Biography

Dr.Stephen D. Ross is a licensed Performance and Clinical Psychologist with over 12 years of experience working with professional, college and elite athletes, coaches and teams.

He is the principal of OPTIM, based out of Fort Collins, Colorado. His areas of expertise include:

Mental skills/toughness training

Achieving, optimizing and sustaining optimal performance states;

Mindfulness;

Team chemistry;

Recruiting assessments;

Designing and maintaining mental training rooms.

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Dr. Ross also specializes in working with players/athletes, coaches and support staff to foster environments that maximize motivation and trust, while decreasing fear-based learning and anxiety.

Dr. Ross utilizes a research based approach to creating and nurturing optimal team chemistry and individual mastery and confidence.

As a licensed Performance and Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of emergency training and experience, Dr. Ross is an expert in dealing with substance abuse issues, anxiety, depression, season/career ending injuries, and other major career and life transitions.

"Whatever you do or dream you can do - do it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." ~ Johann Goethe


"Make no small plans. ... they have no magic to stir men's blood." - Daniel Burnham


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CSU Baseball


As someone who follows sports, there are some dynasties that go unnoticed, maybe underappreciated at least.  They're athletes and teams that are under the mass media radar, not usually on ESPN, don't have huge fan bases or huge marketing campaigns.  Rocky Mountain High School is one, right here in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Four straight Class 5A baseball state championships....rare as hen's teeth.  And awesome for the fans of RMHS and others who just appreciate seeing lightning in a bottle every now and then. 
And then again, this past Thursday night in Fort Myers, Florida, the Colorado State University Baseball club won their sixth NCBA championship in seven years.  Unheard of on the national stage.  And yet probably won't get the recognition they deserve...primarily because they're a club team.  They pay to play here.  They're not funded.  They do, very much, play for the love of the game.  I feel an extra bit of happiness for these guys.  Maybe because stories like this one will never travel far.  Family, friends and fans will know of course.  But these athletes I'm sure, know that they have touched an esoteric prize that was built on teamwork, hard work and a core belief in themselves and their teammates.  Congratulations guys...drink it all in...this is the stuff of life lived to the fullest!!
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