Adam Wright, PhD

Mental Performance Coach

Dr. Adam Wright is a performance coach and licensed clinician who works with senior leaders and elite performers operating in high-stakes environments where pressure is constant and execution is public. He previously served as Director of Mental Performance for the Washington Nationals and specializes in supporting professionals whose roles demand consistent execution, sound decision-making, and sustained performance under pressure.

For more than two decades, Adam has worked with individuals performing at the highest levels across sport, business, medicine, and the performing arts. His experience includes supporting Major League Baseball All-Stars, national-team athletes, world-tour golfers, surgeons, trial attorneys, CEOs, investors, founders, and award-winning performers. He has also served as Director of Mental Performance for the Puerto Rico Women’s National Lacrosse Team and consulted with senior leadership across the NFL and NWSL. His work has extended to organizations including Meta, Sony, the United Nations, and the U.S. Department of Defense.

Adam’s graduate training spans sport and performance psychology, exercise physiology, clinical counseling, and executive coaching. He holds a PhD in Kinesiology from Temple University, specializing in sport and performance psychology, and a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. He is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC), a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with graduate training in Executive and Professional Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas, and a Certified Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-EP).