Life at OPI
September Community Service Event – Helping the Homeless
The Department of Career and Volunteer Services within the Optimum Performance Institute recently supported a local homeless shelter in Los Angeles for the September community service event. OPI and OPI Intensive participants prepared meals and served lunch to over 800 homeless people during their visit. Part of the event included a facility tour where a…
Read MoreWorld Mental Health Day – Share a Smile!
During Mental Health Awareness Week, the Optimum Performance Institute honored World Mental Health Day, on October 10, 2012, by giving delicious smiley face cookies attached with a positive quote to all OPI Living program participants and office staff. The quote shared was, “Every day may not be good, but there is good in every day.”…
Read MoreAnnouncing our NEW OPI Living Intensive Outpatient Program Services!
After nearly a decade of success helping young adults nationally and internationally discover goals and find meaning in their lives, this month JCAHO-accredited Optimum Performance Institute makes its services available to outpatients. At our headquarters in Woodland Hills, CA, young adults in this highly individualized Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) will each engage in their own,…
Read MoreOPI Living Participants Help Local Food Bank’s Efforts to Feed Seniors
For this month’s community service event, planned by the Optimum Performance Institute’s Volunteer and Career Department, we visited a local food bank and supported the efforts of feeding hundreds of senior citizens living throughout the Los Angeles area. We assisted with food packaging and assembled containers that included canned fruit, cereal, milk and other non-perishable…
Read MoreOPI Participants Visit Aquarium Of The Pacific
Recently, OPI Living program participants enjoyed a visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific, located just outside of Los Angles, California. The Education Department at the Optimum Performance Institute facilitated this outing as a way to expose and educate program participants to the vast marine life living right here in the Pacific Ocean. We explored…
Read MoreWe’re Hosting a September Networking Event for Fellow Therapists!
Next month the Optimum Performance Institute will be hosting a networking event for our fellow therapists! We are looking forward to this opportunity to facilitate meaningful and long-lasting connections between MFT’s in the community. The event will be held at our OPI offices in Woodland Hills on the morning of Friday, September 7, 2012 from…
Read MoreOPI Participants Helped with Operation Gratitude for July Community Service Event
Since July is time to celebrate the nation’s independence, here at the Optimum Performance Institute within our Department of Career, Volunteer and Community Services, we decided to focus our recent community activity towards the currently deployed service members that protect our country. OPI participants took part in Operation Gratitude, an organizational effort run by a…
Read MoreOPI Participants Enjoy Outing to Los Angeles Natural History Museum
During the month of May, Optimum Performance Institute participants took a special trip back to the past as they visited the Los Angeles Natural History Museum! Participants got a chance to see ancient dinosaur bones, thousands of gemstones, stuffed animals including a large polar bear, interesting insects and so much more. The favorite exhibit among…
Read MoreOPI Intensive participant Ben Moroski performs self-written play “The Vicious Minute”
“This Vicious Minute,” a revealing autobiographical play written and performed by confessed self-harmer, Ben Moroski, previews in the Hollywood Fringe Festival Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 “This Vicious Minute,” a revealing autobiographical play written and performed by confessed self-harmer, Ben Moroski, debuts at the Hollywood Fringe Festival today, June 11th, through the 24th.…
Read MoreOPI Participants Enjoy Fun & Great Tasting Creative Workshop!
The Optimum Performance Institute provides many different kinds of experiences for participants, including OPI’s very own Art Club! The Art Club within OPI provides the participants with an opportunity to experience a different project and adapt or try out new talents each workshop. From scrap-booking to origami to knitting, the opportunities are endless. Last month,…
Read MoreOPI Participants Enjoy a Local College Outing and Baseball Game
The Department of Extracurricular Activities within the Optimum Performance Institute offered an optional weekday outing for Participants to go visit California State University, Northridge to see a CSUN vs. LMU baseball game. This OPI activity provided the individuals with an opportunity to go and have a fun and friendly experience on a college campus while…
Read MoreOPI Responds to Parent and Participant Requests: Changes are Made
JCAHO-accredited Optimum Performance Institute continues its dynamic tradition of rapidly responding to the individualized needs of Young Adults by making significant programming changes to its OPI Intensive for Young Adults with Borderline Traits, Borderline Personality Disorder and Co-Occurring Conditions (eating disorders, substance abuse, PTSD, mood disorders, etc.). OPI opened the specialized OPI Intensive about a…
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