Aaron Petrie, Licensed Professional Counselor

You're good at what you do, maybe even elite. But something isn't working the way it used to, and you can't just muscle through it like everything else in your life. You're used to solving problems on your own. Reaching out for help might feel like an admission that something is actually wrong, not just a rough patch. I work with athletes, executives, and entrepreneurs who are high-performing and quietly struggling. People who look fine from the outside and are running on fumes on the inside. My approach starts from a simple idea: improve the individual, and the performance takes care of itself. I'm not interested in surface-level fixes or generic coping skills. I want to understand who you are underneath the achievement, because that's where the real leverage is. Here's what working with me looks like. We start by getting honest about what's actually going on, not the version you'd tell your team or your board. Then we build a clear picture of the patterns that are keeping you stuck, whether that's anxiety, overthinking, burnout, or something you haven't put a name to yet. From there, we work on practical shifts you can use right away, alongside deeper work on the thinking and beliefs driving the pattern in the first place. I bring nearly a decade of clinical experience, training in mindfulness and meditation, and a personal understanding of what it's like to live in your head too much. I'm direct, and I'll tell you what I actually think. And I'll meet you where you are without treating you like you're fragile, because you're not. If you're ready to stop white-knuckling it and start working on the real thing, I'd like to help.

Advanced Mental Performance (AMP) is a solo virtual practice built specifically for high performers, including athletes, executives, and entrepreneurs, who need more than generic advice or surface-level coping strategies. My core philosophy is simple: improve the individual, and the performance takes care of itself. I focus on the whole person, not just the presenting problem. That means we're not just talking about performance anxiety or burnout in isolation, we're looking at the underlying patterns of thinking, identity, and stress that drive it. I draw on mindfulness-based approaches and meditation training alongside clinical mental health counseling to help clients build sustainable change rather than quick fixes. I see clients virtually throughout Tennessee and Texas.