Jonathan Fader, PhD is a licensed clinical and performance psychologist. He is best known for working with professional athletes in the MLB and NFL, including The New York Mets and The New York Giants. Fader is the co-founder of Union Square Practice, a mental health center, and SportStrata, a performance coaching group, located in New York City. Dr. Fader regularly works with athletes, performers, entrepreneurs, businesses, schools, physicians and with first responder groups such as the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). He speaks to groups, on topics of mindfulness, motivational enhancement, improving performance, stress reduction, communication and team building. Dr. Fader is a Motivational Interviewing trainer and is part of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT). He is a co-author of the books, Coaching Athletes To Be Their Best: Motivational Interviewing in Sport as well as his debut book Life as Sport.