Two OPI Participants Graduate From Culinary School

OPI Living Success Story

Woodland Hills, CA – Nearly 200 people including family and friends from as far away as Hong Kong and Texas attended a seven-course banquet March 26 prepared by chefs graduating from the Westlake Culinary Institute Professional Program in Westlake Village, CA. Among the 22 graduates honored during ceremonies were Scott L. and Kate M. who attend…

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Experiences of the Unconscious: Joining Art and Physics

The following article was written by Jacob, an OPI Participant, after attending a lecture at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, California. On March 10, three residents of OPI traveled to Santa Barbara to hear a lecture at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) on algorithms in art. I was lucky…

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Parent Resilience

The following article appeared in the May, 2004, issue of Woodbury Reports and on their website, StrugglingTeens.com. By Robert F. Fischer, M.D, and Anne LaRiviere Robert F. Fischer, M.D, is a psychiatrist who has treated children, adolescents, and parents for 30 years. He is the executive director of the Optimum Performance Institute in Woodland Hills,…

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