About Dr. Ana Gouvea, LMHC

Dr. Ana Gouvea is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with a Ph.D. in Linguistics. She is a Mindfulness teacher at Insight Timer and has certifications in Trauma treatment and in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindful Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness for treating Children and Teens.

She has experience in the treatment of trauma, PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, domestic violence, grief, abuse, ADHD, anger issues, self-esteem, and stress management. Dr. Gouvea offers respectful culturally sensitive counseling services in different languages (English, Portuguese, and Italian) to individuals, couples, and families with the aim of promoting self-growth, balance, empowerment, quality of life, and well-being.

Dr. Gouvea started her career as a linguist, professor, and researcher. She was a professor at FIU for several years. To fulfill her strong desire to help people outside the academic world, she decided to become a therapist. Dr. Gouvea believes every human being has the right to be happy and that psychotherapy can help people be joyful and happy. Her practice is focused on the client's strengths and use effective techniques such as CBT, Trauma Focused CBT, MBSR, and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MCBT) to help clients improve their lives and fulfill their goals.