Relationship & Mental Wellness Expert

Genesis Games, the owner of Healing Connections, and also known on Instagram as @themiamitherapist, doesn't limit her expertise to the therapy office or to her clients. She's an advocate for healthy relationships and mental wellness and uses the media to educate a wider audience. Genesis has been a guest on several podcasts, including Latinx Therapy. She has also been quoted in dozens of articles, including written pieces for The New York Times, PsychCentral, Bumble, and Bustle. Genesis has also contributed articles to online magazines, including Medium and Thrive Global.

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What Are Your Emotions Trying To Tell You? Emotions Are Just Messengers.

Let me start by telling you that your emotions, all of them, are valid!

Relationships & Blueberry Cake: What Do They Have In Common?

Have you ever met someone and almost instantaneously felt this indescribable physical chemistry?

Fatally Flawed Relationships

What makes a relationship fatally flawed? Are some relationships unsalvageable?

5 Things Anyone Can Do To Optimize Their Mental Wellness, With Genesis Games

Get Creative: Creativity allows for self-expression and self-discovery. It helps us regain a sense of control in our lives and is a healthy way to channel our emotions.

7 Realistic Ways to Look on the Bright Side—Which Don’t Feel Fake or Forced

We tend to view looking on the bright side as silly or stupid. We see it as annoying and inauthentic. We see it as naïve and immature.

Meet Genesis Games of The Miami Therapist in Pinecrest

Today we’d like to introduce you to Genesis Games.

Before You Give Your Partner A Second Chance, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Both you and your partner will likely make your share of mistakes, and if you want your relationship to keep moving forward, it's important to master the art of forgiveness.

Growing Apart and More: Why Friendships End and When to End One

Friends are integral to our lives. They're often the family we choose; they're with us for mundane moments and transformative milestones.

How to Make Someone Feel Better After a Breakup?

Breakups can get ugly, and it’s especially hard to watch when it’s your friend or a loved one going through it.

Here's Why You Should Date Someone Who Isn't Your Type

Then you’re in the dating world, it’s not uncommon to be drawn to a certain “type” of person.

9 Simple Ways to Boost Your Emotional Well-Being in 2020

A great way to welcome the New Year is to focus on your emotional well-being. After all, your emotional wellness is closely connected to your mental and physical health.

‘5 Things We Can Each Do To Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic’ with Genesis Games

Our society is very individualistic in nature, we don’t live in communities anymore.

10 Questions You Can Actually Ask on a First Date

It’s critical that you’re not approaching dating from a place of fear or a scarcity mentality. At the very worst, this sets you up for failure; at the very best, it makes something otherwise enjoyable far more difficult.

How to talk about your Valentine's Day expectations with your partner, according to experts

Last year was my first Valentine’s Day with a partner, and it was a disaster. Decades of watching Nora Ephron movies and never receiving candy grams in middle school hadn’t eroded my usual Hallmark-holidays-aren’t-real stance, but neither I nor my boyfriend realized that until it was too late. (Photo: Getty Images)

How To Deal With Missing Your Ex On Valentine's Day

With love and romance in your face — and on your Instagram feed — all day long, you could easily spend the day thinking about the past, wondering what your ex is up to, or even wishing you could get back together. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Unmarried, Happily Ever After

Instead of moping over singledom or aggressively trying to find partners with arbitrary deadlines in mind, they are declaring to be happily unmarried and proudly find solace in living solo. (Photo: Noa Denmon)

How To Give Your Partner Space When There Is None

If you need to shelter in place or are practicing social distancing for the near foreseeable future, the 500-square foot apartment you share with your significant other might as well be a closet. It doesn't matter if your partner is your favorite person in the world: Everyone needs space.

If You Find Out Your Partner Cheated While Quarantined Together, Here's What To Do

It's one thing to catch your partner cheating. It's another to another to catch them cheating when you're self-isolating together for weeks, unable to leave your home. (Photo: Bridget Jones's Diary)

15 Signs You Should Go to Couples Therapy

With couples spending more time together than ever before, tensions could easily rise. Since we don't know when social distancing will end, it's definitely in your best interest to patch things up with your partner to ensure a peaceful atmosphere at home. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Therapy: The Answers You May Not Want To Know, But Need To Hear

If you’re reading this, I’m sure you’ve had many questions about your relationship, or single life, and your future. One way to get answers to these questions is to go to therapy and receive an unbiased view of what’s happening in your life

How to Fight for and Save Your Marriage Alone

When it seems like you’re the only one trying and your spouse does not seem to care, is it still possible to save your marriage?

11 Latinx Therapists & Mental Health Experts To Follow On Instagram

Sept. 15 marked the beginning of National Latinx Heritage Month, which will continue through Oct. 15, making this a particularly good time of year to enrich your social feed with Latinx therapists and mental health experts on Instagram.

How To Spot A Cheating Partner - Insights From 81 Relationship Experts

When you are in a relationship and you feel something is wrong, chances are that you are right. Even if your cheating partner is trying very hard to hide their infidelity, you can still spot some changes in his or her behavior.

What not to say to your Latinx friends about 'the Latino vote'

Latinx voters have historically voted Democrat in elections and with Trump's border wall being the crown jewel of his campaign promises, many would assume voting for Trump would be against the best interest of Latinx people at large. (Photo:Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Expert Tips on Navigating Interracial Relationships

For many, 2020 has been an eye-opening year when it comes to how we view race and racial dynamics in America. It’s not enough to simply “not be racist” anymore, you have to actively work to be anti-racist.

Mente Sana: How To Cope with the Chaos of 2021

It’s fair to say that, crisis after crisis, our mental health continues to deteriorate, making it more difficult to cope with the enormous wave of distress that follows these historic events, as well as the everyday reality of living through a pandemic.

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Unlock The Power Your Mind: Family Love & Recovery

In this special episode of Unlock The Power of Your Mind "Recover and Reclaim" I have an amazing conversation with Genesis Games. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who shares her expertise on addiction and recovery from a family perspective. Genesis explains the science behind addiction, as well as what it means to her, along with actionable strategies on how you can help a loved one to Recover and Reclaim their life. Thank you for listening, and I hope this episode helps to change your life!

Relationships and Chill, Season 2 Episode 4

Season 2, Episode 4 - Special Guest - Genesis Games LMHC About this Episode: In this episode, we have special guest Genesis Games, who is a bi-lingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor with five years of experience and based in the Miami area. She is certified in marriage, couples, and family therapy and uses focused techniques to help make meaningful and long-lasting changes. What we discuss in this episode: How Genesis Got started in her field Attachment theory and how it affects our relationships. Why self-work is critical to healthy relationships How to improve dating and relationships Creating healthy connections and strong bonds Acculturation and how it affects a relationship Misunderstanding of ‘Narcissism’ Her upcoming workshop for couples and much more. Additional Resources: Instagram: Themiamitherapist Website: The Miami Therapist Facebook: Genesis Games, LMHC Within Our Reach Couples Workshop

The Beyond Resilience Life, Season 1 Episode 15, Substance Use as a Method to Cope with Unresolved Trauma

In this week's episode, it's an honor to share a conversation with a colleague from Florida, Ms. Genesis Games, LMHC. She is passionate about working with individuals who have problems with drug or alcohol addiction because she believes that through this work, she is helping them create a better life, one that they deserve. Genesis works with individuals and their families as well into creating better environments for everyone in their recovery.

Today we talk about substance abuse and how some people have ended up shielding themselves in substance use as a way to cope with unresolved trauma by treating these addictions as a way to survive through everyday life and stress.

Some of the resources Genesis mentions in our talk are: www.psychologytoday.com, support groups like AA or Narcotics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Celebration Recovery (based out of churches), and Smart Recovery.

Latinx Therapy, Season 3 Episode 2, Substance Use in the Latinx Community

In this episode on substance abuse, we welcome Genesis Games, LMHC from Miami, Florida. She sheds light on her knowledge with alcohol abuse, how alcohol abuse is defined, the effects it has on the individual and the family, the myths behind it in our culture & the best way to support someone with this issue.

Let's Talk About It: Infidelity with Genesis Games, LMHC and Whitney Goodman, LMFT

Today I am interviewing @themiamitherapist Genesis Games, LMHC about infidelity. We talk about why cheating happens and how to heal from it. This conversation is super honest and looks at infidelity from both sides.

It's Complicated: Modern-Day Breakups with Relationship Expert: Genesis Games, LMHC

On today's episode, host Esther Gomez welcomes Genesis Games, LMHC of Miami, Florida. Join us as Ms. Games takes us into the whole world of Modern-Day Break-Ups from attachment styles to recovering from heartbreak. Genesis will educate you on these topics which are often left undiscussed.

When One Wants More Sex with Relationship Expert: Genesis Games, LMHC

Genesis tells all that she sees in her practice when one partner wants more sex than the other. Listen for her tips on how she helps couples get on the same page.

Healthy Heads with The Miami Therapist

Relationship expert Genesis Games, LMHC introduces herself and her online private practice, she then dives into discussing all things relationships.

First Generation Latinx Immigrants & Mental Health

A conversation about the mental health of first-generation Latinx immigrants and mental health tools with Genesis Games, Licensed Mental Health Counselor from Florida, and your host Adriana Alejandre.

LEVEL UP: Your Relationships Could Use a Refresh

Psychotherapist Genesis Games gets real about why it’s important to assess your relationships truthfully, so you can set healthy expectations and comfortable boundaries. Plus, how to navigate different kinds of relationships—with family, friends, and significant others.

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