Gretchen M. Garcia, MD

Gretchen M. Garcia, MD

Boca Raton, FL Psychiatrist

Mindful Behavioral Health

Dr. Garcia is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, fully fluent in English and Spanish.

Dr. Garcia graduated from Universidad Central Del Caribe – School of Medicine in Puerto Rico.  From there she went on to do her Residency in Psychiatry at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. During her Residency she had the privilege of serving as Academic and Administrative Chief Resident. She additionally received multiple recognitions for her clinical and administrative work during her Residency.  While at Albert Einstein she was also exposed to extensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy and Supportive Psychotherapy.

Following her Residency, she worked as a staff psychiatrist in a community mental health clinic in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  In 2010 Dr. Garcia returned to Puerto Rico where she worked in a PHP/IOP for 3 years. In 2013 Dr. Garcia moved to FL and cofounded Mindful Behavioral Health.  As she was helping to establish Mindful Behavioral Health, she was also working as medical director for Family Behavioral Center, a PHP/IOP in Delray Beach. Family Behavioral Center was recognized in the community for being one of the few PHP/IOP’s that specialized primarily on mental health issues.  In 2015 she decided to focus all of her effort on her work at Mindful Behavioral Health where she works as an outpatient psychiatrist.

At present, she provides medication management to adult patients.  She specializes in women’s mental health issues and working with young adults. Dr. Garcia, along with one of the therapists at Mindful Behavioral Health, Elizabeth Johnson-Gutierrez, LMHC, work as a comprehensive treatment team dedicated to providing individualized, state-of-the-art mental health care in a warm and professional atmosphere.