Perform when the outcome matters.
As a Certified Mental Performance Consultant® I work with high performers to maximize their potential by improving their “mental game.” For over the last decade, I have been researching, applying, and evaluating the best ways to enhance performance in high-stress situations.
Built around your strengths and your needs.
Working with me is a collaborative process grounded in science and tailored to your strengths and your needs.
Together we’ll develop tools to improve:
- Stress management & arousal regulation
- Focus and attention
- Confidence and self-talk
- Perceptual-cognitive skills
- Imagery and visualization
- Pre-performance routines
- Recovery and reflection
- Communication
- Leadership
- Resilience
- Emotional Intelligence
- Deliberate Practice
- Decision-making
Experience across levels, careers, and performance environments.
Elite Competitors
Olympic medalists, NCAA champions, and professional athletes, including NFL, MLB, MLS, and NWSL.
Developing Athletes
High school athletes pursuing scholarships, gymnasts learning their first back handspring, recreational adult athletes, and strength athletes chasing personal bests.
High-Stakes Professionals
Law enforcement officers, surgeons, executives, C-suite leaders, military personnel, and coaches.
Across all genders and levels of experience.
Science, customization, physiology, and professional integrity.
💡 Scientist–Practitioner Approach
I apply validated, evidence-based methods from sport psychology, psychophysiology, and cognitive science. I also publish and evaluate my work regularly to stay accountable and at the forefront of the field.
🛠️ Custom Solutions, Not Scripts
Every person’s pressure, schedule, goals, and self-talk patterns are different — so your coaching plan should be too. We create strategies that fit you.
🔬 Psychophysiology
My methods often integrate breathwork, reflection protocols, bio and neurofeedback, and physiological regulation techniques to help clients feel calm, clear, and in control.
🤝 Professional Integrity
I chair the exam development committee for the CMPC® credential, teach applied ethics for AASP, and have guided hundreds of students and professionals in ethical practice.
Individual, team, and ongoing engagements.
- 1-on-1 Coaching: Zoom or in-person · Weekly, biweekly, or as needed
- Team/Group Workshops: Custom · One-time or multi-session
- Ongoing Support: Text/email + live Zoom or in-person · Monthly retainer packages
What clients have said about the work.
“The [Redacted] workshop was top notch! It was well planned and skillfully delivered. Each workshop was carefully designed for [Redacted]. There was considerable personal attention, and Dr. Kostrna was able to individualize the workshop to accommodate the needs and challenges of each participant.”
“This is the best experiences I’ve had with [mental performance consulting]. We need to have Jason work with us every season, and we need to promote it widely. […] We need to convince Jason into working with us again and again!”
“Dr. Jason Kostrna is a very skilled consultant (his credentials certainly back me up in this opinion) but he's also able to present in such an interesting way that keeps our attention. As his absolutely invaluable focus on the connection between physiology and mental performance is particularly beneficial during times of stress, may I suggest you retain him as much as possible.”
Start with a 30-minute consultation.
We begin with a 30-minute consultation to understand your goals, context, and readiness. From there, we create a path forward that’s driven by science, customized to your needs, and guided by established success.
kostrnaconsulting@gmail.com