Dr. Alexander Cushing is a licensed clinical and sport psychologist and Certified Mental
Performance Consultant (CMPC®) whose career sits at the intersection of elite performance and clinical mental health. He is licensed to practice in California, Colorado, and Oregon.
Since 2022, Dr. Cushing has served as a Psychological Services Provider for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), acting as a primary psychological point of contact for Team USA athletes and National Governing Bodies. His work spans crisis intervention, clinical care, performance optimization, and mental health emergency planning.
He served as Welfare Officer for the Team USA delegation at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Dr. Cushing also works with Red Bulls Athletic Performance Center in Santa Monica, delivering individualized mental performance and clinical interventions for Red Bull–sponsored athletes as part of an interdisciplinary team spanning strength & conditioning, nutrition, performance science, and physical therapy. In addition, he is an instructor at the SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Conservatory, co-leading a course on managing performance stress for creative professionals.
Dr. Cushing is the founder of Reframe Performance & Psychological Services (RePPS), a concierge private practice he has run since 2022, offering clinical therapy and sport psychology services to athletes and medical professionals alike, along with CMPC supervision for clinicians pursuing certification. From 2019 to 2022, he served as Pepperdine University's inaugural Sport Psychologist & Coordinator of Athletics Counseling Services, building the university's clinical and sport psychology program within Pepperdine Athletics. He completed his APA-accredited predoctoral internship at the University of Memphis.
MENTOR + CONSULTANT
DR. ALEXANDER CUSHING , PsyD, CMPC
EDUCATION
Dr. Cushing earned his Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology (APA-accredited) and M.A. in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, and a B.A. in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a member of an NCAA National Championship–winning team. He is a professional member of APA Divisions 17 and 47, the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), and the Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychology Association (CCSPA). He also sits on AASP's Web Presence Committee, CCSPA's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, and the USOPC Sports Medicine DEIB Working Group.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
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“The Intersectionality of Mental Health & Performance for
NCAA student-athletes” presentation: Mountain West
Conference (MWC) -
Performance psychology curriculum development &
implementation with USA Beach Volleyball A2 National
Team -
Co-presenter - CCSPA / Big Sky Conference 2024 -
Atlanta, GA. “Keeping the main thing, the main thing,
during an Olympic Games Year” -
Anxiety-management, focus, and goal-setting presentation
to Pepperdine Swimming & Diving team -
Clinical sport psychology presentation and workshop to
University of Memphis Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) -
“Working with High Functioning Athletes on the Autism
Spectrum,” USOPC Sports Medicine Presentation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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American Psychological Association (APA)
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Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
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Clinical / Counseling Sport Psychology Association (CCSPA)
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National Council for Mental Wellbeing
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United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC)
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Professional Association of Athlete Development Specialists (PAADS)
