PPA is the group practice established to provide the clinical services available at The Center for Optimal Performance.  Non-clinical and wellness services such as mindfulness instruction and coaching will continue to be offered through the Center for Optimal Performance.  We are a progressive Clinical Psychologist run practice.  We adhere to positive psychology principles, intervention strategies and evidence based practice.  We…

Historically, psychology has looked at life with a “disease” model, emphasizing depression, anxiety and mental illness.  So psychology while meant to be the study of the human psyche and behavior only looked at the dysfunction.  Positive psychology has corrected this imbalance and explores, for example constructs such as talent, strengths, creativity, wisdom and optimism. Positive psychology focuses on the strengths…

Positive Psychology is a recent field of psychology.  It emphasizes the study of positive human functioning, what makes people thrive, what makes life meaningful and the impact of these factors on individual, relational, cultural and global dimensions. Positive psychology uses “visioning” which is of a future self/ a healthy self. We use positive interventions which are ways of promoting superior/optimal…