and sometimes we’re not. Being busy is a good thing. Regardless of whether you own your business …
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Coach Thought of the Week: Getting Out of Your Own Way
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, November 21, 2022
Those who know me, know I love tennis! Earlier this year, I was coaching with a tennis pro when I decided I didn’t want to …
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Gratefulness
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Thursday, November 03, 2022
By: Vanessa Molina, MFT, Intern Often times we find it difficult to focus on the positive things going on in our lives when there’s so …
Coach Thought of the Week: Bouncing Forward
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, August 29, 2022
Life happens because life is 50/50. We’re going to have both good and bad experiences. We’re going to have positive and negative thoughts and feelings. …
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Let Go and Let God
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Change is such a constant in our lives…whether we like it or not. Many years ago I decided to embrace change and look forward to …
College Bound Reflection
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Remind yourself: A Reflection on Sending Your Teen Off to College August is here and the reality that your children are heading off to college …
Purposeful Parenting – One Year In
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 20, 2022
A year ago, I wrote a blog post for the same July monthly theme, “Purposeful Parenting.” https://www.coralgablescounseling.com/purposeful-parenting-as-a-new-mom/) At the time, I was a brand new mom …
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Beings
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, July 04, 2022
Recently, the topic of interest amongst my clients is parenting styles. More specifically, which of the four parenting styles – Authoritarian, Authoritative, Passive, and Neglectful …
Pause. Assess. Evaluate.
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Monday, March 14, 2022
As we reach the end of Q1 in 2022, it is time to assess how we are doing. Pull out the list of goals you …
Summer is Over. Now What?
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Summer is over. Well, at least Summer, as in those few months during which “the Purge” happens because the children :coughs: terrors are set loose …
Normalizing Back to School Anxiety
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 18, 2021
BACK TO SCHOOL *cue instant anxiety* Whether you’re 5, 12, 18, or 24 years old, that week before school starts always makes most of us …
Deciding to Go Back to School
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Most of us know what back to school means. Some of us went back to school as kids. Some of us had kids that went …
Going Back to School
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, August 04, 2021
Summer is coming to an end. School is right around the corner, as students will be going back to in-person learning. This past year school …
Parenting
Coral Gables Counseling Center - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
By Katheryne Puentes, LMHC Parenting is NOT an easy job. Being a parent involves 100% attention to how they interact with their children and their …
