Mission

Our ultimate aim is to develop performers who thrive under pressure. We help individuals and organizations reach their goals by measuring and developing psychological skills for performance excellence.

 Pinnacle Performance

Pinnacle Performance, Inc. is dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals and organizations through its formative commitment to design and implement evidence-based solutions toward performance excellence. Pinnacle Performance’s programs offer innovative opportunities for people and organizations to develop the essential performance factors necessary to “thrive under pressure.”

Over the course of the past decade, with our goal to design strategies to enhance performance, we have consulted with professional sport organizations, branches of the military, national sporting Olympic governing bodies, countless universities and high schools, community-based organizations, and corporations across the nation.

Pinnacle Performance Center, Inc joins D.I.S.C. Sports and Spine Center - one of the leading facilities in the country for sports medicine. D.I.S.C. Sport and Spine Center is proud to be "An Official Medical Services Provider of the U.S. Olympic Team." (www.discmdgroup.com).

High Performance Psychology

High performance psychology can assist athletes, executives, military personnel, and artists (i.e., any performer) to achieve new heights in their professional and personal lives. While many devote countless hours to physical preparation, sound mental preparation is also necessary to succeed in our pursuit of consistent and increasing personal performance. Performance psychology consultants meet with teams and individuals to enhance their mental skills, with the goal of gaining a "mental edge" in competition/performance. We assist you in identifying the obstacles that get in your way of personal excellence and then teach you effective techniques for dealing them. The end result is having more control of your performance, higher performance levels, a new perspective -- AND -- having more fun with what you accomplish!

Dr. Michael Gervais

Michael Gervais, PhD
Partner, Senior Director of High Performance Psychology
Pinnacle Performance Center, Inc.
Psychologist License # 21807
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Dr. Michael Gervais, a licensed psychologist and industry visionary, is a founding partner of Pinnacle Performance Center. He focuses most of his time on people at the "top of their game," from NBA players, to Olympians, to military personnel. Spending years in the trenches of high-stakes circumstances, Dr. Gervais has developed clarity for the tools that allow people to "thrive under pressure."

Dr. Gervais is a published, peer-reviewed author and a nationally recognized speaker on issues related to high performance for those who excel on the largest stages in the world.

Dr. Carrie White

Carrie White, PhD
Senior Psychologist

Pinnacle Performance Center, Inc.
Psychologist License # 21451
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Carrie White, PhD, recognizes the importance of relationships in the world of high performance. Dr. White is a Clinical Psychologist with expertise in Mind-Body Health, Couples Therapy, and the treatment of self-defeating behaviors and disordered-eating. 

Dr. White specializes in improving relationships between partners in high performance settings. Direct in her approach, Dr. White coaches distressed couples and families towards more satisfying connections wither their most meaningful relationships.

Serving as the Director of renowned residential treatment programs, and a founding member of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies' Eating Disorder Certificate Program, Dr. White worked extensively with families when the stakes are extremely high, often involving life-threatening circumstances.

Dr. Peter Papadogiannis

Peter Papadogiannis, PhD
Leadership and Development
Pinnacle Performance Center, Inc.
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As a consultant, lecturer, and former university hockey goalie, Dr. Peter Papadogiannis has been involved in a variety of athletic, organizational and academic settings. As a sport psychology consultant, Peter has developed various systems and strategies aimed at improving athletic performance. He as worked with numerous professional, Olympic, and amateur athletes and is currently a service provider for the Canadian Sport Sciences Institute and is a member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association.

Within organizational settings, much of Dr. Papadogiannis' work has been focused on the area of leadership development. His extensive knowledge of psychological assessment and human behavior has enabled him to help numerous individuals and organizations in strengthening their leadership competencies. Peter is the co-author of the Emotional Intelligences Skills Assessment Training Program and is also an adjunct faculty member of psychology at York University.