Interview 33: Mastering Focus | Lessons from The Performance Psychiatrist, with Dr Brook Choulet, MD

Dr. Brook Choulet aka The Performance Psychiatrists shares her secrets

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Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D., The Performance Psychiatrist™, is the founder and CEO of the Choulet Performance Psychiatry®, President of the Maricopa County Medical Society Foundation, and President of the American Board of Sports and Performance Psychiatry, of which she is one of the seven founding members.

With a focus on concierge Performance Psychiatry®, Dr. Choulet guides professionals, athletes, and their families towards unparalleled mental health and performance optimization by offering bespoke mental health care services for both adolescent and adult patients.

She holds a Certificate of Additional Training in Sports Psychiatry from the International Society for Sports Psychiatry (ISSP) and is a preferred provider on the NBPA, NFLPA, USSF, USOPC, and MLBPA’s Mental Health Directories. Dr. Choulet's expertise has been pivotal in shaping mental resilience in sports at its highest level, and she worked for two seasons as a Consulting Team Psychiatrist for the NBA Phoenix Suns and WNBA Phoenix Mercury.

Dr. Choulet is a regular contributor to Forbes SportsMoney and is a Forbes Health Advisory Board member who reviews and consults on Forbes Health articles. She also contributes her expertise to the American Psychiatric Association’s publications and Psychology Today’s Sports & Performance Psychiatry column. She also provides expert advice each month to local Arizona publications, including Paradise Valley City Lifestyle Magazine, Stroll Biltmore, Stroll Desert Mountain, and Stroll Paradise Valley, as part of her commitment to cultivating the mental health and well-being of her local community.

Website: www.brookchouletmd.com

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Chapters

0:00 Welcome Dr Brook Choulet!

1:49 SURPRISE QUESTION!

3:40 What exactly is performance psychiatry?

4:50 Working with the NBA

7:20 The journey into concierge psychiatry

10:30 The unique needs of high performers

18:06 Life outside of sports

19:16 Raising mental health awareness in the NFL

21:02 Sports psychiatrists

25:30 Strategies for optimized performance

29:00 The future of performance psychiatry

30:50 Wrap-up

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