What OPI Intensive has done for my Daughter
Isabel started having issues when she was 12 or 13. Then we all went through some major life changes and it worsened her BPD traits. She is very bright and always has ideas, but every time she tried and failed, it just made things worse for her and ratcheted up her symptoms even more. She…
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OPI Intensive is an integrated component of the Optimum Performance Institute (OPI). Phase I: Stabilization The first goal of OPI Intensive is to help participants learn to regulate their emotions in real life situations. This is accomplished within our environment by utilizing comprehensive DBT and a proven array of Mindfulness Techniques which together become part of one’s…
Read MoreThe Difference Between a Mood Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder
Often, I’m asked about what the difference is between a Mood Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Part of the difficulty is our present diagnostic system: So many symptoms and observable behaviors are shared by different disorders that at times it’s extremely difficult to distinguish between them. To make things even more complicated, there is a…
Read MoreOPI is Expanding
WOODLAND HILLS, CA The Optimum Performance Institute is growing in more ways than one. OPI nearly doubled its office space and we have welcomed three new members to our OPI Administrative Team. Jessica Breton, MA, and Alisa M. Shapiro, M.A., joined OPI as Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. Both are graduates of Phillips Graduate Institute.…
Read MoreOPI Participants On Galapagos Islands
WOODLAND HILLS, CA—-Three OPI Participants are spending 10 days visiting the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador on a private trip arranged specifically for OPI by Geographic Expeditions, an adventure travel company specializing remote locations and complex logistics. The three are accompanied by Maria Perez, OPI’s Director of Extra Curricular Activities. They began their trip in Quito…
Read MoreOPI Participants Provide “Christmas in April” For Special Needs Families
WOODLAND HILLS, CA—-Once OPI Participants Amanda J., Scott S. and Matt D. decided on a unique Community Activity for April their enthusiasm quickly spread until three local families with special needs were treated to a unique “Christmas in April” grocery shopping spree at a local grocery store. Sixteen OPI Participants spent weeks collecting nearly $700…
Read MoreOPI Participant going to FIDM
Woodland Hills, CA – OPI is proud to announce that Participant Amanda J. was accepted as a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandizing in Los Angeles. Amanda will study Beauty Industry Merchandising and Marketing. FIDM is a highly competitive WASC and NASAD- accredited specialized private college. It offers Associate of Arts, Professional Designation…
Read MoreOPI Celebrates Fifth Year
WOODLAND HILLS, CA—- The Optimum Performance Institute just celebrated its fifth anniversary as the nation’s premier transitional program for young adults ages 17-25. OPI is dedicated to providing them with a highly individualized therapeutic, educational and residential program. OPI was founded by Dr. Robert F. Fischer, M.D, and Anne LaRiviere in Woodland Hills, Calif.. Their…
Read MoreOPI Has New Director of Education
WOODLAND HILLS, CA—-Tiffany Duplessis-Barmore, M.Ed., is the new Director of Education at the Optimum Performance Institute, replacing Joan Erskine. Ms. Duplessis-Barmore received her masters in education with an emphasis on psychology from Pepperdine University. She taught at Los Angeles Southwest College and St. Eugene Catholic School. Ms. Erskine remains at OPI as a one-to-one individual…
Read MoreOPI Execs Discuss Young Adults
WOODLAND HILLS, CA—Robert Fischer, M.D, Executive Director of the Optimum Performance Institute (OPI), a highly individualized therapeutic and educational residential program for young adults ages 17-25, and Anne LaRiviere, Director of Admissions, talked about current issues facing young adults on the Answers for the Family radio talk show owned and hosted by Allen Cardoza. Cardoza…
Read MoreOPI Therapist to Get DBT Certification
WOODLAND HILLS, CA—- Dialectical Behavior Therapy is one of many therapeutic services offered at The Optimum Performance Institute and now OPI is expanding this focus. Misty Furbush, MFT, OPI therapist, will attend specialized training for DBT certification to enable her to train other OPI therapists in this technique. DBT is a research-supported treatment which combines…
Read MoreOPI Addresses Computer Addiction
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