Events & Appearances
Select engagements where Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D. shares perspective on mental health, performance, and leadership under pressure.
While much of her work is conducted privately with athletes, executives, and organizations, these events offer an opportunity to engage with her thinking in a public forum. Each appearance is carefully chosen to foster substantive conversation around resilience, high-performance culture, and sustainable well-being.
Upcoming gatherings include keynote presentations, panel discussions, and hosted conversations. Some are open to the public, while others are ticketed or invitation-based. Public appearances are limited and thoughtfully curated throughout the year.
Upcoming Events
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Training the Mind Series™ — Phoenix Suns Group Night Activation
Curated pre-game programming + networking • Includes game admission
Date: April 7, 2026
Pre-Game Private Event: 5:00–6:00 PM
Tip-Off: 8pm
Location: Dos Equis Beer Garden, Mortgage Matchup Center
Description: Training the Mind™ is a pre-game mental performance activation hosted by Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D., The Performance Psychiatrist®.
This live conversation will feature JohnJay Van Es, Coach Molly Miller, Vaughn Compton, Nadine Bubeck, and Nick Lowery—offering practical perspective on mindset, resilience, and performing under pressure.
Join us for an in-person discussion ahead of tip-off, followed by the game experience.
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Training the Mind Series™ — Los Angeles Clippers Group Night Activation
Curated pre-game programming + networking • Includes game admission
Date: April 8, 2026
Time: 5:30–6:30 PM
Tip-Off: 7:00pm
Location: Court B, Intuit Dome
Description: Join us for an exclusive pre-game experience inside Intuit Dome, held on a private basketball court before tip-off on Wednesday, April 8.
After the panel discussion with Dr. Brook Choulet, Rawle Andrews Jr., Esq. (APAF) and Victor Armstrong, Dr. Kojo Sarfo will bring a unique perspective to the conversation with a brief 15-minute stand-up performance.
Join us for a brief, in-person activation ahead of tip-off, followed by the game.
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Training the Mind Series™ — MLS Houston Dynamo FC
Curated pre-game programming + networking • Includes game admission
Date: April 22, 2026
Pre-Game Private Event: 4:45–6:00 PM
Location: Corona Premier Space, Shell Energy Stadium
Description: Training the Mind™ is a mental health awareness activation created by Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D., The Performance Psychiatrist®, bringing physician-led perspective on performance, pressure, and psychological well-being into live sport.
This experience is designed to foster meaningful conversation around athlete mental health and mental performance—followed by the match environment. Proceeds and impact support beneficiary partners including the American Psychiatric Foundation and the American Board of Sports & Performance Psychiatry.
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Training the Mind™: Science-Backed Tools to Achieve High Performance in Sport and Life — University of Houston Inaugural Conference for College Athlete Mental Health (Keynote)
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: TBD
Location: Houston, TX
Description: As a featured workshop for the University of Houston’s Inaugural Conference for College Athlete Mental Health, Training the Mind™: Science-Backed Tools to Achieve High Performance in Sport and Life explores the intersection of mental health and performance through a clinical, applied lens.
Drawing from sports psychiatry and real-world experience working with elite athletes and high performers, Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D. will share evidence-based strategies for emotional regulation, resilience, and sustained excellence under pressure. Attendees will leave with practical tools applicable across athletic, academic, and professional environments.
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Mental Health & Recovery — Spooner Sports Medicine: The Huddle
Date: May 1, 2026
Time: 10:00–10:30 AM
Location: Events on Jackson, Phoenix
Description: Dr. Choulet will be speaking on mental health and recovery at Spooner Sports Medicine’s The Huddle, a sports medicine conference featuring two days of programming.
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Building a Successful Private Practice: Brand, Positioning & Growth — APA 2026 (Coffee & Conversations)
Date: May 16, 2026
Time: 1:00–1:30 PM
Location: The Stage, Expo Hall — Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
Description: APA Annual Meeting attendees are invited to join Dr. Choulet and Jake Goodman, M.D. for this important conversation around building a successful private practice.
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Mental Edge: AI, Sports, and the Future of Psychiatry
Date: May 16, 2026
Time: 4:30-6:30 PM
Location: Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA
Description: Mental Edge brings together leaders working at the intersection of psychiatry, performance, and emerging technology to explore where the field is headed.
The program will feature discussions on artificial intelligence in mental health care and the continued evolution of sports psychiatry as a growing specialty.
A featured panel, Advancing Sports Psychiatry: Collaborative Leadership, Certification, and the Future of the Field, will include Mark Allen, Roy Collins, and Pam Weatherbee, focusing on certification pathways, training opportunities, and the expanding professional landscape for psychiatrists in this space.
Join us for an in-person conversation during the APA Annual Meeting, followed by networking.
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From Interest to Authority: Becoming a Leader in Sports Psychiatry — APA 2026 (Coffee & Conversations)
Date: May 17, 2026
Time: 12:15–12:45 PM
Location: The Stage, Expo Hall, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA
Description: APA Annual Meeting attendees are invited to join Dr. Choulet to learn how to become a leader in sports psychiatry.
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American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
Sessions:
1. Ethical Considerations When Treating High-Profile Patients — American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
2. Operating an Outpatient Sports Psychiatry Practice — American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
Date: May 17 and 19, 2026
Time: 8:30–10:00 AM
Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco
Description: On May 17th, Dr. Choulet will be presenting "Ethical Considerations When Treating High-Profile Patients" and on May 19th, she will be presenting "Introduction to Operating an Outpatient Sports Psychiatry Practice".
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Beyond Symptom Reduction: A Performance-Oriented Framework for Elite Sport — PROMISE Conference
Date: August 18, 2026
Time: 10:20–11:00 AM
Location: U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center — Colorado Springs, CO
Description: PROMISE is one of the first conferences dedicated exclusively to mental health in elite sport, convening world-leading experts shaping best practices in athlete mental health. In this session, Dr. Brook Choulet, M.D., The Performance Psychiatrist®, will present a performance-oriented psychiatric framework that moves beyond symptom reduction to support sustainable well-being, resilience, and performance capacity in elite athletes. The discussion will address how evidence-based mental health strategy can strengthen recovery, reduce risk, and support long-term excellence within high-demand sport systems.
Past Events
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Beyond the Baseline: Women & High Performance — NCAA Women’s Final Four (Panel)
Date: April 2, 2026
Time: 1:00–2:00 PM
Location: Phoenix Convention Center — Tourney Town
Description: This panel will explore what it means to operate at the highest levels of performance – physically and mentally – through the lens of women who work directly with elite performers and who are high performers themselves across sports, science, business and public leadership. Panelists include Dr. Choulet, Kate Gallego (Mayor of Phoenix), and Amanda Phillips (President of Performance, Exos).