In this episode, hosts Dr. Hurtado and Karen Limon are wrapping up Season 2 by reflecting on the early beginnings of the Prickly Couch Podcast, talking about at what has changed, and sharing what they're looking forward to in the future! Hope you enjoy and we hope you come back for Season 3. :-)

Join Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD from Mavrakis Nutrition and our host Karen Limon and Dr. Gabriela Hurtado as they tackle questions: Do Eating Disorders affect the Latine community? What do we really mean by the term Body Image? What is embodiment work? How are eating disorders and mental health connected in the age of social media? Hope you enjoy!   Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD (she, her, ella) is an awesome Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She is a bicultural Latina/Arab-American dietitian that offers nutritional counseling from a Health at Every Size framework and aims to provide support to food and body image concerns across diverse cultures and identities.   Previous podcast episode with Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD: Food & Nutrition in the Latinx Community Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD (she, her, ella) is an awesome Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She is a bicultural Latina/Arab-American dietitian that offers nutritional counseling from a Health at Every Size framework and aims to provide support to food and body image concerns across diverse cultures and identities.   Previous podcast episode with Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD: Food & Nutrition in the Latinx Community   Follow us on instagram @pricklycouchpodcast to learn more about new episode releases and supplemental material.

In this episode, hosts Dr. Gabriela Hurtado and Karen Limón are talking with Registered & Licensed Dietitian Yasmine Mavrakis from Mavrakis Nutrition to discuss eating disorders and trauma in the Latine community, gentle nutrition and intuitive eating, and share their tips to finding a culturally-responsive and trauma-informed therapists and nutritionists.   Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD (she, her, ella) is an awesome Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She is a bicultural Latina/Arab-American dietitian that offers nutritional counseling from a Health at Every Size framework and aims to provide support to food and body image concerns across diverse cultures and identities.   Previous podcast episode with Yasmine Mavrakis, RD, LD: Food & Nutrition in the Latinx Community Follow us on instagram @prickycouchpodcast to learn about new episode releases and supplemental material.

In this episode, hosts Dr. Hurtado and Karen Limon do mid-season check-in, discuss the impacts of media consumption on mental health, and briefly share how they navigate media consumption in their lives.    Follow us on instagram @pricklycouchpodcast to learn about new episode releases and supplemental material.

Join Dr. Josephine Serrata and our hosts Karen Limon and Dr. Gabriela Hurtado on this episode on Parenting Neurodivergence. Dr. Serrata talks about her journey as a mama of neurodivergent children, discusses neurodiversity in culture and systems such as the school system, and  shares what helped her during her parenting journey.  Follow us on instagram @prickycouchpodcast to learn about new episode releases and supplemental material.

It's been a difficult past few weeks, especially in Texas. For this episode, Dr. Gabriela Hurtado offers a 10 minute guided breathing exercise for grounding. Please join us in taking a moment to pause and breathe in community. Abrazos! Self-care During Stressful Times Handout: https://linktr.ee/pricklypeartherapy

In this episode, Dr. Hurtado and Dr. Serrata give us a deeper view of their training as psychologists, discuss neurodivergence, and talk about how they integrate neuro-affirmative care in trauma therapy and assessment as a tool for empowerment. Resources:    - Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Autism-Assessment-Handbook/dp/1839971665 - Therapist Neurodiversity Collective: https://therapistndc.org/ - Innovation Behavioral Health Solutions: https://www.innovationbhs.com/ce-program - Neuroclastic (includes BIPOC resources): https://neuroclastic.com/?fbclid=IwAR1CELO50LaCY5BDMi_yg2Qj8EHnQjNVVzB5Fj9_-cV5Ihdcn6iu52nYj5E - The Great Big Opposition Resource List: https://stopabasupportautistics.home.blog/2019/08/11/the-great-big-aba-opposition-resource-list/?fbclid=IwAR1T5ymvcx8zOm59vHTGkL77dOwyqWx9wDzuT5UEpPc8ZZ-qnfJof1bM0Qw - Neurodiversity Library (Resources for Providers & Parents): https://neurodiversitylibrary.org/neurodivergent-narwhals/ Podcasts on Neurodivergence:  ADHD rewired Uniquely Human Adulting with ADHD

In this episode, host Karen Limon meets with Hanna Garza, LPC-Associate to learn about her cumulative approach as a therapist and how she promotes a neuro affirmative spaces in her work.

In this episode, we are talking to clinical therapist Sonia Torres. Join us as she shares her journey to becoming a therapist, how she builds an affirming space with her clients using creativity and movement, and her tips on searching for the right therapist for you.

In this episode, host Dr. Hurtado and clinical therapists Hanna Garza, Sonia Torres, and Janeth Perez-Dominguez discuss their collective approach as affirmative and neuroaffirmative therapists, their experience being in a practice fully made up of women of color, and tips and tricks for therapists looking for an affirmative work space.

In this episode, hosts Dr. Hurtado and Karen sit down with clinical therapist Janeth Perez-Dominguez to discuss her approach as a therapist, how she promotes affirmative spaces, and tips and tricks to starting therapy.

In this episode you will listen to Drs. Hurtado and Serrata talk more about how their practice came to be, what they do, and why.

We are the podcast of @pricklytherapy, a Latine/x trauma-informed and culturally and neuro affirming practice based in Austin, TX. We have conversations about the Latine/x experience, especially as women, around mental health and wellness, familia, friends, school, careers, y mucho más.   You can connect with us through Instagram @pricklycouchpodcast & listen to us in Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher.

On this episode, Karen and Gaby talk about the holidays, self-care goals, and intentions for 2021.

In this episode, we talk about how different this year has been, our plans for the holidays, and how to take care of ourselves during this season. This is our last episode of the year. We'll see you again in 2021!

In this episode, we will be talking about all things related to motherhood, including pregnancy and delivery during COVID-19. We spend time discussing how to support pregnant folks and new parents.    Our amazing guest, Ro Jones (@brainbodywomb), joins us for this conversation.  She is a social worker, doula, life coach, holistic nutrition counselor, and brain health coach. You can learn more about her work at https://www.brainbodywomb.com/.

In this episode, we talk to Yasmine Mavrakis, who is a Registered Dietitian, about nutrition, food, familia, and eating disorders in the Latinx community.  Yasmine is an awesome, bicultural-bilingual, HAES-aligned dietitian with several years of experience, who is passionate about providing nutrition counseling across the life span through intuitive eating approaches, particularly for folks living with mental health conditions.

In this episode, we talk about how to take care of ourselves after the 2020 election.

In this next episode, we talk about, Latinx leaders, how to become involved in our community, take action, and create change. A very special guest and overall badass, Dr. Andrea Guerrero Guajardo, joins us to share her experiences in San Antonio.

In this episode, we talk about domestic and interpersonal violence in the community, prevention, how this has changed during quarantine, and what we can do to support survivors.  One of our favorite people, Heidi Notario, joins us for this episode. Heidi is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Systems Change at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.