Ana Budeguer

Compassionate guidance for relationship and trauma healing

LMHC Florida

Experience: 17 years in practice
Focus areas: Relationship, Family, Trauma and abuse
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
Languages: English, Spanish

About Ana

Ana Budeguer is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor who focuses on relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with major life changes.

Background and approach

With 17 years of professional experience, she brings a perspective shaped by a long career and her own background living between Argentina and the United States. Ana emphasizes practical, evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside somatic and trauma-focused techniques to help clients explore thoughts, feelings, and bodily responses related to difficult life events.

She aims to make sessions collaborative and nonjudgmental, helping people name patterns like attachment and abandonment concerns, communication breakdowns, or the emotional fallout from separation and infidelity. Ana also addresses issues such as body image, caregiver stress, isolation, immigration-related challenges, and navigating the aftermath of natural or human-caused disasters.

Fluent in English and Spanish, she offers care from Florida and adapts therapeutic tools to each person’s circumstances. Her approach balances short-term skills-building with deeper exploration so clients can move toward clearer priorities and more manageable daily functioning.

Therapeutic approaches and online access

Many clients benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce distress and improve everyday functioning. Psychodynamic Therapy offers a chance to explore underlying relational patterns and early experiences that influence current feelings and choices, helping bring unconscious themes into clearer view.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and may integrate techniques from different orientations to create a tailored plan that evolves over time.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity across life changes, and access support when travel or location would otherwise be a barrier.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Ana commonly address?

Ana works with relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with significant life changes. She also focuses on related issues like attachment, abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, and immigration concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style blends practical skills with deeper exploration, offering collaborative work that combines structured techniques and attention to emotions and bodily responses. The goal is to help clients identify patterns and build coping strategies.

What is her professional background?

She has 17 years of professional experience and has lived in the United States for over 20 years after being born and raised in Argentina. That background informs her understanding of immigration-related adjustment challenges.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida, holding the credential FL LMHC MH20094 and offering services from that state.

In which languages can sessions be conducted?

Sessions are available in English and Spanish to accommodate bilingual clients and native Spanish speakers.

What session formats does she offer online?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for remote care to meet different communication preferences.

How are costs and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How can someone begin working with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Coping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacks Post-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Psychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

17+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English, Spanish