About
Dr. Richard Griff
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Griff is a licensed Clinical Psychologist. He is an Aventura Sports Psychologist with a specialization in Sports/Performance Psychology as well as an additional specialization in Trauma Psychology. Dr. Griff's experience in sports psychology includes work with both professional and minor league athletes and youths in multiple sports including football, hockey, and boxing. In addition to performance enhancement, Dr. Griff assists athletes with anger management and other behavioral problems. He also works with all types of first responders ranging from military to law enforcement to front line emergency medical personnel.
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Dr. Griff has a vast diversity of experiences being a professional trainer and assistant promoter for champion boxers and working with the United Nations in providing crisis psychological services in Haiti. He is on the United States Olympic Center Mental Health Registry and is a former special education teacher for Miami-Dade Public Schools and a therapist for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
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Services offered by Dr. Griff includes: Peak performance and Mental Training; Team Building; Impulse Control Training; Anger Management; Trauma Therapy; Psychological Evaluations to include Fitness for Duty Evaluations; and Emotional Support Letters.
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Dr. Griff currently accepts clients with Florida Blue / BCBS, Optum, United Behavioral Health Care, TriCare, Aetna, Cigna, Compsych, AvMed, and Magellan.