Dr. Richard Taborga
Dr. Mauricio Richard Taborga, Psy.D
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Nationally Certified Counselor
Qualified Supervisor
Dr. Richard is the founder and Clinical Director of South Florida Counseling and Assessment and a licensed psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience. He specializes in the treatment of individuals across the life span, couples, and families experiencing a wide-range of difficulties. His warm, passionate, friendly, and patient approach is aimed at developing a therapeutic alliance with his clients that will inspire hope, help them recognize their strengths and to develop the insight and skills to navigate life's challenges.
Work With Adults
In his words, “The courageous decision to attend therapy can be a scary and overwhelming experience. This is why I considers it an honor to have a client allow me to join them during a difficult moment in their journey through life.” Dr. Richard employs a collaborative approach when serving his clients, respecting each person’s unique history, personality, cultural characteristics, and strengths.
For him, the most important aspect of therapy is the relationship between the client and the therapist. So, he urges clients to search until they find an authentic, respectful, compassionate, and knowledgeable therapist. These qualities create a safe and nurturing environment, allowing the patient to develop an increased sense of self-awareness, meaning, and a deeper connection to all aspects of life.
Working With Children and Families
Dr. Taborga’s early work focused on the treatment of children suffering from various behavioral difficulties, trauma, depressions, as well as anxieties in partial-hospitalization and outpatient settings. Throughout his career, his passion for working with children and families has led him to develop his skills in this area and share his knowledge through various workshops. His approach is comprehensive, involving all family members at different phases of treatment.
Sessions With Children
During individual sessions with children, his playful and patient nature creates a warm and nurturing environment for children to develop the skills to manage distressful emotions and self-control techniques through play, art, stories, and the unique individual strengths that each child possesses.
Sessions With Parents
Meetings with parents are psychoeducational and focus on further developing parenting skills, empowering parents, and transferring skills into the home. Parent meetings are also a chance to practice skills in session with coaching from Dr. Richard and/or to have him model parenting skills discussed.
Sessions With Children
During individual sessions with children, his playful and patient nature creates a warm and nurturing environment for children to develop the skills to manage distressful emotions and self-control techniques through play, art, stories, and the unique individual strengths that each child possesses.
Sessions With Parents
Meetings with parents are psychoeducational and focus on further developing parenting skills, empowering parents, and transferring skills into the home. Parent meetings are also a chance to practice skills in session with coaching from Dr. Richard and/or to have him model parenting skills discussed.
Work With Couples
According to relationship and marriage expert Dr. John Gottman, couples wait an average of six years of being unhappy before getting help. That’s an awfully long time to feel unheard, misunderstood, lonely, disappointed, discouraged, as well as helpless. These relationship dynamics may develop into resentment and bring about the worst in any person. When working with couples, I realize that they have been suffering for a long time before making the courageous decision to seek help. So, I want to ensure that they feel validated in their experience and find hope in the therapeutic process.
Our journey together often begins by establishing boundaries and creating a safe and nurturing environment that is conducive to the development of interpersonal skills, sharing of emotions and experiences, and having their needs met by their partner in a healthy manner. I hope that this safe space that we create will eventually extend to outside of the office, once they see the effectiveness of their effort.
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