Supporting Families & Empowering Children Through Personalized Mental Health Care

Fostering resilience in families and children through customized mental health support for happier, healthier lives.

Cognitive Behavioral Approach

Mindfulness

Positive Psychology

healthy happy parents lead to healthy happy children


  1. Is your family history impacting your kids?

  2. Are fears damaging your bond with your child?

  3. Are old patterns harming your family?

  4. Do you know what your kids see online?

  5. Is your inattention hurting family ties?

  6. Are you missing crucial signs from your kids?


Tailored Counseling Sessions

Our personalized counseling addresses family dynamics, fears, and unresolved issues, fostering healthier relationships and parenting strategies.

Parent Enrichment Sessions

We will help you through many of the new decisions and actions that you must take as a parent. Our sessions will help ease your fears and give you the necessary skillset to triumph.

Parent - Child Coaching

We help improve relationships and communication between parents and their children. Coaches typically work with parents to enhance their parenting skills, understand child development, and navigate challenges in raising their children.

Meet Prince R. Drago & Beatriz Martinez-Peñalver L.M.H.C

Prince R. Drago, Co-Founder of Healthy Connections CMHC, stands as a revered clinician within the behavioral healthcare realm, boasting a dual role as a licensed mental health counselor and qualified supervisor recognized by the state of Florida. Ms. Drago obtained her bachelor's degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, followed by graduate degrees from Carlos Albizu University in Miami, Florida.

Alongside Prince R. Drago, Beatriz Martinez-Peñalver, Co-Founder of Healthy Connections CMHC, a licensed psychotherapist, brings over thirty years of expertise to the mental health landscape. An impassioned advocate, Martinez-Peñalver strives to integrate emotional literacy into education, aiming to alleviate the current mental health crisis. She champions the notion that happiness is a teachable skill, an idea overlooked in our educational systems, and has been featured across prominent media platforms like NBC, CBS, PBS, Univision Radio, and more.

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What Makes Us Different?

Healthy Connections has been recognized as the gold winner for Best Mental Health Counseling Services in Miami by Miami-Dade Favorites, which partners with the Miami Herald. Our services are grounded in three key pillars: Cognitive Behavioral Approach, Positive Psychology, and Mindfulness. These proven methodologies empower individuals to overcome challenges, enhance resilience, and foster lasting positive change.  Our best psychologists and mental health counselors are all certified in the Triumph Steps® Transformative framework.


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Comprehensive evaluation session

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Begin personalized support
Voted Best Mental Health Counseling Services by Miami-Dade Favorites which partners with the Miami Herald.
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What Our Customers Are Saying in Google reviews!


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Very happy with healthy connections I have seen great improvement with my daughter. Can’t wait to keep seeing progress
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Bajo mi experiencia con mi hijo puedo decir que son los mejores, excelente grupo de profesiónales, calidad y calidez humana, mi doctora fue la Dra Yasmileth donde le reconozco su dedicación, entrega compromiso y amor por mi hijo desde el día 1. Muy agradecida. Los recomiendo al 100% . Dios siga bendiciéndolos por tan bonitos labor
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I recently completed training in this amazing program and it woke up my passion and love for my career. It is more than ever clear to me that we can help children and families with positive affirmations and positive coping skills to aid the process of childhood. The program is engaging and I have enjoyed it for myself as well, being able to recognize the importance of my own personal growth as well. Beatriz walks you into a world where everything is possible to achieve positively, I see the biggest potential with emotional literacy and hope every school, organization and families can use it.
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Un Lugar sano y hace mis hijos sentirse seguro. Cuando llegas, te sientes bienvenido,
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Dr. Prince Drago and her Team of experts in Healthy Connections are THE BEST psychologist that you can get ever find in Miami Dade County. I will be eternally grateful for everything she has done for me in a very difficult moment in my life. I am a Miami Dade County Public Schools Teacher, mother of three, and I will be recommending Dr. Drago to every single family that I can. She offers professionalism, assertive communication, and strategies that would help you be a better mother, wife, sister and co-worker. Dr. Drago is the best therapist in Miami Dade County. Thank you Dr. Drago for everything that you have done for me and my family during our darkest moments in our lives. It took me a longgggggggggg time to find you, but it was worth it, I will never let you go. Thank you! May God bless you and give you a long life to continue give this wonderful gift as a Psychologist that truly does her job from her heart in order to help and make a difference. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ages 7–12 | June 10 – July 29

Give your child a summer filled with growth, confidence, movement, and meaningful connection. Our engaging summer programs are designed to help children strengthen focus, build social skills, improve emotional regulation, and develop healthy habits in a supportive and fun environment.

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We Use Triumph Steps® an 8 Step Transformative Tool 


These steps are based on cognitive behavioral theory, positive psychology, and mindfulness.


Triumph Steps® represents an innovative leap in addressing the often-neglected realm of emotional literacy within education. With an intentional focus on an 8-step program, this initiative shines a light on the crucial skills needed for emotional mastery, offering children and parents a systematic and accessible approach. Amidst the academic foundations of math, science, language arts, and social studies, Triumph Steps® steps in to bridge the gap, recognizing the fundamental necessity of understanding and managing emotions for a well-rounded education. By engaging families in this transformative journey, the program empowers them with practical tools and principles, fostering resilience and emotional intelligence that serve as a guiding force through life's complexities.  We are featured on NBC, CBS, and major networks, our framework's success is showcased in videos below.



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