*About Ironwave*
The work is real.
So is the person doing it with you.
Ironwave wasn't built around a model or a methodology. It was built around an observation that the people who need help most — athletes, professionals, young people under pressure — are consistently underserved by a mental health and performance landscape that keeps the two worlds separate.
Dr. Jarell Myers, Founder
A clinical psychologist who understands what performance demands.
Dr. Jarell Myers holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology with specialist training in anxiety disorders, OCD, and evidence-based behavioral interventions including CBT, DBT, and ERP. The performance side of Ironwave did not come from a coaching certification. It came from years of working with athletes, adolescents, and professionals inside high-pressure environments, and recognizing that the mental skills required to perform are not separate from the psychological health required to sustain them.
Dr. Myers holds three active Major League Baseball affiliated roles: Employee Assistance Professional for Minor League Baseball Umpires, Advisory Board Member for the Major League Umpires Association, and Resource Doctor for the MLB Rookie Career Development Program. These roles place Ironwave inside professional sport at an operational level that is rare for any clinical psychologist. He is completing a Master of Science in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology at Barry University.
Working with Ironwave means working directly with Dr. Jarell. There is no referral chain, no intake team, no handoff. You start here and stay here.
Jarell Rashaad O'Brien Myers, Ph.D.
Founder, Ironwave MIND & PERFORMANCE LAB
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University
B.S. in Psychology, Howard University
M.S. in Kinesiology and Human Performance with Specialization in Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology (in progress), Barry University
The Clinical Foundation
Evidence-based treatment for anxiety, OCD and the psychological patterns that undermine health and performance. Doctoral-level rigor, adapted for the demands of high-pressure contexts.
The Performance Layer
Applied skills for focus, pressure management, identity regulation, confidence and consistency — built on clinical foundations so they hold when it counts.
Athletes & Sports Teams
Competitive athletes at any level and sports teams managing performance anxiety, pre-competition pressure, identity challenges or the psychological demands of sustained high performance. Individual 1:1 and team-level programs available.
Professionals
High-performing adults navigating workplace pressure, anxiety, burnout or the cost of performing at a level that leaves no room for the internal work.
Adolescents & Young Adults
Young people — including student athletes — carrying the weight of academic pressure, performance expectations and the anxiety that often arrives alongside both. Parents, this section is for your child.