CLINICAL, CONSULTING & COACHING PSYCHOLOGIST, 1220 Hobson Road, Naperville, IL, 60540 630.632.0302
During ordinary life, things happen that have the power to shock and wound well-adjusted people. As a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Drehmer, executive director of The Performance Enhancement Institute, specializes in helping people find happiness, engagement, purpose and intention in their lives and reduce the harmful effects of trauma and stress on work, performance and well-being. Clients master emotional stress and burnout, resolve relational conflict, establish work commitment, and simply change bad habits.
Dr. Drehmer and The Performance Enhancement Institute, PC, provides coaching, clinical, health and consulting psychological services for people in business, education, law, medicine, sports and the arts. Our focus is on what is possible by identifying, isolating and building on strengths in a way that makes your weaknesses irrelevant.
Dr. Drehmer combines compassion, wisdom, humor, goal-oriented coaching and collaborative solution focused psychotherapy with EMDR, hypnosis, biofeedback, acceptance, commitment and mindfulness based cognitive therapy to help clients reach optimal performance in their workplaces, in their families, and in their personal lives.
Whether you are a victim of traumatic experiences, catastrophic illnesses, job loss, war, natural disaster, industrial accidents, highway carnage, crime, terrorism, sexual abuse, chronic pain, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, bullying, violence or need to improve focus or eliminate performance distractions, or face challenges associated with depression or anxiety, you may benefit from our evidence-based coaching and therapy. Our treatment plans are client driven, transformative, brief and are tailored to individual needs.
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PSYCHOTHERAPY
Psychotherapy involves the treatment of conditions to relieve mental distress or disability in a person such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sleep issues, pain disorders or post-traumatic stress disorder. Treatment is performed by a licensed clinical psychologist and referrals may be made to other mental health professional, i.e., a psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist, a clinical social worker, or another licensed clinical professional counselor. When medications are involved, consultation and coordination are useful and sometimes necessary between the client's primary care physician or psychiatrist and the Institute. Conversations are privileged and confidential, with only a few exceptions. Insurance may cover part or all of the fees for treating a diagnosible mental disorder, if medically necessary.
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EXECUTIVE COACHING
Executive coaching involves the thought partnering of a coach and client to help the client reach his or her goals. Sessions usually focus on defining the goals of the client, assessing the current progress toward those goals, identifying opportunities and obstacles that compete with goal achievement, and to creating an agenda and a way forward to meet the client goals. The focus is client driven and fueled by powerful questions from the coach. Since coaching usually focuses on personal and professional growth, rather than mental illness, it is not generally reimbursable by insurance plans. Dr Drehmer is a credentialed member of the International Coach Federation. He holds the designation of Associate Certified Coach. In addition, Dr. Drehmer is a founding fellow of the Institute of Coaching Professional Association, an affiliate of McLean Hospital and the Harvard Medical School.
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SEMINARS & TRAINING
Dr. Drehmer fosters a presentation style that is practical, engaging, interactive and clear. His high and positive energy level, well developed sense of humor, wealth of clinical and industrial psychological experience, and personal sensitivity combine to make his seminars, classes and workshops as entertaining and enjoyable as they are useful. Dr. Drehmer frequently conducts workshops on stress management, positive psychology, coping with violence in the workplace, enhancing public speaking performance, leadership as a performing art, the art of finding performance attractions and eliminating distractions and measurement in organizations and healthcare. You may also know Dr. Drehmer as an Associate Professor of Management at DePaul University's prestigious Kellstadt Graduate School of Business where he conducts research and teaches in the areas of executive and personal coaching, development of life and career skills, organizational transformation and change, peak performance, effective communications, and the behavior of people in organizations.