Attention control
Choosing where focus goes, holding it under noise, and recovering it quickly after a mistake or interruption.
Mental Performance Consulting
Train the mind like the body
Non-clinical, skill-based training for athletes, teams, and organizations nationwide. Structured programming, measurable objectives, and language that fits the environment you compete or operate in. Available in person or virtually.
Important distinction
Performance work is not therapy
Mental performance consulting is educational and skill-focused. It does not diagnose or treat mental health conditions and is not a substitute for clinical care.
Paul is pursuing Certified Mental Performance Consultant® (CMPC) certification through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and is an LMHCA in Washington State (Credential #MHCA.MC.70147923), practicing counseling under the supervision of Jonathan Douglas, MS, LMHC, NCC. The two services are kept separate and the boundary is discussed openly. If something belongs in a clinical setting, we name it and connect you to the right care.
Do the work.
Curriculum
Skills we build
Arousal regulation
Breath, tempo, and physiological control so intensity lands where the task requires instead of where nerves put it.
Confidence architecture
Building belief on evidence and preparation rather than momentum, streaks, or the last rep.
Routines & rehearsal
Pre-performance sequences, imagery, and mental reps that make execution repeatable when conditions change.
Adversity response
Reset protocols for errors, bad calls, injuries, and days where nothing is working.
Recovery & load management
Sleep, downshifting, and cognitive recovery treated as trainable inputs, not afterthoughts.
Engagements
What it looks like
Individuals
One-to-one work with an athlete, coach, or operator on composure under pressure, pre-competition and pre-mission mental routines, and the clarity that turns talent into consistent execution.
Teams
Improving communication under stress, building a shared language around pressure and setbacks, and developing trust so the team performs the same in the tunnel as in practice.
Organizations & units
Leadership development and performance-culture work that helps leaders set clear expectations, build resilient teams, and create environments where people perform at their best when it matters most.
Athletes We've Worked With
A decade of work across sports and levels
10+ years of mental performance consulting across 13+ sports and every level of competition, from high school and college to professional and international levels.
By the Numbers
- 100+ individual state championships
- Dozens of state championship high school teams
- 2 separate 3-peat team wrestling championships
- State titles in wrestling, football, swimming, and golf
- College-level clients across wrestling, soccer, tennis, football, golf, rowing, and gymnastics
- Wrestling All-Americans and national teams
- Professional UFC/MMA fighters
Sports Represented
Wrestling · Football · Lacrosse · Swimming · Golf · Tennis · Soccer · Basketball · Track & Field · Cross Country · Rowing · Gymnastics · Dance · MMA/UFC
Levels Coached
High School · NCAA Division I, II, and NAIA · Professional/Olympic
What athletes say
“Mental training helped me unlock my full potential through reacting more and thinking less.”
Ethan Davis
2x State Champion Wrestler
“Mindset really took my game to a whole new level. Not only in sports, but in life. I learned to attack every challenge with confidence.”
Isaiah Perez
3x State Wrestling Champion, Eastern Washington University Football
“Coach Paul helped me find reasons to be grateful during the grind! There is always something to be grateful for. Tough times don't last, tough people do.”
Tyson Stover
Wrestling State Champion, 2x Finalist, Corban University Wrestling All-American
“Paul has helped me overcome my fears of playing and to become prepared for any situation that the game can throw at me. Getting in a good mental state has made me more organized, motivated, and has even lead me to help my team win a state championship!!”
Kate McLam
NY State Lacrosse Champion, Franklin & Marshall College
Programs
Train on your own time
Self-guided mental performance modules built from the same curriculum used with athletes, teams, and units.
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Workshops for teams & units
Team sessions are built around the demands of your competitive or operational calendar. They are not therapy; they are structured, skill-based work designed to improve how the group performs under pressure.
- Communication under stress: teach athletes and operators to stay clear, direct, and useful when intensity rises.
- Shared language: build a common vocabulary for pressure, setbacks, and recovery so the team responds instead of reacts.
- Trust & leadership: develop the accountability and ownership that let leaders lead and teammates rely on each other in high-stakes moments.
- Consistent execution: connect standards to practice to performance so the team performs the same way in the tunnel as it does in training.
Sessions can be delivered as a single workshop, a multi-session series, or an ongoing team consulting engagement.
Build the plan
Tell us about the athlete, team, or unit and the calendar you're working against. We'll scope the right engagement.