Dr. Stephanie Lechich is a performance psychologist and mental performance coach with over a decade of experience working with high-performing individuals, teams, and leaders in high-pressure environments. She brings deep expertise in emotional regulation, performance psychology, and long-term performance development, with a particular focus on addressing perfectionism, fear of failure, and emotional overcontrol. Drawing from her advanced clinical training and background as a former collegiate athlete, Dr. Lechich supports athletes, creatives, and executives in performing with greater clarity, adaptability, and emotional agility.
Dr. Lechich integrates evidence-based clinical and performance frameworks, including cognitive-behavioral, dialectical behavior, mindfulness-based and psychodynamic approaches. Her work is grounded in a relational, individualized style that balances clinical depth with practical performance application, supporting sustainable growth, leadership effectiveness, and well-being. Her professional experience includes diagnostic assessment, group facilitation, and long-term performance and leadership development work with adolescents, adults, and organizational leaders.
A former collegiate athlete and musician, Dr. Lechich brings firsthand experience of performance pressure, injury, leadership, and transition to her work with athletes, creatives, and executives. She has also contributed to research, writing, and teaching in psychology, with a particular focus on perfectionism and its emotional and motivational underpinnings. Her doctoral dissertation, The Impact of Perfectionism on Well-Being: Shame in Perfectionism’s Influence on Emotion Regulation, reflects this ongoing area of expertise.
Dr. Lechich earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University Brooklyn.
Outside of her professional work, Dr. Lechich practices mindfulness through movement and has completed three long-distance walking pilgrimages, including El Camino de Santiago in Spain (French and Portuguese Coastal Routes) and St. Olav’s Way in Norway. In September 2025, she was inducted intoHall of Fame in recognition of her contributions as a student-athlete and leader in the Dalton School in NYC.