Concierge Sports Psychiatry for Elite & Professional Athletes | Based in Scottsdale, AZ

Elite competition places sustained cognitive and emotional demands on athletes. Performance is visible. The psychological load behind it often is not.

I provide concierge sports psychiatry designed specifically for professional, Olympic, collegiate, and select competitive youth athletes, in Scottsdale, Arizona, with services also available for athletes in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, and Seattle. The work is designed for the mental health and performance realities of high-level sport.

Psychiatric care and mental performance support built around the demands of elite competition

Discreet, precise, and integrated with the athlete's real environment

My work integrates evidence-based sports psychiatry with performance-informed strategy, grounded in direct experience within professional leagues including the NBA, WNBA, NFL, MLB, PGA, NCAA Division I athletics, and national governing bodies.

Care is structured around the rhythms of elite sport including training cycles, travel schedules, recovery demands, team dynamics, and public visibility. Mental health stability and performance sustainability are addressed together. They are not separate problems.

As The Performance Psychiatrist®, I provide athlete mental health and mental performance services grounded in clinical precision and embedded experience, both privately one-on-one with athletes and within professional athletic environments.

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A Fully Integrated Concierge Model

For select athletes, care extends beyond scheduled appointments.

What I've observed across professional environments: the moments that matter most like an injury, a performance slump, a contract negotiation, or a transition, rarely arrive at a convenient time. The concierge model is built around that reality.

This structure allows for:

✓ Direct physician access between sessions
✓ Strategic check-ins during high-pressure periods
✓ Post-game and post-competition debrief conversations
✓ On-site presence within training environments when appropriate
✓ Travel-based continuity of care during road schedules
✓ Immediate support during injury, performance fluctuations, and career transitions

Psychiatric care and mental performance strategy remain integrated with the athlete's lived environment and not confined to isolated office visits.

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What Is Sports Psychiatry?

Sports psychiatry is a subspecialty of psychiatry focused on the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions in athletes, while supporting mental performance, resilience, and psychological sustainability across a career.

The distinction that matters: as a board-certified psychiatrist, I provide comprehensive medical evaluation and treatment — including the ability to prescribe and carefully manage medication when clinically indicated. This is different from sports psychology, which focuses on performance skills but does not include medical assessment or medication management.

Unlike traditional therapy models, sports psychiatry integrates:

  • Comprehensive sports psychiatric evaluation and diagnosis

  • Anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood disorders, and sleep disruption

  • Trauma-related stress and injury psychological support

  • Mental skills training

  • Mental performance optimization and resilience training

  • Injury and rehabilitation support

  • Identity and career transition guidance

  • Medication management aligned with league regulations and competitive demands

  • Pre-performance preparation and competition-phase support

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Brook Choulet, M.D. Concierge Sports Psychiatry

Athlete Mental Health in High-Performance Environments

Care is discreet, individualized, and aligned with the athlete’s competitive calendar and performance cycle.

Professional and elite athletes face stressors distinct from the general population, including:

Professional and elite athletes experience unique psychological stressors, including:

  • Performance pressure and public scrutiny

  • Contract negotiations and financial stress

  • Team dynamics and leadership demands

  • Injury, rehabilitation, and uncertainty

  • Travel fatigue and disrupted recovery

  • Career transitions and retirement

  • Media exposure and social visibility

Common conditions treated include:

  • Anxiety disorders

  • Depression

  • ADHD in athletes

  • Sleep disorders

  • Trauma-related stress

  • Mood disorders

  • Eating disorders in sport

  • Burnout and performance fatigue

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Mental Performance Optimization
& Mental Skills Training

Elite competition demands more than clinical stability. It demands cognitive precision, emotional regulation, and psychological durability under conditions of sustained pressure and public scrutiny.

  • ✓ Focus and concentration under competitive pressure
    ✓ Confidence and composure in high-stakes moments
    ✓ Emotional regulation during competition
    ✓ Cognitive recovery and resilience between performances
    ✓ Pre-performance mental preparation
    ✓ Leadership development within team environments
    ✓ Stress adaptation across a long competitive season

    Mental skills training is integrated into psychiatric care when appropriate, ensuring psychological strength and clinical stability are addressed simultaneously—not separately.

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Individual Athlete Services

Individualized sports psychiatry for professional, Olympic, collegiate, and select competitive youth athletes. Care is discreet, structured around the competitive calendar, and designed for the psychological realities of performing at the highest level.

    • Comprehensive sports psychiatry evaluation and diagnosis

    • Medication management tailored to athletic performance considerations

    • Treatment for anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood disorders, and sleep disruption

    • Mental performance optimization and resilience training

    • Injury and rehabilitation psychological support
      Career transition and identity work

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Team & Organizational
Sports Psychiatry Services

In addition to individual athlete care, I provide sports psychiatry consulting for professional teams, collegiate athletic departments, and national sports organizations.

    • Practice and game-day presence

    • Travel-based continuity

    • Mental health program development

    • Education for coaching and medical staff, crisis response consultation

    • Embedded psychiatric advisory for performance departments

    This model strengthens both individual athletes and the systems that support them.

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Sports Psychiatry & Athlete Mental Health Inquiries

Select individual athletes and organizational engagements are considered upon inquiry.

Credentials & Leadership in Sports Psychiatry

Dr. Choulet is nationally recognized as a leader in sports psychiatry and athlete mental health.

She serves as:

  • "The concierge level of care she provided was an asset to promoting a culture of wellness throughout our organization."

    "Dr. Brook Choulet served as a consulting team psychiatrist with the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix Mercury. She was a reliable partner in providing mental health and wellness to our players, staff, and coaches. The concierge level of care she provided was an asset to promoting a culture of wellness throughout our organization."

    Josh Bartelstein (CEO, NBA Phoenix Suns and WNBA Phoenix Mercury)

  • "I always had the utmost confidence with her confidentiality."

    "I thoroughly enjoyed my time working with Dr. Brook and was impressed with her work. She is very professional in her approach, and I always had the utmost confidence with her confidentiality. Her personality made it very easy to reach out to her and engage in conversation. She was always very timely with her responses any time I needed anything."

    Kevin Young (Head Coach, BYU Men's Basketball; Former Associate Head Coach, NBA Phoenix Suns)

  • "She speaks their language, earns trust quickly, and equips performers with practical mental tools that help them thrive on the biggest stages."

    "I had the privilege of working closely with Brook in the NBA, where her strengths, and ability to connect with elite athletes truly stood out. She speaks their language, earns trust quickly, and equips performers with practical mental tools that help them thrive on the biggest stages."

    Brady Howe (Director of Sports Medicine, GCU; Former Vice President of Health & Performance, NBA Phoenix Suns)

  • "Her mental performance work helped players focus, recover, and execute under pressure, and the difference showed up in real game situations."

    “Dr. Choulet brought a competitive edge to our program. Her mental performance work helped players focus, recover, and execute under pressure, and the difference showed up in real game situations. Beyond the results, she integrated seamlessly into our team culture and became someone both staff and players relied on. Any organization looking to elevate performance would benefit from her expertise.”

    Frank Vogel (NBA Championship Head Coach)

Frequently Asked Questions about Sports Psychiatry

  • Sports psychiatry is a subspecialty of psychiatry focused on diagnosing and treating mental health conditions in athletes while supporting mental performance, resilience, and psychological sustainability across a career. It integrates clinical psychiatric evaluation, medication management when clinically appropriate, and performance-informed strategy within the realities of elite competition.

  • Sports psychology focuses on performance skills — visualization, focus training, confidence work. As a board-certified psychiatrist, I provide comprehensive medical evaluation and treatment, including the capacity to prescribe and manage medication when indicated. Sports psychiatry addresses both mental health stability and mental performance optimization within one integrated clinical framework.

  • Yes. I treat a full range of athlete mental health conditions, including anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD, burnout, sleep disruption, trauma-related stress, and mood concerns.

    Care is individualized and structured around the athlete’s competitive calendar, travel schedule, and performance demands.

  • Most sports psychiatry is appointment-based and disconnected from the environments athletes actually perform in. My concierge model allows for continuity and integration within the athlete's real environment — including direct access between sessions, post-competition debriefs, on-site presence, and travel-based continuity during road schedules. The structure exists because the moments that matter most in an athlete's career rarely arrive at a scheduled time.

  • Yes. In addition to individual athlete care, I provide consulting services to professional teams, collegiate athletic departments, and national sports organizations.

    This may include practice presence, program development, leadership education, crisis response consultation, and embedded psychiatric advisory within performance departments.

  • Yes. Mental performance optimization is an integral part of sports psychiatry when clinically appropriate.

    This may include focus enhancement, emotional regulation under pressure, cognitive resilience, recovery support, stress adaptation, and identity work during transitions.

    The objective is not only symptom reduction, but sustained clarity and performance over time.

  • Yes. ADHD is common among high-performing athletes. Evaluation includes comprehensive assessment, performance considerations, and when appropriate, careful medication management aligned with league regulations and competitive requirements.

  • Discretion is foundational. Care is delivered in full alignment with professional league policies, ethical standards, and the specific privacy requirements of high-profile athletic careers. An athlete's identity, care, and everything discussed within the relationship remains fully private.

  • Select individual athlete and organizational engagements are considered upon inquiry.

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Sports Psychiatry & Athlete Mental Health Inquiries

Select individual athletes and organizational engagements are considered upon inquiry.

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