OPI Living Co-Sponsors CAMFT’s 50th Anniversary Conference

We are very excited to celebrate and co-sponsor the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists’ 50th Anniversary of their Annual Conference, taking place May 1-4, in Indian Wells, California. Team members Cassie Karch, Assistant Director of Admissions & Marketing, and April House, LMFT and CAMFT member, will be attending on behalf of all OPI…

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OPI Attendees at the Annual NATSAP Symposium

OPI's Cassie Karch at NATSAP 2014

Colleague Emily Rabuchin and I recently had the opportunity to represent OPI and OPI Intensive at the annual conference for the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. This year’s gathering was at the Green Valley Resort in Henderson, Nevada. One of NATSAP’s main purposes is to serve as a national resource for programs and…

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IECA San Diego 2013

OPI Living Jessica Breton Cassie Karch IECA 2013 San Diego

This month, Jessica Breton, Program Director for the Optimum Performance Institute, and I attended the Independent Educational Consultants Association conference November 13 – 16 in San Diego. OPI’s founders and long-time supporters of IECA, Dr. Robert Fischer and Anne LaRiviere asked us to represent the Optimum Performance Institute and its OPI Intensive. We enjoyed our…

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OPI Life Coach Presents at Junior Achievement of Southern California Conference

Jaime Jackson OPI Living Life-Coach JA SoCal

Jaime L.K. Jackson, Life Coach for the Optimum Performance Institute (OPI), was invited to speak at the Connecting to Success Conference for Junior Achievement of Southern California on Friday, October 25, 2013. She shares her experience here. In October, I had the wonderful opportunity to work with some highly motivated high school juniors from the…

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OPI Intensive Therapists Attend NEA-BPD Borderline Personality Disorder Conference

OPI Intensive Therapists at NEA-BPD Conference

When Alex Miller, Psy.D, spoke about advances in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) at a recent conference about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), he scored points with Melissa Patterson, MS, therapist at the specialized OPI Intensive for young men and women with BPD. “Many of the points he made struck me as confirming the unique strengths we…

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OPI Living Co-Founders Attend IECA Conference in Atlanta

Dr Robert Fischer and Anne LaRiviere of OPI Living at IECA in Atlanta

It happens every year:  I always look forward to seeing old friends, meeting new ones and exchanging ideas at every Independent Educational Consultants Assn. (IECA) conference I go to. So if you and I didn’t have a chance to connect, I truly regret the missed opportunity if you also attended the recent IECA Atlanta gathering.…

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Program Director at Menninger OCD Meeting

WOODLAND HILLS, CA – The Optimum Performance Institute was represented by Katie Mikolyski, Program Director, at a recent conference on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder held at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, Tex. Ms. Mikolyski attended weekend workshops about OCD and studied with John Hart, Senior Behavioral Therapist at Menninger’s.

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OPI Attends APA Convention

Woodland Hills, CA – For the first time since opening, executives of the Optimum Performance Institute participated in the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Assn. (APA). The 160th convention in San Diego was attended by more than 20,000 professionals. Dr. Robert Fischer, M.D, OPI’s Executive Director and co-founder, is a long-time member of APA…

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