Have you noticed a recurring issue within your clients’ lives? What does it take to turn a simple idea into a business? How can playful, open-ended questions help families connect?

In this podcast episode, Joe Sanok discusses how playful questions can help heal families with the creator of Famgabs, Beliza Perez. 

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Meet Beliza Perez



Beliza is a young but experienced therapist with a blended therapy style. She lost her father in adolescence and knows the difference that therapy could have made for her at that difficult time. This desire to make a difference in a child’s life has driven her to be a therapist and helps her to connect to her clients. She has followed her calling with excitement and joy.

She is a qualified supervisor for the state of Florida and has been invigorated by helping young therapists gain valuable experience. Her most exciting work has been in her practice in Oviedo with children, siblings, and parents.

Visit Beliza’s website, FamGabs, and connect on LinkedIn.

In This Podcast



* Conducting therapy with kids in counselling sessions 

* Creating Famgabs 

* Building out the business 

* How to build an idea into a business 

* Beliza’s advice to private practitioners 



Conducting therapy with kids in counselling sessions



[Therapy] conversations with kids; they require a different approach. They also need to know that you get them and you’re there to hear them, there to spend time with them … and be with them in their space. (Beliza Perez) 



Beliza explains that it is crucial for the therapist working with kids to give them space. When they feel like they can relax with you, trust you, and feel comfortable with you, they will open up to you much more easily – like adults. 

However, you need to meet them where they are at, and that’s done by setting the tone in the therapy room.



You have to be fun, you have to be curious, and you have to be at their level. I think that’s hard for adults; we forget what it was like to be a kid. We forget what it’s like to be 22 sometimes! So it’s hard to approach a child from their perspective because, as an adult, we have so much going on. (Beliza Perez)



Creating Famgabs

While seeing the kids that were her clients, Beliza had so many of their parents, who were desperate to get help talking with their kids, ask her for guidance.